How do you make friends at Berkeley?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>It's my second year now, I used to be in a theater club and did the whole sorority thing...it wasn't for me. Ever since I moved out of the dorms and into an apartment, I've been pulling straws trying to meet people. I know a lot of random ppl that I meet up with for lunch now and then--but how do I find a community of friends? Like a group of ppl you can always go out with?</p>

<p>I feel like, even when you join clubs, ppl are so cliquey and they already know each other... even at parties and bars, everyone comes in a group. I find it hard to meet ppl :/</p>

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<p>Generally networking, find someone you know who is already going out and go with them and meet their friends!</p>

<p>I wasn’t really down with the whole sorority thing either, but I pledged a co-ed professional fraternity (semi large ~70 actives) and I’ve absolutely loved my experience also.</p>

<p>In retrospect, most of the random people I meet in classes, I don’t really tend to talk to much after the class is over.</p>

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<p>Move into a dorm again or coops and hope that you meet people.</p>

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<p>It might be your job to keep up with lunches (make a rule that you meet every Sunday or something) and keep up with the people you randomly met and you think it’s worth knowing them in the long-term.</p>

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<p>get a boyfriend (girlfriend?)</p>

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<p>^easier said that done lol</p>

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<p>^throw smut or money at it</p>

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<p>how did you guys meet your friends on campus?</p>

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<p>Wait are you living in an apartment alone, or do you have roomates, because would’nt you have roomed with friends?</p>

<p>Also, the crippling depression, loneliness, and insecurities are part of the berkely package, everyone knows that.</p>

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<p>great to see that I’m not alone…</p>