<p>I transferred from a small, Catholic school in the middle of nowhere to Temple University in Philly. And, I love it. I'm very happy with my decision. But here's my issue - transferring in the spring makes it very tough to make friends. Everyone's kinda content with the friends they have, and they aren't really reaching out since it's the middle of the year. I've found all of my classes, decorated my dorm, and I really feel like I'm doing well at Temple, except socially. :-(</p>
<p>How can I make some friends?
I'll be trying to join clubs at the club fair next week, but, I need more help.</p>
<p>Hey, I’m glad to hear that you’ve made it into Temple University.
Congratulations, keep up the good work!
I’d suggest you to start out socializing with the people on campus.
The student bodies at College is really large. There will be people who are meant to be with you in the school. Look for them!</p>
<p>Not to sound frivolous about sex seekage or anything, I assume you’re a male, if you have find girls (like wannabe said go to party) to be hanging out with you, post it into the “success story” forum.
You can go from the “****ty” point to the “great” point. Anything can happen to anyone… don’t count yourself out!</p>
<p>I am actually female. I’d like to go to parties, but, there’s a big issue. I don’t drink. It’s just a personal choice thing, stuff in my family with alcohol that I don’t want to experience myself.</p>
<p>So… it’s kinda tough having fun at parties when everyone’s plastered and I’m just sorta standing there. At least, that’s how it was at my old school. Nobody even danced or anything, they just stood around holding their drinks.</p>
<p>I am not the most socially apt individual so I tend to meet people when involving myself in student organizations over showing up to parties by myself and striking up conversation. Temple is a big school so there should be a ton of student organizations to select from and I bet if you joined a few that were focused on activities you enjoyed, you might meet some people with similar interests.</p>
<p>Definitely join clubs and organizations at your school. It is the best way to meet people if you’re not a partier. Work out at the gym and look into intramurals or sports activivites. See if your school offers any trips you could go on. The more involved you get, the greater your chances of expanding your social network and you’ll be adding to your credentials as well. Good luck!</p>
<p>You may want to join organizations or clubs that have something you enjoyed like Kulakai said. I transferred from a cc to a major top tier university and it was a major shock. Though it was not in Spring time, it was still a similar story to yours.</p>
<p>I found people that told me about organizations, Political Orgs, or even community services organizations. These helped me make connections and give you access to the university. Another thing that helps like LilyMoon mention is the gym. I happened to be working out there, and needed to know where a machine was. A person redirected me to the machine, he later became my best friend at my university. </p>
<p>In the fall we had “Welcome Week.” So all the student orgs and fraternities posted their tables there. I later joined a fraternity, but you can choose whatever.</p>
<p>I think what makes it difficult is that for transfers, our orientation (not sure about yours) was only one day, versus a week long orientation for friends. So, I will admit, the first few months were kind of miserable, but afterwards it became a lot of fun.</p>
<p>I am a transfer student at Temple as well…it is my 2nd semester here and I’ve made one friend. I don’t live on campus and I moved to philly from a smalltown about 2 hours away, so its harder for me to make friends and it does get pretty lonely. I totally understand where you’re coming from!</p>
<p>I know this is from awhile ago, but did any of you have any luck? I just transferred for Spring 2011 and haven’t met anyone yet. I don’t know what to do…</p>
