wow fantastic. Great interested in all things. I also love to read new books, gossip, drive new car and travel.
I have found that taking a couple of Tai Chi classes a week has given me a community of sorts. Some fellow students are in grad school.
Overall I don’t think it is easy to meet people and I sympathize with your daughter and wish her good luck!
I think I can relate. I got to professional school (a “top ten” place), and didn’t feel like I clicked with anyone among the wonderful, bright, genuinely nice people in my class of 100. I found my future wife halfway through. My 2 cents is for your daughter to do things she likes, and look for men and women who share her SENSE OF HUMOR. Mine was quite at odds with most classmates (mostly because I was very un-PC at the time). Once I found a couple of folks who laughed at my jokes and liked movies I liked, etc., friendships (and marriage) came, and I found a “tribe”. Is she in a science field that overlaps with a medical school there? Med students, especially MD/PhD candidates, might be better than law students for her to relate to.
Please do not take offense, but could it be that your daughter has a fear of commitment ? Most young adults want close dating relationships. Those type of relationships are readily available to your daughter according to your posts.
My understanding is that it is commonplace to use internet sites for friendships & dating. Has she tried that for platonic friends ?
Otherwise, just pursue her interests & make friends with those who share similar interests.
Are their any chapters of organizations such at Women in Technology or American Association of University Women ? She could meet women in other STEM fields. Or, organizations that go to local schools to promote STEM careers? We have a lot of grad students here who come to the school Science Nights who are in the physics and chemistry departments.
@Publisher She had no trouble making close friends in undergrad (or HS). She’s not the life of the party, but has consistently found people she liked to hang out with at camps, HS, and college. She just wants a broader/different group than her grad school major offers. Her dating life is a different story, but not really related to this thread.
She has joined the women’s group in her major, but obviously that isn’t going to bring her in contact with many new grad students.
Regarding apps, she might look at those, especially if there is a way to filter by age.
No med school.