<p>Hey, </p>
<p>I'm a senior in high school and i'm a little nervous about next year. Can anyone tell me how they met their "tight" group of friends in their freshman year? Do you just randomly meet them in classes/parties/dorms ect? Thanks</p>
<p>My two best friends (now my roomates) and I were all in the same Orientation group and all lived on the same floor. Living in close proximity helps a lot, I have found. Making friends in classes is harder (for me at least) since most of the time I only see them 2 or 3 times a week, and that is in the class setting, so it's hard to really get to know someone. I find that most people make close friends with those in organizations, since you are all drawn together for a certain passion, and it's a more relaxed environment, and sometimes you get to see them every day, depending on the organization (sports, drama, etc). My advice would be to follow your passion and see where it leads you. And don't worry too much! Relax! Have fun!</p>
<p>^ Yep. My best friend was one of my freshman year roommates, my closest friend beside her is someone I play sports with. Definitely just get involved around school. Join a group... there's gotta be one that you'll be interested in. That's a great way to meet people who have similar interests. You'll also become friends with people you live around, especially since as a freshman, everyone is trying to make friends. I also have made friends by joining/forming study groups with classmates.</p>
<p>you need to be more outgoing and social the first few weeks as this is when u meet people. i made the mistake of falling into my old social habits. this isnt high school. it took me way more effort to get back into the social scene of my dorm since I waited till the second week to start making friends</p>
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it took me way more effort to get back into the social scene of my dorm since I waited till the second week to start making friends
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LOL. Second week is not late at all.</p>
<p>Orientation week I scrambled to meet every possible person I could manage to. That week was full of familiar faces but forgotten names. I have become close friends with a lot of people in my orientation class, but the people I met through all those random activities are not really any close friends.</p>
<p>Most of the people I hang with are on the swim team, or are people that hang out with people on the swim team. Obviously, that's because I'm also on it. I've also met some people in other clubs that I'm in, and I probably could hang out with them more but the bonds I've built with my teammates are much stronger. Other than that I'm close with the people who live on my floor and hang out with them too.</p>
<p>My recommendations would be still be to meet as many people as you can, and then figure out who you feel most comfortable around or want to hang out with. They could be people from a certain club, some people you met at a party, or people on your floor. Best advice: Get involved!</p>
<p>Definitely getting involved in something. I met my friends 2 ways: one through swing dancing, two through the university program council (it's in charge of most of the entertainment on campus) I got involved with. I don't have alot of other friends that I didn't either meet in those ways, or meet through people I met those ways. There's some friends who lived in my dorm, but not alot. I have one friend that lived in my dorm freshman year, and like 4 from my dorm last year (two that I sort of knew before we lived there). I have not become really good friends with anyone in my classes. I am friendly with them, but not friends.</p>
<p>For me, I found my best friends were involved in atleast two of the same things as I was--I recognized them from one class when I saw them at another event and they recognized me from the class too, and whammo, we were friends. I've gotten to know their entire floor, or atleast about half of it, and I know a lot of the people there from other classes. </p>
<p>And, that was about a month into classes that Is tarted befriending those people.</p>