Nervous About Returning to College

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<p>At the end of August, I will be returning to college as a sophomore. The college I'm attending is an out of state college that none of my HS friends are going to. I had lots of friends in high school, but I usually had my friends introduce me to new people. I'm not really one to go up to people to introduce myself.</p>

<p>I am really not excited to return back to school because I'm nervous that I'll be by myself again. I did try to make friends by attending dorm meetings and events for a month, but the only "friends" I made were acquaintances. This meaning we would only meet up if it were for a class assignment rather than for lunch or something else. My roommate was nice, but he was just as shy as I was. After the first 2 months, I gave up and would spend almost every night watching TV or be on my computer in my dorm. What's a good way to make friends that you can hang out with on the weekends? I know its quite sad to say, but I haven't really experienced the "college life" just the workload of it.</p>

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<p>Have you tried joining a club?</p>

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<p>Did you ask the people at the meetings to hang out afterwards? Maybe they didn’t want to take the initiative, either. I found that my second and third years of college were better in terms of making friends, as I found that I kept seeing a lot of the same people in my major classes, so we’d end up discussing assignments and tests. Since the people in your major are the ones who you can most readily tell you have something in common with (your major), you should start there. :)</p>

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<p>Clubs are probably the best way if you’re shy; they force you to meet new people and see them regularly, and getting involved is always good. :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Try again with your new classmates and dormmates too, you never know who you’ll find.</p>