So here is my story. I’ve been in college for 2 years now (my sophomore year coming to a close) and I don’t have any real friends. I know people on campus but thats just about it. In high school I had just a small group of close friends that I would hang out with but we’ve all kind of went our separate ways and I thought I would make new friends in College but that turns out not to be the case. I’m not the only person on campus who has this problem, a lot of people feel isolated here because if you aren’t in a frat, sports, or art/music then you pretty much don’t have anything else left. I’ve been trying to resist joining a frat because I don’t really want to associate myself with the reputation that fraternities have, but I’ll be a junior in college next year with no friends and its getting very depressing. I’ve never really been great at making friends but I thought once I got to college it would be easier but it’s much much harder than I thought it would be. So should I join a fraternity?
Are there no clubs? Community service?
We have some clubs but very few, and any of the ones that I would like to go to I can’t because I have class. I tried to join one or two of them but they’re very small and aren’t very serious organizations.
Are they going to let you rush as a junior? I was under the impression that at many schools it’s basically only freshmen.
Junior year is late in the game for rushing fraternities, and at many schools that would put you at a disadvantage in the rush process. That being said, it is definitely the easiest way to make friends and meet a lot of people, so at the very least check out a few houses and talk to the brothers. Don’t worry about the negative perception of Greek Life, most of what people say about Greek Life isn’t actually true, although it’s not for everyone. If you find out that it’s not a good fit, then join some clubs or an IM sports team - that’s another easy way to make friends on campus.