Sophomore year: How do I make more friends/branch out from old ones?

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<p>Hi. College for me is starting in a couple of weeks and I will be moving back not looking forward to old friendships from freshman year. So this is my current situation.</p>

<p>I came to college last year sort of blinded and not knowing all the things I now know and that the college years are the “best years of your life.” I’m starting to regret not being more social and that networking follows you wherever you go!</p>

<p>When I first arrived my freshman year I rarely left my dorm to socialize the first couple of weeks. I regret it now because I have a few close friends. I know there’s nothing really wrong with that but I get sick of them sometimes, and they get sick of me. Besides, they’re really nerdy and not my type altogether, though we do have our “commonalities.”</p>

<p>I look at most other people around my dorm and they seem content with the friends/networks they’re making; they always seem like they have something to do socially and are not “left in the dark” like I am.</p>

<p>So, I would like to know how I could “branch” out of the “nerds” I met last year and am now sharing an apartment with during my Sophomore year to meet more diverse people that will expand my social horizon and make me more open-minded.</p>

<p>Any tips? Thanks.</p>

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<p>Lol. Incoming sophomore here too. </p>

<p>I totally feel you, man. I believe I’m in the same situation. Not that I hate my good friends, but we both have complained that we wished we had other friends. That sounds too harsh, but it’s something like that. </p>

<p>Anyway, the you’ll find the same advice all over this board. Join clubs, do sports, etc. And now that you’re living somewhere new, you have new neighbors. Also, think about all the acquaintances and semi-friends you made your first year, and hit them up just to say hi, meet them at their new place, blah blah blah.</p>

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<p>The best way now would be to join clubs or make friends in the classes you’re taking. It’s going to be pretty difficult because these people most likely already have their own clique, but it doesn’t hurt to make the effort. Good luck!</p>

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<p>join clubs for sure :slight_smile: I have several groups of friends due to this :stuck_out_tongue: very good way of making new friends (who will possibly have more in common with you)</p>