<p>i didn't really make any fall semester. i got to know a few people a bit and i guess we are acquaintances, but nobody that would want to make the effort to hang out or anything. and the one that i did make and actually hung out with was initially a study partner and now that we won't have any classes together this semester, i probably won't see them again. i'm very shy and i know that is partially to blame, but i feel that nobody really wants or needs any new friends either. a lot of people at my school are from nearby and all know each other and leave every weekend. and i have a job which takes up a lot of my free time. and i'm going to be taking 18 hours. so i have joined a few clubs, but actually being able to go to them and meet people is pretty difficult. and on the occasion i do try to talk to a stranger they usually don't respond and look at me strangely, or it goes nowhere. and i'm much too terrified to just sit down and eat with strangers at the dining hall... i do go to school with my boyfriend and i am grateful for that, but i dont want to just hang out with him all the time. i don't think that would be good for our relationship or for either of us as individuals. but i don't know how to make friends in college :c</p>
<p>The standard responses you are going to get is join clubs, sit with people in the cafeteria and talk to them, and join study groups. Sounds like you have tried (or don’t want to try) these things. What about getting involved with some volunteer activity or group on campus? What is your housing situation - is there any “special interest” housing on your campus you might try next year?</p>
<p>People in college are just like anywhere else. How you made friends in highschool and make friends in college is the same. Just invite some class mates for study group at a coffee house or library or whatever. People in your classes will naturally be easier to make friends with as you are experiencing the same thing.</p>
<p>Look for a club or activity associated with your major, and then take a role in the club (don’t just attend meetings). Consider what needs to be done, and broach a project or effort that could fill that need - and that would require a few others to help. Having such a focus might lesson your shyness. Having repeated connection and exposure to others on your “team” might lead to actual friendships. So many freshmen are lonely, so you’re not alone in that! I have hope that you will find a niche and once you have a friend or two, it’ll feel much better on campus.</p>
<p>Well just because you don’t have any classes together doesn’t mean you aren’t friends. unless its the friendship where you Only talk or hang out in class/school. Those happen alot.</p>
<p>But if its a true friendship then classes don’t matter, maybe you have the same course but different professor or same professor but on a different day/time</p>
<p>Well I’m shy too and made wayyy more acquaintances than friends. I have a few of my new friends numbers but we never have hung out besides in school. I feel like they have a busy life and don’t really wana be bothered but at the same time I don’t think 1 semester is long enough to feel comfortable or trust hang out out with someone.</p>
<p>This semester I think you should continue what your doing because acquaintances are better than nothing. If you talk to them more or about topics non school related, yall will probably end up friends!</p>