I am an incoming freshman at a college. I want to take up a club or two to make friends. I took a look at the clubs that my college offers but none of them really seem to fit my interests (to be fair, I don’t know what my interests are). I’m trying to be open-minded about them but even then they just don’t seem appealing. Did anyone else ever have this problem (may not really be a problem… Probably just pre-college nervousness)… I’m not into sports (which I know is rare for a guy) (I’m male BTW). So either there aren’t enough clubs or I just dont fit in anywhere So please help.
If you don’t know what you are your interests are, I think you should pick a club or two and go to a couple of meetings/events. You may find that you actually are interested in one of those clubs. It may also be different than what you are expecting. You may meet some people there who you really like which may help keep you interested in the club.
You could also look at starting a new club which matches your interests. Though it seems to me that may not be a good idea as a freshman.
You likely will meet friends outside of clubs. Are you living on campus? If so, you will likely meet friends in your dorm. I would suggest you keep your door open when you are in the room and not sleeping or studying. Kids who are walking by are more likely to stop by to say hi if your door is open (they can look in and see if you are busy but if the door is closed they would be required to knock which I think most people are less likely to do with people they do not know). After a couple weeks, you can close your door because people will know other people on the floor and will be more likely to knock.
You can meet kids in classes. Study together.
Good thing about college as a freshman is there are a lot of other kids just like you in that they are new and do not have a group of friends there yet.
Good luck to you.
Another thing I can add here is the fact that the college told everyone that they should do at least some community service. I decided to sign up for 3 hours (just to get started)… What they failed to mention was what is considered to be community service. Also… how will they know when i’ve completed those 3 hours… Would I fill out a form or something? (My college seriously doesn’t tell us anything).
^ Call them and ask. We know less than you do, considering we don’t even know which college this is.
I think I’ll wait until move-in day, but thank you for the advice anyways. The main reason for this thread was to see if anybody else had this issue. Apparently not. :))