Don’t expect your social life to explode out of proportion immediately. You’re there to learn but of course a great learning environment needs supportive friends. Just be a little social in your classes (when needed and allowed to) and you’ll be fine. I felt the same way when I was away at college.

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“been there, did that, bought the tshirt” as the saying goes. at my first college, i didn’t know anybody. i left that school in the middle of my 3rd semester for various reasons. that’s 5 years ago. I’m still friends with some of the people i befriended. when i was there at that school, i invited my roomates to go and join my friends and i. I transferred to a local community college also where i didn’t know anybody. during my last semester there, i went to the 4 yr. college that i’m at now. i didn’t know anybody there either, but i’ve made quite a few friends there.

i, too, am a bit of an introverted person. what i did was push myself to go and meet people at the schools i went to (an am now attending). 7 yrs. later, i’m a social butterfly; i belong to no cliques- i am friends with the athletes, the straight “A” students, the international students; you get the drift. just get yourself past being shy. get confident in who you are. the more confidence you have in yourself the more people see it and want to be friends with you. i am not going to tell you what you need or should do but what i think you ought to do. go and meet people. when you go to a party, go up to someone who looks friendly. please don’t become friends with people who are needy and clingy and act like you’re the only friend they have.

Your roommate is just trying to be nice. The best way to meet people is to go to clubs and get involved in organizations that you have some interest in. If you find they aren’t for you, nothing is keeping you from leaving those clubs. Not all organizations are for academics which is something that a lot of people believe. At my school we have SOAP (Student Organization for Activities Planning). They do everything from play free movies every weekend to set up trips to Boston and NY to plan the ski trips. It’s just students deciding where they want to go for fun and making it happen. It takes more than 3 days to meet people. I went to a school where I knew only one person from high school and we never talked anyway. I didn’t know anyone else but I got involved in some activities and made friends. I also made friends in labs and at lectures. Having classes together gives you something to talk about. Give some more time.

Have some activites you like. meet people in your class. you can’t transfer out now. I would give it a year or at least a semester before you start to transfer. You seem to have a pretty good roommate thats trying to be friends with you . You should let him be friends. your a freshmen. its circumstances that your not used to yet. So just give it some time and remeber even if you wanted to you can’t transfer now. You need at least 24-30 credits in order to transfer.

GO TO PARTIES WITH YOUR ROOMMATE, who cares if he feels like he is obligated, he is trying to be nice. After going to college for a few days you are bound to feel a little unsure. I was always asking myself ‘why the hell did I come here’ many times my first semester! You will learn to love it. If you feel like you are having trouble meeting people at parties try and introduce yourself or ask someone for help in one of your classes! Talk to people after your classes about tests and homework and stuff.

I’d say hang in there until mid-terms, if you still hate it and have no friends, start to consider transferring.

You need to give it more than three days. Find some activities you enjoy doing and look for clubs related to them. That’s the best way to meet people when they aren’t drunk.

Also, just sit in the lounge in your dorm, and sit down with random people at lunch and dinner. You probably won’t make close friends with most of the people you meet this way, but you’ll find people you like eventually, so be patient with it.