Going to college can be scary.
Away from parents, family, home, friends, your girlfriend/boyfriend. Class overload, dorm, dorm-mates, freshman-15 and other factors can have daunting effect on student’s social life.
Here is a quick and basic guide how to make friends and be a social pop-star.
Join couple clubs and groups
This should be NO-BRAINER, but many people miss it.
Go to your college home page. Search Clubs and/or Organizations.
Find ones you like.
Look up how to join.
Some suggested categories to look into: Social, Leadership, Arts, Recreational, Sports, Travel, etc. Religious organization or political ones typically require a lot of volunteer work. You don’t have to be put much effort to be part of Karate Club, but you’ll have to put ass-sweating work to be part of Young Republican Volunteers (and not get paid for it). Some organization require much more from their members than just showing up. Religious organizations usually have mission trips, community work, and other stuff, that you don’t really want to do, unless you truly believe in the cause
Naturally, check out the Social groups:
There is really no way to word this any better and simpler. Social groups do party. A lot. End of story.
(Your City’s Name) Young Professional Network/Club
Nearly ALL BIG cites have one. Check with your local Chamber of commerce department. If not, Google it. Some require you to be 21, some don’t. This is professional organization and you will meet many serious people. They do a lot of fun stuff too.
Add friends on Facebook from your classes.
Talk to people in your class, if they have Facebook or Myspace add them. Also join groups in your Local Network; Add people from those groups to your friends list, tell them you are being social and making friends. Try joining groups that actually do stuff. “1,000,000 users against XYZ cause” will probably be useless compared to “Your College Name Wakeboarding Club”
Try To Attend Public Events. A lot of events get posted on Facebook. Also not to overlook event pages, special and promotional events, student events, and other activities eagerly advertised on the social network.
Also, people tend to invite their entire facebook friends list to parties, concerts, or other activities. Try to attend.
Distribute fliers for events
Talk to a local bar or band if they need help distributing flyers. (Make sure that band is actually good). This will help you look like a big head promoter and will expose you to more people. It’s easy job. Some bars/clubs may even pay you.
You can also get those gigs at Craiglist.org (find your local city).
Nearly all college bars run promotional specials on week days. Go to a bar manager/owner and offer to distribute their ‘special/promotional’ fliers for a few pitchers of beer. Typically bar managers don’t mind covering tab if you will run around campus handing out fliers. Some might even pay, but don’t bet on that.
Consider that getting few pitchers of beer on the house looks very good in front of your friends (and opposite sex too 
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Talk to club promoters, ask them if they need any help distributing fliers on campus. Usually, they offer you a free small bottle of Goose or free VIP passes for you and friends (those promotional items are dime-a-dozen for club promoters). Naturally, it gives you opportunity to meet people.
Fraternity/Sorority. Do NOT rush anything yet. (Did you get that pun? ) If you’re a freshman, chill. …here is why:
The reason is, you need to get to know someone who is already in respectable fraternity, otherwise, you’ll just be one of the “bid-wanna-be’s” and never get a bid. Fraternities, usually, ones that are popular, don’t just accept everyone that rushes them. And don’t settle for less respected Greek house. Brotherhood and sisterhood is for life. Make decisions wise.
Get to know your Greek situation first, then rush towards your Sophomore year.
Check out your student union center (or student center) and look for events, concerts, social gatherings. Most of them are University sponsored events, and will be free, or ridiculously cheap. Invite people from dorms. Free concerts are lame but fun to attend. Depending on the size of your college you might get free tickets to big shots like White Stripes, Busta Rhymes, Jeff Dunham, etc. Those guys like to do a show for a cause (like fight breast cancer, or world peace).
Consider living in a dorm, for both social aspect and support aspect. It’s nice to be in walking distance to classes and parties. Dorms as uncomfortable as they seem they are very social; you will be exposed to variety of people and personalities. Enjoy your careless freshman year without paying for utilities, food (get a meal plan), and landlord troubles.
Come to study groups for classes, college is not all about partying. You need to pass your classes. It’s a lot easier to make friends in study groups, because, you share common subject. Also, those study sessions are VERY helpful.
Try getting a part time job near campus. Working in a coffee shop or a library can give you chance to interact with people all day. If it’s a popular coffee shop that most student frequent, you’ll quickly make friends with regulars. Plus a job will put extra cash in your pocket for fun.
Buy at least ONE text book at a bookstore. During quarter/semester beginning all textbook stores are slammed with people. Like it or not, you’ll end up standing in line anyways, what are the chances you can strike up a conversation with some cutie or make couple new friends?
Pretty much every single large college has a social online network where a lot of students hang out Find it and join it. You have to Google around, but you can make friends this way too. Uloop.com is good, if your college has it.
Join Uloop.com if you guys have it at your college; also check out (JuicyCampus) www.juicycampus.com for shits and gigs, really not going to help you meeting people, but something to kill time online with. It’s hilarious and you learn interesting “facts” about your friends…
ALWAYS ask your social friends what they are doing on the weekend, if they say nothing they either are lying or losers. Don’t hang out with liars or losers. But, if they invite you to whatever they are doing, go hang out with those guys.
Focus on staying in school as well as partying. Don’t overload your academic load first year, get a feel for college. Even if you barely meet full-time status, it’s much better to make friends at the beginning than graduating in 2-3 years with double major, and half way to your masters, and no friends or a girlfriend. Social life is just as important as academic life. Balance and you’ll be in good shape.
Go to the gym. It’s amazing the amount people you can meet while working out.
Go to sporting games and events. Absolutely show your spirit. Even if it’s a wrestling match. Smaller sport events can be easier and cheaper to get tickets for, and better for socializing.
I am sure you have at least one or two people you hang out with, invite them to concert, bars, clubs, or anything to do around campus. Going places by yourself is no fun. Even if it’s your dorm-mate, it’s better to have someone with you than being alone.
Take a walk on campus. At my school, students study outside on Ohio State Oval. Or play Frisbee. It’s a very social campus, not every University is the same way, but find a place where people hang out, outside.
Play sport. Even for a club.
Take a yoga class or art class. You have to take electives ANYWAYS, so take something where you can interact with other people.
Typically easy courses will have party people in it; by the time you’re sophomore you should have idea of which courses are easier and which are harder. Those required general courses don’t count towards anything but your major, nobody cares about them, so take the easier ones instead, and try to get into bigger class. Your GPA will only benefit from picking easier class for elective.
Don’t drink and drive. I felt i needed to throw that in there.
Hope this helps. College can be pretty difficult and scary, don’t worry, it’s ok.
Thank you,
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