Coming
to University and meeting new people is a huge daunting experience, especially
if you are a shy person.
There are
massive worries such as who will I get along with, will anyone talk to me, and
are they nice? There are hundreds of questions you can ask yourself but the
massive worry is if they will get answered.
There is
many different ways at University as to how you can meet new people and make
new friends.
Firstly
there is accommodation. You cant always plan who your going to live with when
it comes to student housing, but just think your not alone everyone else is in
the same boat as you. You will always meet new people and chances are you will
adapt to them straightaway with them being people who you are living with, you
will soon feel comfier than what you expected.
Your
course that you choose to do is also a massive help in you making new friends.
During every different course your on there will always be a session to meet
new people. You wont expect it, but even the person you may sit next to will
become your friends. Eventually most people get to recognise one another, but
you will make new friends from team building activities or working in a group
with people. Soon you will create you own group of friends within your
course.
When I
started University I was dreading going in, but I did and on my first class
activity we got put into small groups to do a task, from that I made my group
of friends who three years later I am still close to now and will continue to
be for many years.
I
literally sat next to one girl, got talking to another in a group and then we
got talking to two people behind us then later in another class got talking to
another girl. Its weird how it happens but it just does and everyone just
clicks. It will be one the best experiences you do in meeting new people and
learning about them and where they are from.
Don’t
let the worry about making new friends be a massive stress when coming to
university. Just be yourself, you don’t even have to talk much just gradually
become comfier slowly whatever is easy for you.
You will
soon come to realise that you will have many groups of friends, even if you
live at home, you will have your course friends, your friends you live with and
even friends from any social or sport club societies you may join.
Everything
will soon be easy and you will think back after a few year laughing at yourself
when you first started. Hopefully you will make the best of friends and have an
amazing time at University!