Hello. As a bit of personal research, I'm interested in finding out how exactly students make their friends at uni. So if you currently are at uni or have already left, please vote in my poll, and leave a comment to expand if you like, particularly on which methods you found successful and why.
Also, for those of you that have already finished uni; did you feel you made actual friends for life, or did you lose touch after uni finished?
I really appreciate any good feedback and comments to my thread, thanks
And bit of background info about me and why I started this thread, if you want to read and give me any specific advice:I'm a mature student (age 24) currently doing an HND full time at college, and trying to decide what to do next when I finish it in June. I admit I'm not a big fan of studying, and I only really do it for the career prospects, but I'd quite like to top up my HND to a degree, to be able to apply for jobs that ask for a degree, and to be able to work abroad in countries that require a degree for their work visas.
My main options are to study at uni full time for 2 years (I'm currently holding a firm conditional for my local Scottish uni) or to go into full time work and to study part-time/long distance. The only real benefits I can see to doing uni full time are to get the degree done more quickly (which I'm not really in a big rush to do tbh, as I'm already behind and can get decent jobs with just my HND and some work experience) and for the social aspects.
However, I've always been quite hit-and-miss with making and keeping good friends. I've not really found any like-minded people to bond with in college or even in my private student halls that I stay in now. It's not quite as party-central as I'd imagined. However, I made friends quite easily when I went backpacking in Australia a few years ago, and would love to be able to do similar travelling again whenever I get the money again. I don't know if I should sacrifice the chance of a full time salary to try and make friends at full time uni, only to possibly fail at that and get disappointed and end up lonely and depressed
. I know my college is missing the societies that uni has though, but even then I suppose they're not guaranteed. I'm also planning to live with my boyfriend because I'm fed up of overpriced halls, and we're at that point in our relationship anyway.
Any advice?