Is it really that bad to have no friends at uni?

Isn't it a bit boring? Like when you've finished your work, what do you do, just sit on your own in your room?

I know loads of people in the same situation, heck I was in this situation myself, up until a few years ago I was terribly shy and closed off, I managed to get an advanced entry onto a uni course but left sometime after, not due to lack of friends, but because the course wasn't right for me (I thought it was something it wasn't at all = didn't fit in line with my career aspirations at the time)

anyway in the like 4-5 months I was there, I had no friends, I guess it didnt help that I had joined a class where people already had a year before to get into groups etc, but I've always found people in this country very reluctant to leave their comfort zone or friendship groups.

in addition I have a friend currently on his final year and hes been a loner the whole time, despite being a pretty decent outgoing guy (imo) yet outside of uni he has loads of mates.

I think people settle into groups fairly early, and few want to leave that or branch out, that said alot of people are probably in your, or a similar situation and probably want the same things as you.

Most people would suggest uni groups/clubs/societies etc, and I think that's a good idea but it doesnt work for alot of people.

I say just find someone in a not threatening environment (i.e a library, SU, coffee shop etc) or even outside a class, and just try starting a conversation, I've done this amongst other things for a while now as a way to up my confidence and make me more social, and it is working, I'll warn you though, you may get some knock backs or people just ignoring you, but you wont know unless you try, what have you got to lose?

as an example, when I was last in college (I do courses part time for fun/my own interest etc) this guy was playing a psp and I quite like games and gadgets so I just said (what's that game your playing?) turned out he had a snes emulator and was playing super mario bros, which started a conversation about childhood memories of Nintendo lol, anyway hes been a mate now for a good few years.

at any rate its worth a try,

good luck!

Cheers for this. I agree I think there are a lot more people than many think in this situation - they're just too embarrassed to admit it.

Any better suggestions? I go to gym, eat, and go out at any opportunity I have with the 2 friends I have here. There isn't even anything to do in the grotty city in which my uni is in. Sorry for sounding bitter, i'm not I just want to get other peoples opinion

hasn't stopped me from enjoying myself. So yeah, whether it's bad depends on you.

I don't know, I play a lot of sport, go to gigs, go to the pub to watch the rugby or play pool, go to bars to meet girls. I couldn't really do any of these things by myself, hence the need for mates.

Of course, you can flip it on its head and say that doing all this stuff is also the best way of making mates in the first place.

When I can, I do these kind of things with the couple of friends I have here. The majority of my time is still filled with boredom.

I have also tried going out on my own many times - it doesn't work as people are socialising with their established groups of friends; they're not wanting to make new ones. Can't just go up to people half way through the year like "hi want to be my friend?" Chances are i'll still have nothing in common anyway. Yes, I should try because i'll never know otherwise, but i've been doing this for 6 months now and i'm just tired.

*Sigh* it's not even a massive problem for me, just a bit annoying.

You realise, like, no-one anywhere has ever actually said "do you want to be my friend?"