@ Uni, Want 2 Meet More People

O.k, here is the deal...

I am a first year student, and i live at home, its about a 20mins bus journey to and back from campus. Its just that i have met quite a few people on my course, but i feel now, that i need to expand my social circle.

I mean since i know quite a few people on my course, i don't have time to actually connect with them as a result. However, i have connected with a group, but all of the live off campus to.Is there anyway of meeting people any other way, because at the moment and recently things have become predictable, and therefore boring, lol.

Uni life is meant to be the best time of your life, i fail to have seen that so far. I do go out aswell, but those are with my 'street' friends, not my university ones. I do feel comfortable in social situations, is just a case of how do i meet people, off my course.

I don't have any flatmates as i live at home. I am curious to find out how the people living on campus, meet people and where. At the moment, it more or less feels like school. i want more....but don't know how to get 'more'

All help woild be appreciated, because i don't want this to happen next year aswell.

Reply 1

squigaletta

Do you not have an off campus society type thing? Ours sets up event with on campus people, to help integration.

Reply 2

*moonlight*

Join a sports club, its the best thing i ever did. i have 25 people that i play basketball with and after training we go for a pint not everyone every week but there is always someone up for it! Also i have friends that dont actually play sports that are members of sports clubs and go and support them but generally just go for the craic and social. Everyone i know on a sports team haas more night out, more social than our friends that arn't on teams.

Reply 3

Anonymous #1

squigaletta

Do you not have an off campus society type thing? Ours sets up event with on campus people, to help integration.

Yeah, just got recently introduced, i will join that.

Any other ideas

Reply 4

goodmen

uni is the best time of your life if you live at uni, if you dont its just like college.

Reply 5

Anonymous #1

O.k, so how do i go about, meeting new people, m8.

How do people on campus meet each other, i mean on facebook you see people meet people 'randomly' but how and where.

Reply 6

MissHero

Societies etc - at my uni there are lots of sports classes and things during the day too, so you could do something that that if getting to uni in the evening when more social events are happening is difficult?

Reply 7

Li'l Q

Well, i do ant to go to social events, but i need to go with people obv, and the griup that i am close, is not that type of griup, although i can persuade to come now and again, but they wouldn't feel comfortable, at least right away.

Reply 8

Tw!stEd

Join a sports club, its the best thing i ever did.

I aggree with this 100%.
I do Jui Jitsu, and I train 3 times a week, and then we go to pub after session....
We also have fortnightly social events.
And we sometimes meet up sporadicly and go clubbing together.

Reply 9

unknown demon

join a society, start one if you think you can get enough members, play a sport, sit next to a new person in class and lecture every time, get out of your safety zone, i commute, am pretty sociable myself, do 3 jobs, 1 society and have 3 positions at uni and im a first year. it is all possible if your willing to put in the effort, your probably missing out on countless things but not looking for them.

Reply 10

Anonymous #1

Well, i guess it is possible to settle into the uni life, whilst living off campus, i mean i know one other individual who has settled, knows lots of people, but takes part in other activities.

I mean, for now im focusing on exams, but im just saying things for next year.

To Do List
Join the gym.
Join hindu society.
Attend All Events ( chinese new year etc, openings)

Reply 11

Anonymous #2

be quiet and be grateful with what you have already!!!

Reply 12

penjy1

you made a big mistake not living in halls

Reply 13

Anonymous #1

Im looking for advice and information to help me enoy mu ini life better in the 2nd yr.

I don't need comments, like the 1 typed by penjy1.

Listen, i live 20 mins away, there is literally no point me living on campus. Firstly, i would have to convince my parents, why i wanna live closer to the uni, 20 mins is not far away.

I have made plenty of connections on my course, more than any1, but i want more, but don't how to. that is what i am asking HOW do i make the most of my uni life.

Any unecessary comments like the previous, 2 is just causing a nusiciance.

Reply 14

Melana

Societies!!! 90% of my friends at uni are in DramaSoc, I can't imagine being here without it. It's MADE my uni experience and I've made so many amazing friends. There's not many opportunities to meet people on my course, so without it, I can completely understand how meeting lots of people would be tough. JOIN JOIN JOIN!!