Friends in year 13?

Hi everyone,
I’m going to my final year of secondary school next year, and as childish as this may seem, i decided to move away from a lot of my friendships in yr 12. I found out that they were always talking poorly (such as my weight, skin, family etc) of me due to me prioritizing my academics and generally became quite aggressive too - plus, none of them were as ‘ambitious’ (im so sorry if this comes off as narcissistic) as me so they took a lot of offense if I decided to stay home and study for a test rather than hangout with them. The issue is that I’ve been in this friend group since year 8 and only very recently realized that they were quite toxic. Going to my last year of school, of course I’ll have to work even harder for my grades and university preparation but nobody wants to be alone. What should I do? How do you make friends? I’m not sure if i have a generally likeable personality either (because i have very niche humor and interests etc).

Any advice would be great, thanks a lot :smile:

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halfharry

Study Forum Helper

This gives me flashbacks...I left my secondary school and didn't look back cut everyone off and didn't even show up to the celebration assembly for all those with good grades.

My new sixth form were the best 2 years of my life, making friends isn't easy especially when you are walking into a school with already established friendship groups but my advice is always observe the friendship groups that have already formed and see which ones you would suit...then be on the lookout to see if any of the members of that group are in any of your classes...from there it's always easier to get into a friendship group by being introduced by an established member

I hope you enjoy your sixth form journey as much as i did💙💙