If you can break this unspoken code (of not making new friends once the year is underway), then you can prove to yourself that you're a capable PUA.
Challenge yourself - take that as a fun task to overcome!
Anyway, it's already well into the school year, and people are in a their usual groove. Go to class, come back. Do homework. Then go hang out at the coffee shop/bar with the same old people. Break that cycle.
Do a cold-read. Say something like, "You know, it's funny how people on campus always ignore each other. They've got a couple of people they hang with now, so they think they don't need to socialize, and they close themselves off. I think that's awful. It's a mistake. You on the other hand -- I can't tell you're different [cold-read]. I can tell you're not closed-off; I can see that you're an open-minded girl.
If she likes your style, she will smile. Then segueway into ball-busting:
"Wow, and you're super-cute too when you smile!"
"You've got a nice smile."
"Your nose wrinkles up when you laugh!"
Then just take it from there. Build rapport - talk about school, hometown, classes, etc. Number close.
I once number closed a very cute Puerto Rican/Dominican girl (Norah Jones look-a-like, interestingly) in a cafeteria using this very method - in front of about 4 girlfriends and 3 very large, and irritated Puerto Rican dudes!
:shock: Well actually, I did the whole cold-read/routine while waiting in line with her. Then I walked upto her table full of rowdy Boriquas and number closed her, right in front of all her friends. I went back to my apartment afterwards to check if my balls were made of steel or not!
J/k.
