Arizona iced tea said:
well tomorrow will be my third day of college and so far i haven't really met anyone new. but i realize this is the time to make an effort to make new friends. anyway, when looking to create my new "social circle" how will i find the people that i want to be friends with?
just looking for tips...
You'll initially make your social circle with the people you see the most, so your roomates and neighbors probably. But thats only your initial circle. By the end of the year, unless you're lucky, you'll have a new circle. This is called 'friendswapping'. You'll hang out with your first group, but you'll also meet other people through your group and outside your group. Look at highschool, you'll notice that in the 4 years, there are a lot of people who weren't hanging out with the same people as the first 4 years. This will happen in 1 year.
Don't try too hard to make friends outside your 'natural circles' initially (major, classes, clubs, roomates, neighbors, dorm, ect). Cuz everyone in that group will see each other way more often than you'll see them, and then you'll be sorta of an 'outsider'. But people naturally tend to drift away from their initial 'proximity' social circles as the year go on, and you will too naturally. Or not. Just go with the flow.
As for making friends, DO IT ALL. Knock on EVERY guy and girl's door in your dorm or in proxminity, introduce yourself, and invite them to hang out. And hang out in GROUPS. Everything is much more fun in groups. Girls especially will be a lot more open to chilling out with you initally if its with a group. People initially are the most approachable in the first weeks of their freshmen year then their entire life. 90% of girls who are still virgins won't be by the end of the first semester.