Making Friends Forum

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:12 pm

So I have been at my new school for about 1 month now and I basically have no friends. I am honestly a very outgoing person, so this is quite a shock for me so far that I still haven't found any sort of niche.

Any advice besides the usual join a club?

Mullens · Post by **Mullens** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:16 pm

Go to bar review. talk to people you sit near before/after class

pancakes3 · Post by **pancakes3** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:22 pm

screw LS friends. join a kickball league and make friends with civilians

PourMeTea · Post by **PourMeTea** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:51 pm

Post a message in the transfer facebook group at your school and see if people want to hang out

PourMeTea · Post by **PourMeTea** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:51 pm

Found an affinity group

lawhopeful10 · Post by **lawhopeful10** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:10 pm

Mullens wrote:Go to bar review. talk to people you sit near before/after class

Basically this. Do you drink? Usually going out drinking with people develops relationships pretty quick.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 10:47 pm

yes i drink. just go to bar review solo?

lawhopeful10 · Post by **lawhopeful10** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 11:02 pm

Talk to people who sit near you in class first and say something to the effect of you just transferred here and was wondering what the bar review scene was like or something. Going without knowing anyone would most likely be rough so just try and get to know people ahead of time. Most people probably understand that as a transfer you don't know anyone yet so hopefully people will reach out if you express interest.

Mr.F · Post by **Mr.F** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 11:03 pm

Anonymous User wrote:yes i drink. just go to bar review solo?

Absolutely. So long as your social, it's the easiest way to make friends.

Also, are you at a school with a lot of transfers? If so, reach out to them.

lawhopeful10 · Post by **lawhopeful10** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 11:05 pm

Yea going alone is completely fine. I just meant if you don't know anyone when you get there you are likely to feel a little awkward.

Mr.F · Post by **Mr.F** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 11:06 pm

Just go a little on the later end, around 10-11.

Babum · Post by **Babum** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 11:15 pm

Hey if you are at Cornell, I'd be glad to introduce you to the class

ghostoftraynor · Post by **ghostoftraynor** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 1:39 am

Go late and drunk and find other drunk people. Friendships will be assured, though you will have to do some reckon afterwards because new drunk "friends" may not remember meeting you.

ForgotMyPassword · Post by **ForgotMyPassword** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:11 am

OP, I'm also a transfer and was in the same boat as you my first few weeks. The advice given so far in the thread, specifically talking to people near you in class / joining clubs, worked really well for me. Now there are people I can chat with in the majority of my classes + 1-2 activities I can go to each week where I actually know a fair number of people. Affinity groups also work really well if you have an ethnic / geographic association you can join.

Can't comment on bar review as I don't actually like drinking that much, though I've decided I'll show up this week just to see what its like here. PM me if you' transferred to my school (In profile).

NoDayButToday · Post by **NoDayButToday** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 9:09 am

carmensandiego · Post by **carmensandiego** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 9:29 am

pancakes3 wrote:screw LS friends. join a kickball league and make friends with civilians

Do this, and have a small group of LS friends.(Small - key word) If I had just LS friends in law school, I'd want to blow my brains out.

PourMeTea · Post by **PourMeTea** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:35 am

i think making common enemies with your fellow transfers is also key

georgej · Post by **georgej** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 3:51 pm

Just hit up office hours and make friends with professors, they are paid to like you.

ManoftheHour · Post by **ManoftheHour** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 3:54 pm

TCR was to room with another law student (ideally one that was at the school 1L year). But it's probably too late for that.

Just talk to people. This one transfer talked to me during OCI and now we're friends. Bar review is a good idea. Maybe join activities? My school has soccer and softball every week. This one transfer talked to me during OCI and now we're friends.

PourMeTea · Post by **PourMeTea** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 5:13 pm

Something that worked for another person was to ask a group of people whether they had heard of top dash law dash schools dot com and then start describing avatars of folks sitting at that table

PourMeTea · Post by **PourMeTea** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 5:24 pm

I also recommend giving this a read and maybe taking some notes. This really helped me out: http://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-I ... 0671027034

*not an affiliate link

Nebby · Post by **Nebby** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:11 am

PourMeTea wrote:I also recommend giving this a read and maybe taking some notes. This really helped me out: http://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-I ... 0671027034

*not an affiliate link

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