r/leavingcert • u/mia_0134-20180713 Locked In 🔒 • 2d ago

University 🎓 How to make friends on freshers week / orientation?

Asking for my brother lol. His orientation is on Wednesday in TU Dublin and he's nervous about meeting and making friends with people there over his first few weeks. Any tips? And anyone having their orientation on Wednesday 10th Sep in TU Dublin on Bolton street? If so maybe yous can be friends lolll 😭😭

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u/Top_One_5131 2d ago

I had my induction day on the 3rd and my best advice is tell him to be confident enough to walk up to someone who is also alone (or with a group) and ask everyone’s names as a convo starter. That’s what I did anyway, I took a seat, scanned the room and built up the confidence to go over to a girl who I noticed was also alone, I asked her name what she’s studying and we got talking just about random stuff like the schools we were in. Ofc this convo might not last for hours there’ll be some awkward silences but making the first move will have u feeling more confident when it comes to making friends in your course. BEST OF LUCK TO YOUR BROTHER!!

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u/mia_0134-20180713 Locked In 🔒 2d ago

THANK YOUU!! I'll show him this lol. Good luck to you too in college!!

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u/Top_One_5131 2d ago

Thank uuu !

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u/anxietea_magic 1d ago

I did the exact same thing in first year, another easy conversation starter is always to just go up and compliment literally anything about someone, that’s what everyone in my course was doing and it’s such an easy way to get to talking. Honestly never spoke to anyone from freshers again really. Met most of my college friends I couple of weeks in during lectures and labs

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u/Regular_Island_3997 2d ago

Missing orientation so I’m off to a great start

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u/patryk-777 2d ago

So am I😭😭