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As someone who made almost no friends at university to the point that I barely spoke to any of my various housemates in the 3 years I was there, I am probably the worst person to give you any advice of this kind. If you manage to avoid this turn of events early on then congratulations, you are less introverted than myself and you should get along fine.

That said, my one of my main failing points was that apparently everyone else's idea of a good time was going out drinking, which I have no desire to do (alcohol tastes terrible to me and I find the environment of pubs, bars and clubs to be stressful at best, if not outright unbearable). Without that, there was little opportunity to socialise.

You'll make friends. Can always and easily get involved in special interest (gaming?) clubs, community service, or strip clubs to meet people. All three actively look for new people. You could also just do your own thing and be content like that. My first day of university was spent evacuating from a historic hurricane, so I doubt it'll be any worse than that.

Had friends who were really outgoing. Had friends who were quiet types. Had weirdo friends. They came about mainly by meeting them in the dorm during my first year, or in classes along the way. They came naturally. Everyone else is as anxious socially as you, in one way or another.

Don't forget to study. Remember that this is the point of going to university.

P.S.-- Life is Strange, good on you.

This may seem weird, but works quite well - get to know a few people, you don't need much. Try to get friends - I'm also quite an introvert, if I'm in a really bad mood, extremely (to the point of taking half-1 hour to get dressed to leave the house). A magical advice for making friends: people are SELFISH. They love themselves. They love their stories. For everyone, himself/herself is the most important. So, the easiest way to get friends if you find somebody at least tolerable, and you start talking with them. And by talking, I mean listening and paying attention. In today's rushing world people thirst for attenion, if you remember that they mentioned they have a pet, their favourite colour, food, drink, you won.
And why to find friends? To get one to suffer through the boring lessons. Or to make your first (terrible) pizza then realize you've left out an important ingredient and then have a laugh. To have someone to get notes from and to give your notes. I've recently continued my masters on the same university as my batchelors, but mostly on the other side of the whole "big" campus (less then 1 km I guess), moved out from the dormitories and skipped a year because fails. I still miss seeing my friends daily, to the usual smile to the nameless Guy from the neighbouring corridor, to cook together with someone then after 3 hous 2 dozens of people joined the talking and we're playing boardgames while drinking beers.
Try to be a little daring, if not with else, then with your presense. Just go and listen to groups, or events. You not necessarily need to participate, lots of people kind of flees from these things but their friends dragged them there. Try talking to them, they similarly don't want to be there, maybe the understand you! :) And trust your guts about people - if someone feels really intresting, try to get to know them! I very rarely disappointed in people who made good or at least diplomatically (for example guys's well mannered handshake - so you don't know anything, but still a pleasant-neutral impression) first impression.

I'm introvert too, but when I started on my bachelor, it was an all new crowd, an all new part of my life and well.. and all new me. I just said hi... and talked about why I was there... It's gonna be fine :)

Don't worry about it and, try to be calm :3

Umm, tbh I don't have much to say on this since I'm pretty much the same XD.

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Make as much friends as you can in the beginning, then slowly start and figure out who can beneficial as a friend who you can hang out and study with. Cuz cliques will form whether we like it or not. Remember that almost everyone will be as nervous as you are so everyone's on equal footing on that segment.
Also that helping others be it in studies or anything you know you'll be able handle can help bring in new friends.
Just be true to yourself and dont force youself to change so others will accept you.
Most importantly remember your purpose of being there and all the best!

PS: Just be a nugget, there's a chance you'll turn up as a gold nugget and not the food. face palm I just had to say that.

I already go to college and I'm still scared ;_;

play casual, don't talk and show strength by the dead eyes look.
never show all your cards (pokemon and other games) (jk)
get a leather jacket or better yet a long coat and a beret. Wear black or dark clothes.
if someone jokes or defies you just stare with the dead eyes look, don't say a word.

Meanwhile practice all that nifty mind tricks you'd picked up along the way, and when dead eyes look doesn't cut it, tell them ppl call you sadistic and you don't understand why.. that maybe they want to help you out with that..

oh and if you ever dissect a bullfrog, chew it while staring with the dead eyes look. Works every-time 10/10

Never went to university, I went to Cégep (which is kind of like college) and I was stressed to at first, but I met
lots of nice people. So anyway, I'm sure you'll be fine:) Good luck to you!

I'm extremely introverted myself, and somehow in college it was much easier to befriend people than in high school (or prior).

There are so many more people at a university that you're bound to meet at least a few people with common interests. If you're living in the dorms, it's even easier since you're in such close quarters with a large number of people, all your age. You won't even need to try to make friends -- just be yourself and it'll happen ...

... unless you're an axe murderer or something. ;)

Be kind, be humble, be yourself and u gonna do some real friendships :3 be picky about your friendships and always be close to people that relate to you, never let homework for the last minute and u gonna survive, study often ... and gimmie your chicken

Just relax and be yourself. A lot of people will be nervous like you, some of them will act tough and try to impress the others - but the best way to find your soulmate, a friend for life, is to not pretend anyone else. Just come as you are :) Fingers crossed!

Ah, just remembered something. A tip someone gave me once for when getting into new groups of people:
Have a thing. Something recognizable and relatively special you have/do/know or whatever. Just something that can be you thing.
Back when I was in the army, on the first day, a guy brought his yo-yo. So, everyone was all awkward and scared and not knowing what to talk about, and there was this guy just standing there, doing really cool tricks with his yo-yo. He was the first person I and many others really noticed, and it definitely helped him socially.
Your thing could be anything, from playing an instrument to being the one who volunteers to make the call when people wanna order food, or just making stupid play-on-words jokes. You could even be the one who takes everything people say and interprets it in a dirty way though I don't recommend it, no one likes that guy/girl. Anything you're comfortable with and you can do. Just have a thing.

I'm a serious introvert myself. I used to think I suffered from social anxiety, until I started studying psychology in College myself, and got to go through a bunch of research regarding Introversion in a Psychology of Emotion class. There I learned that part of the way I hyper-process info and why I learn so quickly is actually related to the introversion, and that there is a physical difference in the brain/brain chemistry for Introverted versus Extroverted people.

I was also much older when I went to University, so a good part of my experiences will not be relevant to you, as I assume you're not in your late 20's/early 30's. As an introvert though, don't push yourself too hard. When you start to feel really uncomfortable, you can become quickly overwhelmed. We all have limits to how much emotional distress we can take before it exceeds our abilities to cope mentally and mitigate the reactions - don't push to the breaking point and make yourself miserable, it can lead to serious anxiety and depression issues and the like. Go only as far as you're comfortable.

Also, one thing I learned earlier in life that was brought into serious focus in college was to let people come to me, rather than try to push myself in to places I thought I should belong. I made some wonderful friends by just being myself, and doing my best in classes. I ended up being asked to be a tutor for the school's drop in tutoring center, asked to teach some supplementary math courses, etc. It was a rather small college campus, but I eventually found myself being one of the most well known students on campus, and probably what most people would consider very "popular" just because I am very likable and friendly when not push into uncomfortable situations, and I was a fantastic student and tutor. Give yourself a chance to find your strengths, and then capitalize on them.

A lot of people say "just be yourself" but I always found that advice to be a bit lacking, especially for people in their teens and early 20's because at that point in life we're all still trying to find who we are. It's hard to "just be yourself" when you haven't fully established who "yourself" even is yet. Don't push yourself and try to define yourself. Take the time to get to know yourself, and find who you are rather than forcing a definition on yourself. The people most worth knowing will end up finding you as long as you're open and let them, and you'll end up with some of the best and longest lasting friendships that way. So instead, I say: just live your life. Take things as they come, know that there will be pain and you will make mistakes. Forgive them and forgive others, keep trying to find yourself and where you want to be, and eventually you're bound to find your way through to a place you want to be, and who you want to be in that place. Then you can finally "just be yourself."

Good luck! If you let it be, it will be an amazing experience.
Also, psych is really interesting, so hopefully you'll enjoy what you learn. :D

I feel you bro, Im starting university in October. Just be yourself, I guess..

As Walter would say, ' Its never too late, to self medicate' ...yea, thats bad advice.

Just go with it I would say :D
Go with the flow, see what happens :)
Have FUN!

JUST DO IT!

Well, you sound like someone who's studying psychology for me, so everything's cool.
People will try to figure out where the shyness is coming from tho! Maybe you got a schizoid personality disorder?

I start on Tuesday as well. And I'm having the same problem. I've been doing okay though.

Things I Wish I Knew Before I Went to University

1. Start over. You are in a new social scene, so make a new reputation. It's easiest to be true to your inner self.
2. Don't sweat the major. Most likely, you will change yours at least twice. Maybe five times. You'll be fine.
3. Do not rely on an Academic Adviser to chart your way through school. Accept help, but take charge of your own schooling.
4. The name on the school is unimportant. What you learn and (to a lesser extent) what you do while in school is everything.
5. As a corollary to #4, USE THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES. You pay for advising, library, transportation, et cetera, so use them.
6. AVOID DEBT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. Yes, you can work two jobs and still attend school. Some people do it with kids.
7. University is actually meant for those who enter it with a purpose. Figure out your real-world goal and then steer toward it.

As a footnote, don't worry about meeting new people. You only need to do two things: smile; and say "Hi." That's it. Don't worry if the other person doesn't respond, just do that and keep walking. If someone wants to talk to you, they will. If not, you have other things to think about that are more important than the silent person beside you. This greeting ritual works on members of both sexes and all age groups. (No, really. The best "pickup line" is to smile and say "Hi." Waving is optional.)

hug from me and the bunnies. (I named her browny)
Ofcourse you are nervous, everybody is when they start something new. Don't worry too much. Worrying is worse than actually doing it. Just go with the flow and you will be fine. Ofcourse meeting new people is a little scary too but just like khalaq said before me. "hi" is really all you need. The rest comes naturally.
So don't worry and eveything will be okay. :)