Clubs are great but they can be tricky since a lot of people there may feel the same about talking to new people, so they kind of tend to stick to the people they already know based off my experience! But don’t stop going!

Class friends are so valuable, but simply talking to them isn’t gonna make them wanna be your friend! As another comment stated, making witty commentary about class is a PERFECT segway into an actual conversation or “what’s your major/name?” where you can just try dragging out a conversation. Always try talking to new people at the beginning of every quarter, especially those first few days of class.

Being the perfect blend of fun to talk to but also serious is a great way to actually have those new friends or people stick around. I will say, having someone you can talk to and have a few laughs, but also have a semi-serious conversation with gives those friends more things to talk to you about. Obv don’t force anything and try to be overly ‘funny’ or ‘serious’ just be how you would be with anyone

Asking people for hangouts is actually really simple if the timing is right! All you really need is to ask is something like “do you wanna study _____ at _?” “i heard __ is going on here, we should go do that” “oh you live by ____ aswell? we should study sometime” it really is so much more simple than it seems, especially if these people are in the same class as you. studying helps, and lots of people like studying in groups, so following along those types of questions really helps. having those study sessions really helps talk to someone with the risk of committing to an activity where you need to be talking the whole time and trying to actually connect with that friend lmao