Meeting New People on Campus<p>    You know your high school friends very well. You have had so many experiences together, and have these amazing bonds that you have formed over the years. But with college friends, it’s a different story: You don’t always know who your friends really are. I call those friends temporary friends, and everybody has them. They are the people who are in your immediate circle, or in your immediate community with whom you become friends.</p><p>    It takes years to really know who somebody is and it takes shared experiences.</p><p>    Someone once said that it took years before he could yell at his new friend and </p><p>know they would still be friends.</p><p>    But, how do we make friends?</p><p>    One of the best ways is to get involved in extracurricular activities. As a matter of fact, getting involved in extracurricular activities is one of the most important things to do in college.In my opinion, extracurricular activities are as important as academic ones.       I tell parents, especially those who would prefer it if their children chose an academic career, and also students, that to have one organization or one activity to attend is as important as going to a class.</p><p>    Extracurricular activities help you connect with people, because what happens is that so many students get to this new world; they are surrounded by so many new people and need to make friends with the people around them.This is what extracurricular activities are: a doorway to help you to create a world.</p><p>   Some people say: “Hey, the first semester should just be about getting great grades, and you should wait before getting involved.” But my suggestion is: Pick one or two activities and get involved right away.You may use social media to get in touch with people, and do the things you want to do, because too often it’s too hard to get involved as you’re too afraid of walking into a room where you don’t know anybody.</p><p>    I’m on several kinds of social media and I have many friends there. It’s normal that these people are doing the things you want to do and social media is great because you can just send them a message and ask them a question. If you want to get involved in one or two activities, you will then know someone there.</p><p>    My experiences at college tell me that the very best place to meet people on campus is out of your room. And once you’re in your hallway, you can make friends, and then you can move from your hallway down to the student union, library, club, organization, class, or any place where people gather together to study, to play, and to make friends ultimately.</p>