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Old 07-25-2009, 01:28 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Making friends in college will open more opportunities for you – such as free booze, class notes (so forget about buying text books), parties, and a unlimited amount of friends.

First step: be sure to make small talk to everyone! The coffee shop girl, your professor, to the guy the sits next to you in class.

Why? Because then you’ll able to get free perks off the coffee shop girl, help from your professors, and class notes from the guy sitting next to you. (even if he smells funny)

Make it a habit to be friendly and make small talk.

Ask how his/her day, tell some jokes, and just be overall friendly.

In your mind, everyone should be your friend. Be nice, be social, and pretty soon you’ll know most of the people in campus!

FACT: Most people in college are eager to make friends but are waiting for someone to talk to them.

List Of People Who You Want To Befriend:

Coffee Shop Girl: you’ll get some free perks. Most stores throw out their donuts/food at the end of the day. Be sure to ask them for it.

The Smelly Guy: You know the guy that sits next to you and smells funny? It might be your future best friend. Of course, now you can copy notes of them, or even borrow their text books! Crack a lot of jokes and promise you’ll hook him up with some parties/girls.

The Smart Asian Kids: Usually they’re International Students are study really hard. Be friend them, teach them some English (or hook them up with parties) and they’ll be sure to help you with any school work.

Your Professors: They’ll extend dead lines for your essay, or even give you the course notes. Be cool with them and they’ll help you out (it’s their job)

The Bros: These guys are jocks and usually go to college to party, get drunk and hook up. You want to be friend these guys – they’ll hook you up with parties, women, and other good stuff.

College is a great place to sharpen your social skills – because it will help you immensely in the office when you have to deal with office politics.
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I gotta say, this advice seem kind of shady at first glance. Although it is true. If you take the blackhat approach, it could be considered manipulative and plain wrong, but if your intentions are good and you really care about this people and be a true friend for them, it could be the best thing to happen to you in college. Life is about relationships and college ones outlast so many others. They tend to be good investments, emotionally and in general.

The key is to give, and give, and give, without looking to get something out of it. If you are there for people, they will be there for you when you need them.

Be true to yourself and exploit the good willing person inside of you. Giving for the sake of giving is the best food for your soul
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makes me wish I was at college
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I don't know. For me, the "try to be friends with everyone" approach led to me not feeling like I belonged to any group. Then, no one saw me as a regular in their group, so I usually had to do the work of inviting myself to parties and such.
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