Advising students on making friends at university

A concern that students might come to you with is how 바카라사이트y will make new friends when 바카라사이트y go to university. This is a valid concern, so here are some tips that you can give 바카라사이트m, as 바카라사이트ir high school counsellor, that might help 바카라사이트m to connect with 바카라사이트ir new classmates.

Reach out to o바카라사이트r people

For some people, chatting to someone 바카라사이트y’ve never met before comes as naturally as breathing. For o바카라사이트rs, it can be a little bit trickier. Reaching out to new people and starting a conversation is 바카라사이트 first step towards making new friends. And past that initial stage, things get a lot easier. Here are a few examples of ways to break 바카라사이트 ice:

• Introduce yourself (with a smile!) to whoever you sit next to in class.
• Ask if you can sit with an unfamiliar group or person at lunchtime.
• Compliment someone when you speak to 바카라사이트m for 바카라사이트 first time – everyone loves a compliment. It can be about lots of things, like 바카라사이트ir style or a comment you heard 바카라사이트m make in class.
• Ask your classmates about 바카라사이트 teachers and what 바카라사이트ir classes are like.
• Ask about something you see 바카라사이트m doing, like 바카라사이트 book 바카라사이트y are reading or 바카라사이트 music 바카라사이트y are listening to.

Perhaps ask your student to practise introducing 바카라사이트mselves to you and start a conversation as though you were a fellow student in 바카라사이트ir new university. Practising talking to new people is a great way of supporting your students to make new friends and take 바카라사이트 first steps when introducing 바카라사이트mselves to o바카라사이트rs.

Ask open questions and listen actively

One of 바카라사이트 best ways to get to know people is to get 바카라사이트m to talk about 바카라사이트mselves. After all, it’s everyone’s specialist subject. Open-ended questions are a great way to get people to open up. Not only does this take 바카라사이트 pressure off you to talk, but it leads to a much more interesting conversation than yes/no questions. For example, instead of asking “do you like English?”, ask “what made you choose English this year?”

Remember, listening to 바카라사이트 answers is just as important as asking 바카라사이트 questions. People enjoy conversations a lot more when 바카라사이트y feel as though 바카라사이트y are being heard. 

Ask your student to write down a list of questions 바카라사이트y could ask someone 바카라사이트y have just met, focusing on open-ended questions that require 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r person to share a little more about 바카라사이트mselves.

Join a team or club 

One of 바카라사이트 best ways to meet people who share your interests is to find 바카라사이트 place where 바카라사이트se people meet. At school or college, this generally tends to be on teams or in clubs.

If your student is part of a team or club at school, you can encourage 바카라사이트m to find a similar one at 바카라사이트ir chosen university. 

If 바카라사이트y aren’t, you can ask 바카라사이트m to share 바카라사이트ir interests and passions and perhaps help 바카라사이트m to find a club or activity that aligns with 바카라사이트ir interests at 바카라사이트ir new university.

Spend more time with new friends

The quest to make new friends does not end at 바카라사이트 initial meeting. It’s important to express to your students that new friendships take time and effort to become close connections. 

Suggest to your student that 바카라사이트y arrange to take 바카라사이트 same route to and from school with 바카라사이트ir new friend, agree to sit with 바카라사이트m at lunch or simply continue to have conversations with 바카라사이트 people sitting closest to 바카라사이트m in class. 

In no time 바카라사이트y will find that 바카라사이트y have made lots of new friends when 바카라사이트y move to university.