I had to tell you those University years are the best of your years of your life if you had spent it awesomely! I still love those moments and miss it big time and now considering making some cash saved up for the next year + and joining an exiting Graduate program or even something!
When I look back at the time I spent at University, especially living at the Halls of residence, I hope every one should have at least live one semester in International Students halls. That is a life time experience and one awesome time of life.
Anyway I’m not going to talk about my wholly grail awesome time I lived during my university years, as it might be X rated and too much drunken nights and mind-blowing encounters with more than a healthy amount of random strangers. So let’s get into the article about how and why you should network meet and use your time at University for greatness and awesomeness.
How to become Social Animal at University or College
Start with a smile and a “hi” and introduce yourself, just don’t hesitate to go talk or approach that person you saw passing by (I missed a hell lot of opportunities due to not taking every chance..lol) if you’re a introvert person and bit too shy as if it’s your first year in a totally new country, studying with new people, that is normal.. But it’s not normal to not to introduce your self and get connected with new people. Life is all about changing and getting new experiences.
Developing your Inner Beast!
This is the best time to do so guys, just open up and get chilled and relaxed around other people; don’t get stuck up in your limiting beliefs like. Where you came form, your color matter or your too short to go talk to that 6 footer or some bullshit like that. Coz if it matters that’s their problem, not yours!!! Just know that every body is cut from the same cloth. It’s you who put those mental blocks in your self and isolate your self… I hope every one must have seen those people who vibrate and attract people to their awesomeness!! If you’re not that good at this, get on those people’s social circles and network. Once you develop that mind set, you will start to realize, that people get attracted to you and it does not matter that who you are. It only matters is how you believe in you and how you project your self to the world.
If you’re roaming around campus after lectures or during day time, make a conscious decision to talk to people on your way, it really makes you so much new friendships. And also during University, there should be no excuse to not to talk to other students. You just can stop them and say something like “I saw you doing so and so and it bought to my mind that I should come introduce my self to you and bla bla, I’m Fernando” something like.. Trust me majority of the girls do this lot, and that is why they have a much larger social circle and connection with others, and always has that guy for a shoulder or more!
I know there are some random students who would get this as WTF! Just ignore them coz they are no use of getting to know. Also just don’t think what others will think of what you’re doing. In my time in Uni, some of my friends really didn’t get what the hell I was doing. Just think about how amazing you are and do your thinks forks. Life is too short to not take that one chance which might only come once in your life time.
Social conditioning is something like going to the gym, you need to condition and workout on your social muscles every single day. This is the best time of your life to do that for free, without much of hard feelings.
Talking to people is a skill and it’s something you need to develop through doing so, especially if your into Business and management studies, this is very important. And one more thing which is very important is being socially aware and observation oriented about your environment and its people. How does the best of socially dominant people interact, what do they have that you lack!
Lessons and Do’s Campus Interactions
How to open a stranger
Hi (Or excuse me, in a bit busy situation), I just saw you and had to come over and tell you that you look like some one form the (Department) so what’s the story what are you studying? (These works very well during the early times of the semester)
Just go do it, don’t think of the outcome… You have no right to think what if she has boyfriends, what will happen blab la!! Just go do it thinking I’m going to make that persons day. Get all pumped up and take chances and make peoples days awesome. Do you know how these sorts of interactions work and where those go…? I had dozens of awesome experiences which went on from the Campus day time interactions to late night bed time activities and sharing moments. (Not encouraging this if your can’t get academics done by missing the night study session)
I knew some friends, who would just sit next to a interesting student and would not get noticeable effort to introduce them self to that person… What is a wrong people?, take those moments of gravity and get connected with the human beings.
Sample topics for great conversations
**So btw what are studying? **What made you study this and what did you want to do this? Add up your personal experiences and build on the words and move forward. I call this happy hour conversations, the time we all at the Halls come over for the meal preparations or to the kitchen.
This is where you make good times and connections and share your thoughts and see where they take you
I mean some encounters are very controversial but they have their own explanations and good times at the after kitchen parties.
Library Time
This is the time I made friends, I could never ever study as my eyes always move around the corner when that hottie walks around passing me! She must not be interested in me, but I had that feeling, she is calling me. So I go like a tiger and say hi..lol
Btw this has some good benefits if you’re smart or even if they are smart, you may learn a lot by exchanging ideas and talking to people from different parts of the world. This is one of the most exiting things I had experienced during my time at University.
How to get Dates
This is the easiest time of your life, trust me there is no other better easy time you will get once you pass this period of your life. I mean if you’re good at Social Dynamics it doesn’t matter. If you had learn the skill or has mastered it during your University days life is awesome all the time wherever you go.
Tips for success at University life
Be friendly and open minded and go for the opportunities. Be awesome and feel it, there should be no regrets or excuses for not doing so. Don’t hesitate to take a chance, go for what you want, for example even if you do not know the person is single or not, just got talk.. coz without talking and interacting you may not know it! But finally make sure to study hard!