{"id":14822,"date":"2020-10-13T09:49:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T13:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=14822"},"modified":"2020-10-15T09:59:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T13:59:25","slug":"no-friends-hi-wall-im-a-freshmen-and-so-far-it-has-been-really-hard-to-make-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2020\/10\/13\/no-friends-hi-wall-im-a-freshmen-and-so-far-it-has-been-really-hard-to-make-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"No Friends. Hi wall. I\u2019m a freshmen, and so far it has been really hard to make friends."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I\u2019m not really close with my roommate, but I try to sign up for as many events as I can. It\u2019s just a pretty tough time. Any advice?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a tough time to make new friends. Events are good; joining organizations (bit.ly\/BCStudentGroups) can be more effective, because you meet people multiple times and it can take a while to initiate a friendship. And that&#8217;s the key; if you gather the courage to say &#8220;hey let&#8217;s get a coffee after&#8221; you&#8217;ll have a better chance than if you wait for friendship to evolve organically. Study groups can be another great way to start friendships. Hugs to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not really close with my roommate, but I try to sign up for as many events as I can. It\u2019s just a pretty tough time. Any advice? It is a tough time to make new friends. Events are good; joining organizations (bit.ly\/BCStudentGroups) can be more effective, because you meet people multiple times and it &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2020\/10\/13\/no-friends-hi-wall-im-a-freshmen-and-so-far-it-has-been-really-hard-to-make-friends\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;No Friends. Hi wall. I\u2019m a freshmen, and so far it has been really hard to make friends.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14822"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14830,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14822\/revisions\/14830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}