lonely @ O week (2 Viewers)

[millymoo]

okay so i want to go to O week and all... but im slightly chicken to go by myself seeing i know like NOONE going to unsw.... should i go? it'd be nice to make some friends before uni starts but is it weird to walk up to random ppl... shudder... doesnt help that im insanely shy in front of new ppl?

 

[Jago]

Although i know quite a few people going to unsw, i'll be going to oweek by myself at the start of the day.

You could always pop over the hsc chatroom and get to know the 163854354354834354 unsw people in there.

 

[tempco]

Sign up for one of those tours around uni. You'll meet a few people and keep going from there.

 

[Casmira]

okay so i want to go to O week and all... but im slightly chicken to go by myself seeing i know like NOONE going to unsw.... should i go? it'd be nice to make some friends before uni starts but is it weird to walk up to random ppl... shudder... doesnt help that im insanely shy in front of new ppl?

if you are blonde ill meet up with you and wave my appearence fee

 

[Gavvvvvin]

Just go find someone else who seems to be there by themselves and start hanging out with them...I'm sure to they'll' be more than happy to make a new friend...

I will always be there by myself

 

[millymoo]

if you are blonde ill meet up with you and wave my appearence fee

fortunatley im brunette

 

[MedNez]

If you don't want to go to make friends- at least go to get a feel for everything and pretend to have some fun, you might actually have some in the process!

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

My momma and father are coming along for the first few days to check out what they'll be helping me pay for.

 

[Jago]

yeah i should probably warn you about cazza, if you're blonde and have blue or green eyes, he'll just come up and start humping your leg.

Edit: yeah those compus/faculty tours would be the best idea.

 

[Raginsheep]

I thought the whole point of O-week was to meet new people and get orientated to the uni. I'll doubt you'll be the only one going alone.

 

[nofriends]

hey, I'm coming from Wollongong to live in Bondi and go to UNSW, so i don't know anyone either, there will be heaps of ppl like us. hopefully.

 

[mervvyn]

Most first years are in the same boat - it doesn't matter! The strange thing about o-week is that a lot of the awkward feeling about talking to new people is lacking, because everyone is in the same situation. There's a great atmosphere in the whole week. The suggestion of doing tours is a great one - as well, the yellow shirts who run the tours are there to help and be talked to, we don't bite! Going to your faculty welcome is probably a good start too because you'll meet people in your course.

 

[withoutaface]

hey, I'm coming from Wollongong to live in Bondi and go to UNSW, so i don't know anyone either, there will be heaps of ppl like us. hopefully.

What an appropriate username.

 

[Alimoe_KG]

I'm going with people but ill probably just tap random people on the shoulder and start yapping away O'.'O

What degree are you doing millymoo?

 

[millymoo]

I'm going with people but ill probably just tap random people on the shoulder and start yapping away O'.'O

What degree are you doing millymoo?

arts/education !!!!!!!!!

i feel a tad better now about the whole thing... horah for tapping random people on the shoulder

 

[Casmira]

fortunatley im brunette

*mcbain voice* you break my mighty greek heart!

 

[Alimoe_KG]

arts/education !!!!!!!!!

i feel a tad better now about the whole thing... horah for tapping random people on the shoulder

*tap tap ... tap*

I don't do your degrees so i'll just have to hope i randomly tap you!

 

[sunny]

I'll have to say you might not actually meet any new friends at o-week, probably not any long lasting ones anyway.

The campus tours are nice since they're in small groups and you might get to socialise with the people - but theres a good chance you'll never seem them again because they're doing a totally different program to you. Then theres people that go in groups to stay with friends (which would be a fair majority).

Once tutes and lectures start you can always strike up conversations with people. As random as that may seem its really not that weird and people would understand why.

 

[Jago]

Yeah i had this random med student just start talking to me while i was getting my ID card. at first i was like wtf, but yeah he was a pretty cool dude once we started talking.

 

[withoutaface]

I'll have to say you might not actually meet any new friends at o-week, probably not any long lasting ones anyway.

The campus tours are nice since they're in small groups and you might get to socialise with the people - but theres a good chance you'll never seem them again because they're doing a totally different program to you. Then theres people that go in groups to stay with friends (which would be a fair majority).

Once tutes and lectures start you can always strike up conversations with people. As random as that may seem its really not that weird and people would understand why.

I met people I'm still friends with...