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re: Whats a good way for a high schooler to meet people?
Posted on 1/12/14 at 11:30 am to RyseofRome
Posted on 1/12/14 at 11:30 am to RyseofRome
Dorm + fraternity
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Posted on 1/12/14 at 11:32 am to RyseofRome
Tell him to talk to his classmates and join any activity he can while in high school.
Posted on 1/12/14 at 11:38 am to CtotheVrzrbck
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Being in the dorms is the best way to meet a ton people.
also the best way to get mixed up with losers who will only bring him down.
You want to help the kid... you should worry about his choice of major and school first...if his major is something real, like some type of engineering or real science....then frick friends.
Get your degree with great grades and the "poon" will come....friends will only hinder him in that regard. If his major is something bland or dumb like business or psychology....then hammer him on that....18-22 defines the direction of your life.
He's a BRH type guy...friends are for people from Tara,Broadmore,Lee, etc,etc..."regular" people...in all honestly, he shouldn't be at LSU...it's not the right people or environment.....he won't be around like minds
Posted on 1/12/14 at 11:44 am to Swoopin
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Why is he commuting? If he wants to make friends the easiest change he could make is staying in freshman dorms
The answer.
Posted on 1/12/14 at 11:48 am to Iona Fan Man
If he qualifies he should move into an Honors dorm. There are more than enough dorky smart kids at LSU for him to worry about another school. Interest groups and any honors society he can join will help.
Posted on 1/12/14 at 11:50 am to Iona Fan Man
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You want to help the kid... you should worry about his choice of major and school first...if his major is something real, like some type of engineering or real science....then frick friends. Get your degree with great grades and the "poon" will come....friends will only hinder him in that regard. If his major is something bland or dumb like business or psychology....then hammer him on that....18-22 defines the direction of your life.
actually, I completely agree with this...I am not particularly social myself and don't feel like I really missed out on much of anything critical...
I think the focus of college is to get your education in order to make enough money to have a decent life...I found that my friends in college were actually those in my curriculum that I saw all day in every class...
Posted on 1/12/14 at 11:50 am to RyseofRome
He should learn how to frat really hard.
Posted on 1/12/14 at 11:53 am to RyseofRome
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Posted on 1/12/14 at 11:56 am to RyseofRome
Sell drugs
Posted on 1/12/14 at 12:00 pm to RyseofRome
Why are you worried about your neighbors kid? Creepy.
Posted on 1/12/14 at 12:03 pm to RyseofRome
Southeastern has co-ed dorms. Just sayin.
Posted on 1/12/14 at 12:06 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
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Being in the dorms is the best way to meet a ton people. Commuting is the fricking worst, he'll never experience the most important parts of going to college.
This. I lived in a dorm my first year at Southeastern (RIP Livingston Hall) and you virtually had no choice in meeting people. Most freshman do not get single room dorms and have to live with a roommate. This experience would certainly help meeting new people and forming friendships especially by meeting the roommates friends and those he will encounter in the hallways and rec room in his dorm (not sure if all dorms have rec rooms but mine did).
I met a lot of people my first year and it was extremely beneficial during that first year where I didn't know many people on campus in the first place and those whom I had known prior I was unable to hang out with them a lot due to scheduling conflicts and living situations (commute). But regardless of whether he lives on/off campus or commutes, he will be forced to meet people in college merely by being in class with the same people everyday and potentially some of the same people that are in his other classes. He will learn to lean on and trust in these people in order to succeed in school or else he will learn the lesson that he must be social in order to succeed and will learn the error of his ways. Plus, everyone knows that in college virtually every project is a group project. This will also force his hand to socialize and form relationships through those in his project group in order to get a passing grade (not to mention his group members will be relying on him to succeed as well on the project).
Other than this, he should join a college organization whether it be academic, cause based or social. He will be fine because college will force him to come out of his shell and force him into situations where he will have to be either a contributing member of a group (ie group projects) in order to succeed or fail.
Wall of Text over.
This post was edited on 1/12/14 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 1/12/14 at 12:08 pm to NoNameNeeded
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Do you know whether or not the kid has Asperger's or high functioning autism? That could explain a lot, as those who suffer from these disorders often times lead very austere lives. LSU is definitely not the school for this person. If his family can afford it he should apply to schools in the Pacific Northwest. That region of the country values differences and individuality much more than the South.
Wow. Have to respectfully but totally disagree with this.
Lots of guys are quiet and shy in HS--it can be a time of introspection as you become an adult and aware of a new level of social interaction and maturity in your peers. Some folks just "think" about it longer before jumping in feet first. Without other information in the OP I doubt that he has Aspergers.
Dorm, club, frats are good. LSU is a great school for this--the people are the friendliest in the world. There is enough diversity so he'll find like minds. The Pacific Northwest would be the WORST place a kid like this can go--he'd be sucked into a hipster/goth douchebag clique too easily. If he's from the South he'll be met in the PNW with a level of discrimination you can't believe exists.
Posted on 1/12/14 at 12:40 pm to RyseofRome
My cousin's kid was very shy in high school and did great at LSU. He commuted also but made lots of friends. He made friends with people in his classes. He also joined organizations he was interested in. Some were connected to his major. Others were involving other interests of his. I know he is into video games and Anime. I think one organizations/clubs had to do with that. He did not pledge a fraternity.
Posted on 1/12/14 at 12:49 pm to GeauxLSU8
Sounds like the OP is trying to find out where to meet young kids for himself
Posted on 1/12/14 at 12:49 pm to GeauxLSU8
I actually did a lot of the electrical in Baton Rouge high. I even went there to trouble shoot things once the school opened back up. There is a lot of potential there. I don't know how this dude can't get laid at that school after seeing all the girls there when I worked there.
My advice, take the kid to Reggie's on a Monday night. I spent almost every Monday night my senior year at Reggie's getting drunk and picking up slutty high school girls and college freshmen. Had some great nights there.
My advice, take the kid to Reggie's on a Monday night. I spent almost every Monday night my senior year at Reggie's getting drunk and picking up slutty high school girls and college freshmen. Had some great nights there.
Posted on 1/12/14 at 1:28 pm to A_bear
Dorm and frat
Posted on 1/12/14 at 1:31 pm to Grim
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Sounds like the OP is trying to find out where to meet young kids for himself
If so, he'll inevitably meet...
Posted on 1/12/14 at 2:47 pm to RyseofRome
Church
Posted on 1/12/14 at 3:23 pm to tigerpaw08716
Dorm, frat, and church 
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