Did you make close friends from (non Greek) clubs in college?

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business fraternity and study abroad

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Anonymous wrote:I met the person who would become my best friend in a lunch line after new student thing. She went greek, I did not. She also joined the club rugby team and asked me to join bc they were looking for "tall people." 20+ years later we are part of a group of 8ish ppl from that team who still meet for vacations and getaways. As DC #1 and 2 have gone on to college - both to schools with 10K+ undergraduates - I told them to join clubs; look for a community w/in the community.

+1. Went to a big state school in the 1990s. Still close friends with my club sport teammates. We see each other almost every year, stay in touch via text and email, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I know the standard advice for Freshmen is to join clubs to make friends, but in my experience that doesn't seem to work to well. Pretty much all of my close friends in college I met in the dorm, and later I made other friends through them. I joined a number of clubs, but honestly they just weren't active enough to get to know people well. I'm curious as to how most other people met their college friends. Was it mainly through dorm, sorority/ Fraternity, sports team, or did you make them through clubs?

Dorms, classes in my major, or the punk club I hung out at

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Anonymous wrote:Made great friends in the marching band.

Band camp! yeah lots of friendships and relationships from band

[Anonymous]

My son and his two closest friends have formed a club. I'll get back to you in 10 years to report if they are still friends.

[Anonymous]

I was on a sports tram and those women are my best friends to this day.

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My daughter plays club soccer at a large private U and most of her BFFs are on the team. They practice 3x week and do 6 - 8 weekend tournaments, so you get to know everyone pretty well.

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The groups most effective for making friends are those that meet pretty regularly -- sports teams, music groups, newspaper, etc. I was involved in a couple clubs at my school that only met once a month so you didn't really get to know people through the club unless you were part of the leadership that met a lot more often.

[Anonymous]

College dorm pals - most friends
Sports
Work (met husband on job)
Classes (liberal arts)
Clubs

[Anonymous]

Yes - but from one particular club that involved lots of trips together and was pretty time intensive even outside the trips.

[Anonymous]

All of my best friends were from the same general student government crowd. Still in close touch with a lot of them, 22 years later.

[Anonymous]

Ideally, I’ll send my kids to colleges that have mandatory on campus housing all 4 years — Notre Dame and Ivies? My alma mater didn’t and it makes things way too cliquey and doesn’t feel like traditional college to me.

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I met my close friends through an affinity group. It was a combination of having a buddy thru the club and meeting their friends and meeting people that went to some of the same events put on by the group.

[Anonymous]

Definitely not through my sorority!