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[quote=Anonymous]It’s common for it to take some time to find friend group at college. I think what’s not as common, is if the school is really a good fit, for a kid to put themselves out there and really try so many things and nothing works out. I agree with the previous posters that your kid should put in applications so they at least have the option to transfer and start elsewhere in the fall.

As far as how much effort to put into making a last ditch effort this semester - if your daughter either really wants to be involved in Greek Life or the school heavily revolves around Greek life, I don’t know that she would be happy even if she found a student organization that was really social at this point.  However, if she is still open, she has to find the clubs/student organizations that are not competitive to get in that have lots of social interaction and aligns with something she is interested in doing.  If she doesn’t know of them AND is willing to still try, you can check the parent FB group for suggestions people have made in the past. If nothing has been posted you can ask your daughter if you can post something anonymously on the parent board that is a general ask and not close enough to the DCUM so it’s identifiable. As far as transferring , she should look at what environment has opportunities for transfers to find their community - it could be either intentional programming around transfers or that your kid knows an activity they want to pursue has more possibilities and that activity welcome new people and has a social component.  Or they find a place that has more people they know/closer to home.  All while it being someplace that academically they can still accomplish their goals.
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