How To Make Friends At a New School

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Step 1:
Whether you like it or not, kids form initial opinions based on clothes, hair, and fashion sense. Make an extra effort to look your best those first few days. Looking good will boost your confidence, too!

Tip
You're not going to be rolling in friends on Day 1. Devote the first couple of weeks to laying solid groundwork.

Step 2:
Come out of your shell. If you're naturally shy, you don't have to fake a new personality. But try to avoid looking at the ground, and flash a smile once in a while. The easier you are to approach and start a conversation with, the more other kids will want to talk to you.

Step 3:
Find excuses to talk to people. Once you get a conversation going, be a good listener and offer up a compliment or two, no matter how small.

Tip
Build up a little courage and sit in the middle of the classroom to surround yourself with as many potential new friends as possible.

Step 4:
Get involved in the extra-curricular activities you enjoyed at your old school. Join a sports team, help with the yearbook, try out for a play -- anything that interests you. Joining a club or team is a great way to start because you have at least one thing in common with everyone in the room.

Tip
Cast a wide net -- don't just focus on the popular people. Making friends in different circles will open you up to more options.

Step 5:
Use the web. Sign up for a social-networking site and join your school's group page. Post some videos and pictures and write a few blog entries to showcase who you are. Kids at school will discover your personality through the web and all that small-talk torture will start to disappear.

Step 6:
Get a part-time job where you know fellow classmates work. Meeting kids outside of school and bonding over menial work is often a recipe for friendship.

Did You Know?
Between kindergarten and 12th grade, children in active-duty military families often change schools more than 12 times.

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[Jackson Parker]

You must one of those douchey "cool kids."

[Barack Obama]

How To Become Popular At School

Step 1 Come to school with a snapback varsity jacket head phones and using your phone

 step 2 always say sup or whats up bro step 3 do all the steps again everyday did you know cats meow?

[John Cath]

I'm going to middle school I'm gonna miss them but her most of all

[TM7arakat]

Im 15 year i sont have any friends :"(

[Lochlan Rose]

I did its called Facebook :)

[BenitezRebecca]

Step1:say hi to people

Step2:keep on hanging out with those people

BOOM

[MrQwert7]

This really works i had my research. Not on me but i new kid and did all of this things but not sure about the last one.

[Iamironvan]

I will use this

[Elmond Ruan]

Im going to John Muir middle school im scared as fuck!!!

[Mario GotLaid]

All one needs is to find just one friend in the world. Having more than one friend gets too complicated. It's good to be loyal to each other and contribute to each other's lives. I wish there was a way to make friends just be telling each other their MBTI personality and then you build a relationship on that, just to get with the right person. Finding the right person is the hardest thing in the world, it's all downhill after that. A true friend will be like a brother or sister to you.

[Lyle Morrison]

His snapback is too much for me! D:

[Libby Young]

It is. :) I'm changing schools from a private school, but I'm changing to a public school. :)