Friends in high school?

[pmm98]

I'm 14 years old and I just started high school in September.

In middle school I always had a very solid group of friends, that I hung out with etc. etc. and I never really had a problem with making friends before. I'm not very shy or unfriendly and I don't walk around with a scowl/chip on my shoulder.

Once I started high school a lot of the friends I had in middle school faded from me a bit, which I expected, but they seem to be making some new friends and I haven't made that many new ones yet. I still have some really close friends from middle school and I've made some new friends in my classes this year! Just not that many. I have a lot of people I'd consider acquaintances, but I don't really talk to them all that much out of school or see them.

I'm not a very athletic kid so I won't join any sports teams, but my school is under construction right now so the freshmen were put into a seperate building down the street and don't get all the same electives/clubs that the main school is offered. I'm planning on doing Photography or something like that next year where I can make friends

What I'm really asking is, does it get easier? Do you start to make friends more as time goes on? It's still pretty early in the year, it just seems like some people are way ahead of me in the friend making department. Any tips?

[Rdsxbaseballfan]

well i went through the same thing when i first went into high school, my best friend went off and found new friends so i lost him and then i basically just stuck around the few people from my previous school, i did make some friends freshman year but not a lot kind of like you. But will it get easier? well its kinda hard to answer that, it possibly could as you get more use to high school and once you move to the school, but it also may not. It really depends on how you present yourself, do you present yourself to being open to making new friends? or do you just hang around the few friends you have made already. I have made many friends since freshman year (im a junior now), once you start getting into classes that you like and are electives then it may be easier to make friends cause you can connect to the people in that class because you share similar interests

[Noirtier]

Does it get better with time? I think it depends on the person and the high school. Typically, yes, things get easier as far as making friends goes as time goes on, and your class tends to form friendships by itself over time. I would suggest taking some classes that aren't exclusive to your grade next year, definitely, but also try getting involved in some clubs at your school. Talk to people in your free time in class. Yeah, you should have time for your friends now too, but don't forget to make time to form new friendships as well. You also said you had a lot of acquaintances. Try talking to them more, as those can be great "springboards" for friendships if you will. Overall, I don't think you really have anything to worry about. Just put yourself out there a bit, and things should just kind of... fall into place.

[dontfiguremeout]

Well you make friends through the classes your taking! Especially your elective classes, because that's where mainly kids who like to do what you like to do! So when you work in groups or whatever, you tend to make friends a little bit easier than if you're in math class because you can start a conversation with someone with that elective or something that is close to that subject, instead of talking about a boring math problem. So summary on what I said: join elective that you are most interested, make more friends faster because they like same elective too.
And yes! Friends to tend to disappear from JH because they think they are all cool and don't need you in HS. Trust me, it's happened to me, and now my little sister is experiencing it too! So anyone who kinda left you, just leave them be! Not worth your time trying to get the friendship back! Just make new friends and have fun in HS! Or try to have fun!