Hello, my name is Cece and  I'm a Danish second-year  
Classical Archaeology and Ancient  History student here at Oxford.

I made my first friends in freshers’ week through  some of the activities that I signed up for.
Basically you get all of these different  options and it can seem a bit overwhelming,  

but I would just urge you to really  keep an open mind and just participate.
Obviously, you shouldn't do things  that you're uncomfortable with.

For example, if you don't like clubbing  you can just skip that entirely.
I made one of my closest friends going ice  skating, which was really fun and unexpected.
Another great way is just by living close  to people, that's how I became close with  

my college wife and that sort of ties in with  the college family system which is really neat.
It basically means that two second years,  sometimes three, will adopt sort of 'children' 
 
from the freshers who are doing the same subject  that they are, so they can sort of help them and  
mentor them through the first year and also  just make it feel more like home at college.

Of course, societies are also a great way.
I really wanted to join a knitting society when I  first started but there wasn't one at my college,  

but it was actually a really  easy process to make my own  
knitting society, and I applied for a budget and  everything and we're still going now a year after,  

so that's just a really great example of how  you can really tailor the college experience  
to your own interests, and it can help  you meet people who are like-minded and  

who can become your long-time  friends, which was the case for me.