Looking for a bit of advice on how to meet new people at my University.

It just seems like my attempts to meet new people at my University always ended with me rejected. Not really sure if if i am actually doing something wrong, so I'll just assume that everything i tried to do so far has been wrong. Nobody really seems to approach me except for SJW's, Campus PD, or some frat boys trying to get me to "pledge" for their fraternity. There has been a few odd students that wave to me and make a hand gesture as if they want me to sit with them, but I usually wasn't sure if it really was directed to me or not. How should I approach people if I find someone I'm interested in talking to? Should I start to dress differently? I'm just not sure about where to start or what to do. I'll also mention that I have Asperger's syndrome, so social interactions & reading facial expressions for me can be difficult. Any positive input would be appreciated.

 

There isn't many student clubs I'm particularly interested in except for the comic arts club gaming club, but I tried to contact them both and got no response. I'll try to send them another email eventually. I did try to join a study group for my Psychology class, but everybody gave me the cold shoulder so I guess that is out of question. Sports are out of the question, since I'm not really a sports guy.

I haven't even tried the student organizations for my majors(Art and Computer Science), but that's primarily because I've been still looking for a new job unfortunately. Maybe I'll try that when I get more time potentially in the winter semester.

 

I guess it might be because of me being a black guy, but at the same time I'm not entirely sure. It's just plain weird that they always approach me and asking me to join their organizations/rallies for whatever reason. I just walk away from them not saying a word.

 

Okay. After doing some more looking into the student organizations, I did find two possible sports group. Apparently there is a mma club and a karate club. MMA would be good for self defense. I might consider this group.

 

The political drama in my opinion is a major thing I think that has become a problem. Especially with the whole "gender politics" thing. It just makes interacting with others that much harder without someone freaking out about "assuming their gender". Not only that, but the tension on campus is irritating because of the opposing opinions between people and the fear of being labeled as "evil" if you were to express your thoughts & opinions that may be different from the masses.

An on-campus job would be nice, but unfortunately I haven't seen much that wasn't chemistry-major or theater-major related. I'll keep looking at the job board in the student center when I get the chance to. I guess that i should check out some of the events on campus on my free days. It might be more interesting than just rolling around on my skateboard, or drawing people in the student center.