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30 Icebreakers That Will Definitely Start A Conversation

Maybe you only need one from this list, but I am giving you 30 just in case it's that kind of day.

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30 Icebreakers That Will Definitely Start A Conversation

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I've been on so many bad dates at this point and have had so many awkward interactions with people that I've become a pro at breaking awkward silences. A great way to do that, while also getting to know the person is icebreakers. I am someone who sort of loves icebreakers, and fun ones too, not the typical "what's your major?" Those are kind of repetitive and not fun.

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The Truth About Being Undecided

What's your major?
Uh... undecided.

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Everyone without a major will recognize this moment. It's the dreaded icebreaker, where everyone goes around saying what their major is and you have to say that you are undecided. Being confident in your decision and why you decided to be..... well, undecided will help make this moment a lot less awkward and a lot more satisfying.

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20 Fun Questions For Easy Icebreakers

Sometimes the same old ice breaker questions can get old, so here is a list of some fun ones to get you started.

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There are tons of situations where you're meeting new people, whether it's in a class or college or in the workplace. Sometimes the same old icebreaker questions can get old, so here is a list of some fun ones to get you started.

1. Favorite color, animal, and dream destination?

This one is particularly fun because there is supposed to be a sort of synopsis by the end of the questions. Each question is supposed to give you a deeper insight into the person than you realize. You are supposed to ask them their favorite color, favorite animal, and dream destination, but you also are supposed to ask them why their answer is what it is and have them describe in detail why. For example, my favorite color is blue because I love the color Carolina blue since that's the color of the sky where I grew up, and I think it's really calming and beautiful. My answer to that question is supposed to give you insight into my childhood, and it does! The answer to their favorite animal is supposed to give you insight regarding what qualities they look for in a spouse, and the answer to their dream destination is supposed to give you insight to the way that they view God.

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4 Icebreakers For The Anxious Introvert

it can be hard to break the ice.

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If you're an introvert like me, it can be difficult to break the ice with other people (especially those that you do not know). Personally, I am bad at starting conversations. Once the conversation is started, I can usually keep it going for a while. Lately, I've tried to make more of an effort to start conversations. I feel like I've got some good icebreakers that can help fellow introverts break the ice. Here are my 4 Icebreakers.

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10 Easy Conversation Starters To Find New Friends In College

8. What is your favorite insert a million different options here...movie, food, prof, etc...

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Are you nervous about starting college? Afraid you're not going to make any friends? Maybe this is your first time being away from home and you don't really know anyone going into college. Or maybe you're transferring to a new school an want to meet new people. Maybe you're an introvert and are not a freshman but want to make some new friends but don't know where to start. That is okay. These are ten easy conversation starters (in no particular order) that will help you ease into this new chapter of your life.

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What Students Really Think During Syllabus Week

The most depressing week to get homework. EVER.

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What Students Really Think During Syllabus Week

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Well, you've finally made. The first week of the next four months of your life. Also known as Syllabus Week. In grade school and high school, you had the first day of classes. The day when parents took pictures, you were forced to wear name tags, and you basically spent the whole first day talking about what you did for the summer. Going into your freshman year of college, you relive this experience in the form of Welcome Week. Cue the awkward icebreakers, forcing yourself to be friends with your randomly assigned roommate so it looks like you have friends, and a lot of repetition in the form of Name, Major, Home Town, and Fun Fact. Somehow based on this small amount of data, you're expected to not only remember people but find friends. And just when you think you've made it through this last and final week of self-introduction, Syllabus Week begins.

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Maybe you only need one from this list, but I am giving you 30 just in case it's that kind of day.

1. If you could live anywhere in the world outside of the United States, where would you live and why?

2. Would you rather only eat your favorite meal for the rest of your life or never be able to eat your favorite meal again? What's your favorite meal?

3. If you could eat dinner with anyone dead or alive, who would it be?

4. If you could go on any reality tv show, which one would it be?

5. If you could be any animal what would it be?

6. What is one skill that you wish you had?

7. Describe your dream date in 3 words/

8. What is your favorite part about the summer?

9. What does your ideal Saturday entail?

10. If you could have any superpower, what would it be?

11. Dunkin or Starbucks, why?

12. What is something that you've never done, but have always wanted to do?

13. What classic TV sitcom (Friends, HIMYM, Parks and Rec, The Office) would you want to be apart of?

14. Describe your ideal vacation in 3 words

15. What is something that you think you're good at?

16. Where is your favorite spot to go to in the entire world?

17. What is your guilty pleasure?

18. If you were stuck alone on a deserted island for the rest of your life with all of your needs filled (like food, water, coffee, and shelter,) but you could only bring two items what would they be? Why?

19. Aliens have attacked the earth! You could only save one more person other than your parents and siblings, who would you save?

20. What is something you wish you could eliminate forever?

21. What is your favorite video game?

22. If you could trade lives with anyone dead or alive for a day, who would it be?

23. You have the ability to solve on world problem entirely right now, what would it be?

24. If you had a million dollars what would you do with it? Would you spend it, save it, donate it?

25. Who is your favorite artist right now?

26. Who is your favorite couple to ship right now, fictional or non-fictional?

27. What was your favorite class in high school?

28. Who is your celebrity crush?

29. If you could be any TV character who would you be? Why?

30. What is something that you like to do in your free time?

What's your major?Uh... undecided.

Sometimes the same old ice breaker questions can get old, so here is a list of some fun ones to get you started.

1. Favorite color, animal, and dream destination?

2. If you had to, would you fight 100 duck-sized horses or 1 horse sized duck?

3. If you had to lose one finger from either hand, which one would you choose, on which hand, and why?

4. Are there more gallons of water on Earth or blades of grass? Are there more grains of sand on Earth or gallons of water?

5. If you could have dinner with any two famous people, dead or alive, who would they be and why?

6. What do you recommend?

7. Who are the three people that you would let sing you to sleep?

8. What is one band or artist you would love to see perform live, dead or alive?

9. If you were a dog, what would your bark sound like?

10. If you had to pick a theme song or walk-out song, what would your song be?

11. Who are three people that would be qualified to write the story of your life?

12. Who would play you in a movie about your life?

13. Who would you choose to narrate your life?

14. Is a hot dog a sandwich?

15. If you had $3.00 to spend at any gas station, what would you buy other than gas?

16. What's your favorite feature about yourself?

17. What would you consider yourself an expert in?

18. Play "Make It or Break It"

19. If you could have any super power what would it be?

20. What is your favorite form of potato?

it can be hard to break the ice.

1. Ask Them About The Music They Listen To

2. Ask Questions That Lead To Storytelling

3. Ask Them Their Thoughts on Beyoncé's Lemonade Album

4. Compliment

8. What is your favorite *insert a million different options here*...movie, food, prof, etc...

1. Ask about them!

2. Ask about what they're most excited for in college...

3. Ask what classes they are taking this semester...

4. Ask them what their major is...

5. Ask them what clubs/activities they're thinking of joining!

6. Ask if they have any pets...

7. Ask what kind of movies/music they like...

8. What is your favorite *insert a million different options here*...

9. Ask about their summer (or whatever break you just came off of)...

10. Ask them what they like to do on the weekends...

The most depressing week to get homework. EVER.

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