High school is mostly based on social circles and who has a more dominant group of friends. If girls see you as one of the 'fun, popular guys who has lots of fun, popular friends', then they will most likely find you attractive based on your status within the tight knit community. This is clearly the easier way (although, it is hard to achieve this high status if you aren't automatically accepted into a high status group).

But you ask a good question - if you aren't part of a high status social group, and you are going it alone / you have to establish yourself as high value, how do you do it?

Cold approaches work fine, but that is just one pick up tactic you can use. Keep in mind that most pick up tactics are designed for an open world, free flowing, loose-knit, non-acquainted environment; something that high school is definitely not. This is one of the major differences between high school game and open world / street game. So, although most tactics have value in their own right, they may not apply directly to your game at school.

Don't be afraid to do cold approaches, as these are one of the most effective ways of meeting new people and opening sets in school. The type of cold approach you use, though, is more important than whether or not you approach at all. In my experience, 'quiz' openers / scripted openers that you might find on a site such as this are not as effective as natural openers or environmental openers (openers that reflect on the current environment around you). These tend to go over a lot more naturally in a high school setting.

Here's a basic outline of a cold approach in high school that I tend to use:

1. Find a target, and make sure you actually want to approach her. If you don't want to approach, it feels more like a chore than fun.
2. Choose your opener, DON'T THINK ABOUT IT. This is where scripted openers come in handy. I know I said that they don't tend to work as well, but they make this step a hell of a lot easier. If you can't think of an opener on the spot, have three or four scripted openers engraved in your mind. I mean, have them 100% memorized.
3. Approach within three seconds. Force yourself towards the girl, don't hold back or hesitate. Keep your head up, feel confident, and walk towards her.
4. Open. Try to feel as natural as possible. Remember, your doing this cause it's fun, right? Be present, don't think of the outcomes, just think of the moment. Really listen to what she says, then respond naturally as you want to respond. Only say what you believe.

Good luck gaming!

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The newbie mission on this site may work. It's a lot harder than it looks.

Here's the the-newbie-mission-vt41556.html

Try it out.

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Just say hello to everyone? I don't know,looks a bit off:)). everyone's going to say that guy is not mentally sane . I just started practicing today,trying to smile more, to be more playful etc

I noticed this too when I tried it, it seemed very unnatural to me. It comes off more weird than friendly.

I still recommend trying this (even going up to one person and opening with nothing other than 'Hi, how are you?' or even just 'Hi'.)

But you can still adjust it to your liking. Perhaps, instead of saying hello to everybody you see, just acknowledge everyone you see. You can do this with a nod, a smile, a wink, or a 'Hey'. I find this a good way to get in state too. Before approaching, go talk to everybody you know. It reminds you of how popular you really are (you are almost always more popular than you might think).

Try being the 'fun sociable guy'. It really is a lot of fun!

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I already have noticed improvements. thanks dude

Just wanted to say thanks for the advice guys. Ive made some progress i the past few months. I ve gotten to be good friends with another guy that has the same goals/mindset as me. Im actually doing things on the weekend now. I ll be rooming with him in college next year. My wing that i talked about in my earlier posts has a hot girlfriend but she is a sophomore. Ive been talking comfortably to a lot more girls.

I just need some advice on this girl that ive been working on for about 2 weeks. So Im a senior and shes a junior. I talk to her in the hall every other day. I have taken her out twice and everything went really well, were kinda goofy together but our conversations are quite sexual at times. But just as everything is going great she says shes not on the market. I think my main problem is that im graduating in 2 months and she is still a junior which may make her feel like i just want sex which i dont, i actually really like her. Ive also been told by one of my girlfriends that I kinda have that "dangerous senior-guy aura" around me.

Im also really looking forward to starting over in college socially

i have had that same problem latly, and you know its almost better to just move on from it. push to make a move, hang out with her more take her to lunch (if you drive make her pay, thats the rule haha) and if it doesnt happen, fuck it there is college


mR.e

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my niggas i feel u completely but i wish i found this thread a little sooner because just about all of us(seniors) just graduated!! so first of all congrats.. we did it!

But now its the real deal, high school game is obviously much different. Sophmores and juniors exist too, and they usually euqually prize seniors because of the already in-tact social proof. But im embarrased to say my most lingering problem is CLOSING. Like wtf man, its getting old. I took the hottest girl in my school to prom and couldnt even get further then a couple kisses(no one else know this but im glad I can admit here). When people ask i answer with a no and a smirk(so they think something happened, but I never confirmed there suspicians). Anyways somethings got to give. I have confidence, I have mid game, I have social proof, Im not afraid of opening, but it seems like im afraid to kiss close! sounds rediculous but someone please help your boy out.

P.S.- I hope this thread continues because I would love to continue talking to my fellow 2010 graduates about college field reports and tips. Anyone going to UCF?

This is interesting.

Honestly the only solution to this problem is to push on through. You need to stop and analyze your situation, step back a bit and see how to get under, over, around, or through this road block. And usually the only way past is through.

Push back your own last minute resistance. You NEED to force yourself past that hesitation and do it. You're a strong person. You have the emotional integrity and mental strength to move past that problem. And every time you do it, it will get easier and easier.

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Hey thanks for the advice about pushing through. I guess I just want things to go smoothly and feel natural. As soon as i face some adversity i tend to back off. After it happens over and over it becomes extremely frustrating! I dont want to rush in because thats akward and 'AFC' like. Ill be going out 2morrow night, so hopefully I can get past this barrier and brake awnnn through!

I know the last post was last school year, and all these High School Senior PUA's are gone.. but here goes.

So I am currently a senior, and everything was fine the last few months until recently. But let me give you my background. I came into freshman year with two guy friends. That was it. I was very introverted, incredibly awkward around girls, major AFC (summer before freshman year my first gf dumped me... it was bad), and the only people I could talk to was anyone else who played World of Warcraft. Typical tool. To add to this, my parents were cruelly abusive, and my schoolwork was spiraling downward. I felt like a waste of life (my parents would affirm this thought), and was constantly contemplating suicide.

Fast Forward to end of junior year. I made friends with a lot of seniors, my best friends were seniors. I became one of my town's major distributors of the herbal gifts . I began weaving into social circles and establishing some sort of social value. Before I knew it, I was partying every weekend with seniors. I became amazingly outgoing, and friendly. Some people knew me through parties, others... through business. Although a lot of people still didn't know me, they got to know and take a liking to me very fast. "Who is this kid, hes awesome". Ill never forget. Really hot senior girl said that at a party to her friend about me, overheard, this shit really stuck with me (I wasn't used to being... liked).

Fast Forward to beginning of senior year. I was never friends with my grade. Never hung out with my grade. My friends now were mostly juniors, some senior acquaintances. However, after the ending of junior year and summer, people actually knew who I was. I talked to everyone, and lots of girls especially (this is also the time around when I found out about PUA stuff and this forum). Through business, I met a lot of new people and girls, who though at first contacted me only for their needs, eventually took a liking to my personality, and we would start just hanging out on the weekends w/e as friends. Life was good. I hooked up with some girls. I even got a fuckbuddy for a little bit, and my phone was full of texts (a lot from females). Hugs to them all in the hallways, and always found myself having to decide who ISN'T coming in my car for lunch (in my town, almost every senior drives a car, so its not like they just want to come for that). At one point, I was gaming 4 girls at one time, and was about to f-close all 4... then it all crashed.

In one fell swoop, my social life, my mentality, my self-esteem... all burned to the ground. In an unfortunate combination of events, I lost my girl, my phone, my car, all my money, the respect of my teachers, any chances of raising my poor GPA, my reliability as a friend, and the little trust I had built with my parents. I can shamefully admit this has led to what I would call depression. It has been a month since D-Day, and I have tried to pretend everything is alright while I am in school (nobody likes negative nancy), and for a while my facebook was full of "I miss youuuuu" and "get ur foooone back, we dont hang out anymore =(", but not anymore.

I barely even talk to my friends anymore, since I would usually only see them out of school. My social value is slowly decaying, and my life is slowly descending into the dark days of freshman year. It really hurts to say this after living so successfully for months, but I don't know what to do anymore. About my life at home I don't care, I want to fix what I had in school (the friends, the girls, the parties). Any tips on how to go about doing so would be greatly appreciated...

P.S. keep in mind i have neither a phone, nor a fast method of transportation...

Just throwing this link out to anyone who wants it, it's a forum dedicated to high school game. Really great.
http://teen-game.com/Community/index.php

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The Goal: Be able to 1) employ social tactics and 2) identify emotional reactions in the interest of attracting friends and partners wherever I am.
The System: Be present, practice, and keep my objectives in mind.