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Huh... I didn't think that's how I might have come off. I'll work on it, thank you.

I just finished my first week of nursing school so maybe it just takes time, but I feel like I'm being consistently left out of my clinical group. They formed cliques pretty early on and already seem so close-knit. I'm pretty introverted and I know my social skills need work, but I feel like I've been pretty friendly so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I don't mind not being friends since you don't really click with everyone, but I don't even feel welcome most of the time. Like we all downloaded an app to keep in contact, and one girl said she'd add everyone's numbers to form a group. I feel like they've been using it already but it's been 3 days and I haven't even received a group invite. If we're having group discussions I get talked over or don't even get my opinion asked. If we have to split up into pairs people seem reluctant to pair up with me. I'm on okay terms with one girl in the group but she isn't always there, so today in lab when we were supposed to practice using the BP cuffs I was left on my own with no one to practice with. I'm honestly happy I got into nursing school and happy I got through the first week but this is just breaking my heart. All the teachers say "rely on your classmates! They'll be your support!" but I don't feel any of that. I'm fine working on my own and I don't mind working with a group, but rejection isn't fun. Should I just...wait it out, relax and try to be as helpful as possible? Confront them to see what the issue is and if we can work it out? Ask to switch to another clinical group? Just...accept the situation, plow through on my own and hope for a better semester in the spring? I don't know. I want to be able to focus on my reading and training for skills lab but this is weighing over my head.