text: Secondly, a student is able to make more friends and meet cool new people at extracurricular activities rather than at school. Students are able to make more friends because they are able to meet lots of new people at these extracurricular activities, and are able to meet people who share interests with them like basketball, painting, or Dungeons and Dragons. As an example, a student who joined a drama club could find new friends who also like performing just like themselves.