[krevis]

Am I just in the wrong program at the wrong school at the wrong time?

Yes. Maybe the wrong program, definitely the wrong school. (You have little choice about the time, so forget about it.)

Suggestion: Be the person you want to meet. The only person you can control is yourself, and even that ain't easy. The other students are idiots right now? Well, give them a chance to learn.

The rest is just a chaotic process; maybe you meet people that you click with, maybe you don't, maybe it comes easily, maybe it doesn't. If you get lucky, it probably won't come from a direction you expected, so stay open to all the opportunities you can find. Do what you can to improve your odds, in the meantime.

[vorbby]

This is great advice. I'm generally fairly introverted, so this is something I could put some effort in to and hopefully get some results.

One thing I need to make more of an effort in is to meet people outside of school. I should, and will, look in to some local meetups and things of that nature to meet people.

Thanks a lot for reading and commenting!

[steverb]

Don't be afraid to venture outside of student groups either.

Most areas have user groups of various sorts. Don't be afraid to attend user groups for technologies you're not necessarily interested in right now.

Good geeks often have broad interests. You'll be surprised at the number of .Net developers at a user group meeting who also hack Ruby and Python, and know their way around a Unix command line.