Thought I would share what I posted on another thread, because it might help others who are still struggling but are no longer freshmen:
"My kid, a rising junior at a small LAC, had a very hard time initially settling into college as a freshman, but finally started meeting people when she stopped caring quite so much. She did have a bad initial experience with one group of girls in the beginning that set her confidence back. There were a couple of girls she really didn’t like in that group, one of whom I’ll call Anna. Anna and another girl seemed to make this group worse for my D, and D drifted away from that group and finally found good friends.
During sophomore year, D saw Anna regularly because of mutual friends. Fast forward to yesterday, when D spent the day in another state visiting Anna and a couple of other college friends, because actually Anna is “pretty cool” and D now realizes that so much of her initial bad experieince was due to her own preconceived notions of college being “the best four years of her life”, and seeing that all of her high school friends were (allegedly) having a great time, according to Snapchat and Instagram."
Be open to everything, because it’s possible that your initial impressions of someone are not entirely justified. That person who you aren’t wild about now might introduce you to others who could end up being your friends. And remember that there are other ways of meeting people than just by going to class and joining clubs. Volunteer, or get involved with the campus ministry, or get a job on campus. Those are all great ways to meet people.