Join or start a club in your area of interest. If you are musical or athletic, join in playing a sport every week or in a music ensemble. Common interests will help you find friends. Also, once you get to more advanced political science classes, you will find your tribe. Freshman year is often pretty random, and difficult. Its not supposed to be easy to relocate and start over. Roommates often are indifferent to each other, but remember its only a nine month experience and you move on to someone you pick as a roommate. The freshman experience is miserable if you expect to become “friends” with a random roommate. My son said he and his freshman roommate only said one word to each other, once a week’’" Whats up?". The roommate was a gamer, and found his tribe, my son is more athletically inclined and found his tribe through soccer. Its OK to have nothing in common with a freshman roommate and a typical college experience in fact!
Finding lasting friends takes some time and common bonding experiences, so don’t depend on roommates. Most of the “pairs” you see now will split up in a month or two as social life at college is fluid.