These are some great posts. The common threads that I see are
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it takes time to build a new world. 6 weeks is very early days- in fact, around now is when the first friendship re-groupings happen (there are several rounds of that through the first year in particular, and at the start of second year).
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adjust your expectations: you won’t suddenly, magically have a friend/friends. You will have acquaintances who will become people you are friendly with, and -for a few of them- friends. Don’t limit the people around you to friend/not-friend. Most of the college students that I know have multiple pods of people that they do things with- a study group from a particular class, hall mates, people in the same major, people that they spend time with in their ECs. Their actual friends can come from any of those pods, but are rarely in all the same ones.
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you have been dipping your toe in the water, but you really have to jump in. Look for somebody in a tough class that looks agreeable & ask if they would like to study for the next quiz. Make a study group. Take the lead. It’s not part of a larger commitment- it’s working together on a common goal, one of the very best ways to get to know people.
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look for people whose needs are greater than yours. Volunteer at something that matters to you.
The school you want to transfer to is a proxy for home- it’s more familiar, so it seems as if it would be easier. That is a false friend of an idea. You say you’ve been reading CC posts- you know then that there are a fair few people every year who either commit to transfer and suddenly part way through spring term realize that they really want to stay & want to know how they back out of the transfer- or do the transfer & realize that they want to go back to the previous school. You don’t want that to be you. For now, let go of the idea of the familiar / near home school, and push yourself to invest yourself in the new community. Transfer apps go in the spring, so set a reminder in your calendar and close that door for now.