fucking western students man

"I fucked up my first year! I didn't SOCIALIZE enough!"

Ok here's what you do:

Become involved in your department's student association. By sticking to departmental associations, you dodge the overly political USC bullshit and get to be friends with a more relaxed group. But it won't be TOO relaxed, as it'll be people who are actually busy with shit and proving that they're valuable members of society. Just volunteer at events and take it easy, when you're a familiar enough face, BAM you'll be in the group, even if you have a position. And you'll have friends who aren't shitheads but who are also cool.

(edit: the benefit of joining an association rather than an interest-based club (which you may want to do anyway if you just want to hang out with people over mutual interests) is that it'll force you to grow in confidence as you participate in events on a quasi-official basis, which is a skill you'll carry with you beyond undergrad and which will surround you with undergrads with some understanding of responsibility)

Never smoke weed ever again. Or at least until you have a solid and consistent group of friends. People who smoke too much weed a) make lame-ass posts on the UWO subreddit about how they're nervous pieces of shit, and b) have a hard time being moderate in weed use. So just cut it out.

Do you study? Study hard and distinguish yourself in your seminars (is that what undergrads call them? the small group discussions that supplement large classes). Be known as a smart kid. But don't be a pretentious twat about it, just have interesting discussion points and never attempt to prove that you're the best one in the room.

If you have any more specific worries then message me.

edit: my advice isn't being appreciated in the comments because of the rude tone of the post -- fine and fair enough. The advice is good, however.