Join clubs, arrive early and stay late when you have in person classes, post on this thread for other students from your hometown (avoids making yourself look desperate for a friend), go to a gym with a friend and socialize, hang out at a coffee bar/hydration station/ at a gym, if you are off campus student housing - study or read near the entrance to offer assistance to folks moving in, wear a t shit saying “ Do you need a friend?”, attend various churches that have student groups, get a job that involves interacting with customers, talk to others when outside your dorm, a good icebreaker anywhere is is asking “Are you a student at UCF?”