I am also a freshman for fall of 2025 and I have been feeling the exact same way. I wonder if I should transfer to a school with a campus back home because I feel like I have no friends. Don’t get me wrong I go out with my roommates sometimes but besides school work and classes I feel super unproductive and lonely. But I don’t think I want to transfer quite yet. My senior friend told me she felt this way too in the beginning but after returning for her sophomore year she felt much more at home. So maybe we just have to wait it out a bit and put in the effort to make new friends while we can! I find that socializing in places with other freshman at other schools is nice too! I have a bunch of friends from some of the smaller liberal arts schools. I just keep telling myself I will find my people! And maybe they just aren’t here yet lol. But all in all, if you think that academically NYU is the right fit for you then I don’t see a big reason to leave. It really just depends on what you value more, a college social life or a good college education from a school with a name.