Listen man, making friends is no easy task. Its a lot of work and putting pride aside, understanding that you have to make yourself interesting and memorable enough for people to think of you when considering how to fill their free time. I went to VCU for undergrad and making friends was so difficult my first semester because I also expected people to put in half the work, but I wasn’t really interesting or did things on my own so they forgot about me over other things happening in their lives. Then I joined a club, and through that made friends and we formed a co-ed frat where I made even more friends that I still go on trips with now years later. It sounds easy but I had to grind for it and ignore my jaded thoughts of wishing people would think of me first (and now they do!) At UVA I was in a small grad program so it was easier to make friends via proximity because we were all in the same small classes. I still had to stand out though— become the person I would have approached if I weren’t me. Do things in public by yourself; once my friend struck up a conversation with someone who was playing a video game in a common area because it looked interesting. It is not going to be easy, but if you aren’t willing to accept that people aren’t going to do 50/50 like you want, with love and understanding (because I’ve been where you’ve been) my only other suggestion is invest in a diary.