Loosen up and make friends at your own comfort level. That really is what university is about. Clubs are a good idea. Do your own thing but your focus should be

Loosen up and make friends at your own comfort level. That really is what university is about. Clubs are a good idea. Do your own thing but your focus should be connecting. You don't need university to self-learn all the CS and programming concepts- you could've done it at home alone. So university is less about the education and more about the experience (and I'm not talking about the stereotypical American way of parties and getting drunk and watching football). Do things that interest YOU. Talk and branch out to like minded people who you find INTERESTING. You have people here on this thread on hackernews for gods sake telling people to connect to others. On hackernews, the Nerd Central. So that just emphasizes the importance of doing it when a bunch of nerds are telling you to go out and meet people. And if you are socially anxious, talk to a doctor asap. You want to make this college experience good. Your doctor can help you out with some antidepressants that just lifts all the anxiety from you so you can talk to others. They work, really good too for highly neurotic kids like many of us. Don't focus your efforts on being liked, rather, focus your efforts on connecting deeply with a few really important people in your university.