All the above advice should work well, but keep one thing in mind. When you go out of your way to meet people you will be taking chances making new friends, and some will not work out. Just get to know people, being aware that your buddy this week may be someone you talk to on a daily basis for six weeks and then never again.
But as your social network expands you will soon meet people that you like to be with a lot more. You will meet many of them through the 'short-term' friends you make in the next few days.
And remember that you will never again be able to make so many friends, so quickly, as you are able to make in your first year of college. If after Halloween it is still not happening, rethink your choice of schools.
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