I made a couple friends in the dorms by just having my door open and playing music or video games. When I lived alone the years after that I made a lot of friends in my classes. I simply went to my classes looking for opportunities to inject small comments to test the waters, if someone had a particularly amiable response to me I'd find ways to communicate with them more. This worked with some guys, but it worked a lot easier on the girls. Maybe that is because it seems like on average in my classes more girls actually took their classes seriously, or that sexual tension thing, or something... I don't know. But in a class you're stuck with these people for 10 weeks (or more if you're on a semester system) so use that to your advantage... they're captive audiences with something obviously in common with you, they're in the same class doing the same work.
To be honest, personally, I hate clubs. Some people like them because they're pretty easy to slide into generally, but I like the one-on-one communication much more than being part of a group. You might go to some clubs and see if you find someone that has an interest in hanging out with you outside of the club.
The easiest place around campus here that I've found to meet people is at open mics. If you can string together 3 songs or have a couple poems and an open mic you'll probably get at least 5 people to come up and talk to you. Or you can go and listen and if someone does something you like then you can talk to them afterwards. If there is anything about performers, they want to know that they've been heard and have reached someone.
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