
Genuinely be yourself. It doesn’t make sence to offer people a not authentic version of you, it’s not fair for either party. I know it can feel like nobody will like you, but there will always be someone who will like you. Literally go into making friends with a don’t gaf mindset and go for it (especially in uni, you don’t have to see them ever again if you fumble and they’ll probably forget about it) and just say hi to people
Tried that and someone went up to ask my roommate(in college) why I’m so weird and said they “thought I was a stick in the ass but I’m actually really cool” They are on the rugby team too and rugby is the first sport that I’ve enjoyed this much and I don’t want to give it up so instead I get to see them 3-4 times a week.