I have made friends on my course, that's been no problem at all but I've been placed into a flat with 4 foreigners and one quiet guy who I have seen maybe 2 times in the flesh in 2 months of being here, seriously.
On my moving in date, I made an effort, I left my door open, I was waiting for people to move in and went in with such high expectations! They were utterly let down. 3 of the 4 foreigners weren't due to start for another week, 1 of them never left his room and the other had already moved in and was playing his Playstation already. So we had 3 people in our flat, no socializing, nothing.
I plumped for it and asked the one English guy if he wanted to do something on night one and he said that he didn't think anyone did anything on the first weekend and that he was staying in. Fun.
I managed to find a flat party on Facebook and made friends over Freshers but the workload has meant nights out have become more sparse and with me being in a different flat to the majority of them I don't really see them too much. Mondays and Wednesdays are Student Nights here and I have placement and uni on Tuesday and Thursday mornings so I can't go out then.
I've had to start going home at the weekend just to see friends/family and my girlfriend and the whole situation has basically made me feel quite lonely while at university and I find myself looking forward to the weekend so I can get some sort of normality back. The worst times are at around 6 or 7 o'clock when you know everyone else in halls will be in their kitchens eating dinner together and chatting and I'm in my room like a lemon because I can't actually interact with 80% of my flatmates.
It's making me question if I can do it for another 3 years. I feel almost cheated out of the experience and I feel a bit lost. I gave up a lot for this.