How will I ever find the one?

I'm a straight male,18 years old from the Uk and I'm starting my first year in Uni in September. I've learned that approaching women in public rarely works and only on a rare occasion it leads to a date. And dating apps like tinder for example you have to be really attractive like in the top tier in terms of looks to find matches and be successful through many dating apps. And through my experiences being a friend with a girl and then asking her out once ya get to know her properly doesn't work either. So I'm wondering new ways how I could find the one because I feel like it's not possible

Focus on your education first your starting your first year of university prioritise that and eventually you’ll find the one good things happen to those that wait

You can wait on forever more with no guarantee of success. You can keep trying with no guarantee of success. Either you will get one or you won't. You may also consider the type of girl you are going for and go for less attractive women if you haven't already tried?

It’s best to meet potential partners through socialising, hobbies and friends of friends. Get practicing with you repartee and flirting. A fair degree of failure is pretty typical, it’s about patience and resilience too

Yh that's true. Yh I think my standards are too high tbf so I'll try and lower them.