no friend group in sixth form

hi!! im currently in y12 and just feeling a bit out of place socially- my closest friend who i did pretty much everything with has completely ghosted me, and considering i didnt have a specific friend group to turn to after that, ive had a bit of a rocky start. im quite outgoing & i would consider myself good at making friends- i have plenty! i just dont have a core group, and its really getting to me.
ive really tried to branch out and ive made lots of new friends this year, as well as trying to befriend certain groups, but none of this has gotten anywhere. i know this sounds really immature, and that a friend group isnt everything, but id just like to belong and have a group of friends i can go out & enjoy the rest of my teenage years with. its just getting me down as this is really not the time where i want to be a 'floater' friend, i want to be able to settle down and not stress about who im going to go to.
my question is, should i keep searching and trying to find somewhere i fit in? im just worried that ill come across as desperate to people and thus they wont accept me naturally as part of their group. would it be better just to settle and try to make peace with it, and hope for a better outcome once i go to uni? im really hoping ill have a better time there as ill be able to start from scratch and have more opportunities to branch out to different people.
just really feel like im not living my life to the fullest. any advice or stories are really really appreciated <3

I’m in 2nd year of college and although its embarrassing to admit I literally don’t have a single friend there! This was a shock to me at first as I was super social and in a large friend group at high school. I get on with my classmates but I haven’t found anyone I’m close/compatible with. I spend lunchtimes alone (tbh I don’t mind this at all because I like having the time to myself to relax between lessons). Luckily I have a boyfriend and a friend group outside of college so I still have a good social life. If you don’t have much of a social life outside of sixth form I’d say keep socialising there and see if you click with anyone! But don’t feel lonely, college/sixth form is literally just 2 years of your life and you’ll find your people at some point <3

Hey, year 12 here and in the same situation ☹️ although I am a bit more on the quiet and introverted side. I literally don’t have a single friend in 6th form so I fill the loneliness by reading loads, revising during breaks and lunchtime, and by being kind to myself and not beat myself over my social situation. I’m prepared to admit that this has been an ongoing situation ever since year 7, so it wasn’t a bit of a surprise in year 12 tbh, and I don’t expect it to change next year either. People either see me as this freakishly quiet nerd or don’t even know I exist at all. But over time you do come to realise that the best relationship you can nurture in your life is your relationship with yourself. Biased maybe, but I truly believe that if you feel lonely whilst you’re with yourself, then you’re in bad company. Sounds simple, but most people don’t realise that they can be their own best friends too and sometimes not relying so much on the attention of other people can be best, especially if those people might not even be worth it. I’m studying hard to get into a good uni so I can meet people like me and make loads of friends to revenge my teenage sorrows haha. Tbh most of the time I don’t think much about my being alone in school because I don’t really think it’s the most important thing, but of course this is a subjective opinion. And anyway I have a really good bf outside of school so it’s not like my social life is totally in shambles. Hope this helps 🙂