Feeling lonely at uni

I just started at UCL and I honestly Idk what to do with myself. I live at home so I‘m not having the flat mate experience. My sfe hasn’t been approved yet so I can’t afford to join any societies yet. I’m not sure if I like my course or the people. I feel really horrible and I can’t find the motivation to socialise with anyone, even though I want to. I’m lucky to have friends in London already but I wouldn’t mind making friends here too.

I already took a gap year after failing to meet my offer at cambridge and I guess I’ve carried the grief from that, over into entering ucl, so Idk how to move on when I might not even like my course here. Idk how to make the best use of my time.

I know it’s barely begun, I’m just feeling a bit depressed and was curious if anyone else was going through something similar. sorry if I sound a bit silly, I’m grateful to be at a Russell group still after everything, I just don’t know if I’m going to be wasting my life away.