What is everyone’s experience making friends at UIUC?

Ok, somewhat long winded post, but I am seeking some reassurance/advice from current UIUC students.

I am a community college student in my hometown, which is about an hour from CU. I’ll be transferring to UIUC in the fall of 2025. Throughout my childhood and teenage years, making good friends has been very difficult. I have always been fairly well-liked on the surface, and I am a very kind person with a lot of good qualities. But I also have severe anxiety and ADHD, and it affects my social skills. This is definitely part of the reason I struggle to make friends. I also don’t drink/smoke for a couple reasons, including that it would interfere with medications I take. This alone makes me feel isolated and I get the feeling that most girls would say they don’t dislike me but they also don’t vibe with me.

My question is, are there any of you who struggled to make lasting friendships in youth and/or felt similar to me in the past, but had an easier time with it when moving on to university? I am nervous that I will feel so isolated when I first get there and that I’ll have the same struggles I’ve always faced. Just for reference, my community college is basically made up of people I already knew in high school because our entire county has less people than Champaign alone has. So I didn’t really meet anyone when I started driving 20 minutes to class instead of going to high school in my rural community.

Anything helps!! Ask me anything or add any comments, I just want to know what other people’s experiences have been