It’s hard and it takes a long time but you will feel better. How do I know? Because you can verbalize your problems and you have started to seek help. It’s great that you are going to a therapist and group therapy is a wonderful place to work on social interaction skills. Finding some clubs and smaller classes for next semester will, as you suggest, help you meet more people which sounds like the main thing you need. As far as dealing with the ********* break, if there are no old friends to connect with, maybe set yourself a fun porject that you can work on all alone. Maybe you want to reread LOTR but never had time too? Watch all of Tim Curry’s movies? Study French? Or run 5 miles in a faster time? Set yourself some goals, structure your day and take some pleasure in what you accomplish. Meanwhile, keep an eye out for people you might connect with in unlikely places – the library, a coffee shop. It will get better!