social proof is EVERYTHING in college.
when i was a freshman i wasn't the richest guy, i would even say my financial resources were well below average (and there were some pretty loaded pple at my school), i wasn't super attractive (good-looking face but no muscles and very bad posture), i was quiet and shy around girls, and i didn't have many friends. Actually i lived in a dorm complex of 3000+ and i barely knew 30 kids, having 5-6 close friends. Some pple viewed me as a nerd >>>> i had really low social proof.
By the end of my senior year i had hooked up wit 2 of the hottest girls in my grad (one of them i was in an LTR wit), my parties were packed wit HBs and i could get any girl i wanted. What changed? my social proof went through the roof. I mainly achieved this by socializing and gaining a lot of self confidence. it was when i stopped trying to make friends wit just anybody to gain some status and i became self-sufficient that suddenly everyone wanted to be my friend.
The point of my story was don't loose courage. keep developping yourself as an individual and once you reach a certain level of self-reliance, other like-minded individuals will gravitate towards you.
I went from jock with no girls to cool guys with hot girls and so can you!