I'm going to be starting uni back up next week and it's my 2nd year. I had a bad time last year as I was too shy and nervous and didn't really do well. I'm afraid it's going to be the same this year as well. I want to be able to talk on nights out or at the bars to girls but a few things are holding me back

First is my friends. They are scared to approach girls and for some reason make it really obvious that I'm about to approach etc. They kind of shout me to not do it and behave as if I'm committing some form of rape just by saying I'm going to speak to a girl. They are very beta to the point I think they don't even know what sex is. It's very discouraging and I can't really do it with them around, they a bit childish in that way but somehow clever enough for uni. I do like my friends and I don't want to ditch them but for trying to pick up girls they are super discouraging.

In my first year I've also had alpha friends who do pull and get girls and I've found when I hang with them or go on nights out with them, I'm often over shadowed and they are much more dominant to the point I can't compete or win. I'm just seen as a weak beta when I'm with them.

On my own I feel nervous and anxious to talk to girls. I can't bring myself to do it. I get a lot of eye contact, girls dancing near me etc but I can't seem to go in for the kill. I can't bring myself to even say hi. And that's really pussy of me and I hate myself for it. I've not really had a rejection ever in my life because I've never asked a girl out.

I don't know whether girls are looking at me because they find me attractive or whether they are repulsed by me because they seem to stare a lot but don't smile at me. They give this blank state and I don't smile either I've noticed. I just stare with no emotion and that probably why they look super serious as well. Reasons why they'd be repulsed is because I have bad acne and scars on my face however I got a good face, kind eyes, I'm tall, and people say I'm handsome when I'm at a coffee shop etc.

What's a good way to start a conversation with a random girl? I worry about her friends too as its kind of intimidating to approach girls in group and they always in groups so I don't really know how to do it? If I saw a girl alone it would be much easier but when I'm out they always seem to have a group and I don't want to make a fool of myself or feel bad about myself if they reject me in a brutal way?

I once saw a guy try chatting a girl up at a bar and the girl threw her drink over him and I think that is what has made me feel like I cant approach them. It's really off putting and you don't know the kind of reaction you going to get. It's not that I'd be bothered by a rejection such as I've got a boyfriend or that they tell me they not interested, it's if they react very negative towards it and embarrass me in front of people or humiliate me because girls round here have a tendency to be stuck up and bitchy like that. Its the only thing that scares me. The reaction and how do I overcome that? Thanks