Look guys. My social life sucks. I'm a 19 year old college guy who doesn't go out much. I also don't have much success with girls. It's not because I look bad - I work out and I can look decent. It's because I don't have the social life/social media/confidence/status that some other guys have. I mostly keep to myself despite probably being an extrovert deep down.

I want to start going out. There are some bars and clubs around my college. I don't really have many friends to go out with, and the friends that I do have, I seem to never be able to succeed or have fun when I go out with them.

If I were to start going out alone, how should I do it? Should I try to start up conversations with random people? Should I hit on girls (might be a bad idea because those would be girls from the same college)? Should I go to bars or to clubs? What's the best venue for me to start going out to?

My goals are pretty simple. I want more of a life. I want girls. I want to have fun. I want to make friends. I should have probably joined a frat earlier this year but now that's too late.

What's the best way for me to go about doing this?