Everyone hates me, I don’t know why

Hey, I don’t know where to start

I’ve never really had close friends, and it’s even harder now that I’m in uni. I’m an introvert, so it’s always been tough for me to make new friends. In high school, I made some acquaintances, but now that I’m a sophomore, I don’t know anyone at all.

What’s worse is that it seems like everyone I meet ends up hating me, even though I’m always nice and polite. For example, I tried out for the university choir last semester, but I couldn’t make it to rehearsals because I had too much homework. When I finally went to a rehearsal, I found out that people were talking behind my back, saying that I skipped rehearsals on purpose. It’s happened to me more than once, and everytime I never know what I did wrong

Also, I’m a huge people pleaser. I act really nice to everyone because I’m scared they won’t like me if I’m myself. I know that it makes me look fake, but I can’t help it. I think that’s why people don’t like me, and it makes me feel even worse.

I don’t know what to do next. Should I just ignore them and act like nothing’s wrong, or do I need to change something about myself? Any advice would be great.