This sounds about right from what I know and my own personal college experiences taking this subject.
In my University to avoid a lot of people quitting due to stress we have a month in the beginning of the year where the new students get to know their seniors.
In that month seniors can ask juniors to come talk to them this way they introduce them to the university give them a tour and get to know them, maybe recruit them for the extracurricular clubs like the art club, music club… This way if someone's needs help in his studies he got a lot of older friends to ask for help while he will help the younger ones later. This makes everyone have a sense of belonging and we all know we are not alone we can always ask for help!