Being alone for me is a horrible feeling. I will admit there are moments where I want to be alone, but in most cases I would like to be with other people.
I am definitely more on the social side than the loner side. I have a large group of close friends and I have friends in most places I go. For example, I go to a design and architecture university: I'm a third year, but most of my friends are in second and I still have lots of friends in third. However, I'll be friends with some first years, some 4th/5th years as well as some architecture people and then I've also got friends from the other 3 campuses here and friends from other universities. For the shy part, I'm totally the same, but after I get to know them for about a week, it's cool between us.
Only downside is I am kinda shy upon meeting new people haha but I really like making friends wherever I go.