College this fall... Live on campus?

if your house is so close, why pay thousands of dollars to live on campus? i would just stay home

Since you asked your question from the American version, im assuming you live in the US which the drinking age is 21 which most uni students are under but most of them drink and party anyways and almost never get caught so I would live on campus if that's truthfully what you want; dont worry that your a year younger, ill be only 17 when I enter into uni, be yourself and have fun, uni is suppose to be a very fun experience London Babe

In the US. Live on campus. It is proven students do better in academics when living on campus. Your roommate is only going to be a year older than you. My daughter turned 18 right before college started. IF your roomie wants to go out and party doesn't mean you have to. My daughter's first roomie was very religious and went to church twice a week, didn't mean my daughter had to. They were never friends, but got along great. You have to respect each other and keep the lines of communication open. You can find a party at ANY school and you can avoid it at ANY school. My daughter simply says no thanks. she has no problem with not going out drinking. There is plenty of other stuff to do.

The very first thing you do when you begin college is meet new people, and because of the nature of college, social vibrance is everywhere. There are always tons of events. But college usually lasts four years, and the point of college is college. If you live only 10 minutes from school, it would be a real money saver to stay home the first year, or at the very least, the first semester. This would give you an opportunity to focus on your classes first and would ease your transition into the social life on campus. It would keep you grounded and focused. Also, you would meet more people through your classes, through your studies, which is a little different than meeting them in the dorm. It may be that you will meet people you would like to room with and with whom you could ultimately get an apartment and move gradually into stable relationships that would form a solid base for the ebb, flow, and tsunamis of social activities that happen in a collegiate atmosphere. I started college at 17 as well, had gone to a high school where I never had to study (and so had no study skills when I hit college), had never dated and was overwhelmed by dates. So I dropped out for a few months and returned and became an honor student. The fact that I was 17 was not the issue for me at all. Within a couple of years, I had a graduate student boyfriend, and so everyone I associated with was older. Age ceases to matter at a certain point. But if YOU have questions about how your age will affect your relationships, then you will probably mention your age to people, feel "too young," and possibly even dredge up issues that otherwise wouldn't exist. Also you have questions about your maturity level that can only be answered in context. First semester, freshman year is a time of flux. People drop out, move, can't get along, lose their bearings, lots of stuff. In the name of stability and productivity--and also because it's cheaper--why don't you just commit to live at home for at least the first semester, until you have answers to your questions. You have 7 other semesters and 3.5-3 more years to live the college life.