<p>As for the distance her dorm is from everything else, I am sure she will survive. My older son’s dorm freshman year was on the outskirts of his campus and he did just fine. We made sure he had proper clothing to keep warm. Don’t get me wrong, he would complain about the hike to classes and dining halls but it was not enough of an inconvenience to stop him from enjoying himself. His school provided buses but he walked most of the time instead of freezing to death waiting for the bus.</p>