<p>Also, it would be tough to cook for yourself all the time in the dorms. There are kitchens in all of them, but cookware tends to disappear from them, so they often aren’t as well-stocked as you might hope. And, getting off campus as a freshman without a car can be tricky. Besides, everyone else eats at the dining hall, so you wouldn’t want to be excluded from that social experience. And the food is pretty good. You’ll start getting sick of it after 4 years, but there are a lot of options. And, after being away for a year, I definitely miss it now…</p>