[Arkcon]

El_Phil said:
You will miss out on everything that is going on, lots of stuff gets around the dorms but is only put up on obscure noticeboards hidden in the uni.

Precisely what happened to me. I shared a house with some guys who didn't go to college when I first went away. I didn't even know it was time to register for classes for the next semester, until it was too late. Fortuneately, the department was generous with my serious lack of awareness, and let me register late ... paying extra ... missing out on the prime courses, obviously. At least I didn't have to go home.