• If possible you should definitely live on campus your first year. It may be more expensive than living at home or off campus in an apartment/house, but you will most likely meet more people living on campus, not that you have to be close friends with them, but you'll form connections and then meet those connection's friends and so on. The dorms may seem shitty while you're there, and campus food is rarely good, but meeting and socializing with new people will make it worthwhile and will benefit you in the long run IMO.

• Be careful with alcohol. You will likely have much more freedom at school, so if you do decide to drink just don't be stupid. From what I've noticed, the freshman who were not allowed to drink before college are more likely to be the kid who has to have an ambulance come and take them to the hospital to get their stomach pumped because they were unresponsive and puking/shitting all over themselves. I dont know if its a sort of rebellion thing to get back at their parents for not letting them drink, if they see drinking as some cool new thing to do, or just plain ignorance, but just because your parents arent there to stop you from drinking anymore doesnt mean you need to drink irresponsibly. Don't be ignorant to your tolerance, you dont have to prove anything to anyone.

Also, dont be that person who thinks drinking more than the people around you makes you a badass and that people actually care about how much you can drink. It doesnt make you badass, no one seriously gives a fuck about how you can drink a whole case of beer or a bottle or liquor. And if the people around you do think its sweet to be able to drink a lot then they are probably in a frat/srat or are scumbags who have nothing else going on for them so they have to tell everyone they see how much they drank before going out. Drinkers dont count, and counters dont drink and no one really gives a fuck at the end of the day.