<p>Unless you choose to live with your friends from home, or end up in a lot of classes with friends from home, or deliberately socialize with those friends from home, once you get to college the only times you see them could very well be when you are car-pooling home for a break. Penn State has a sizable student body. If you don’t want to see these people, it won’t be hard at all.</p>
<p>Unless the only way to lock-in a housing option is to accept one of these offers right now, you have until May 1 to commit. Wait until you have all of the aid packages on the table, and have paid a visit to each campus. Then decide.</p>