<p>I wouldn’t do it my first year: in a dorm, you will have more opportunities to meet people and get a social life, while as a commuter, you may become more isolated. It really depends on where your priorities stand.</p>
<p>Never underestimate the power of an afternoon nap. When I had morning classes and lived on campus, I was grateful for the opportunity to walk a short distance from the classroom to my dorm and sleep in a bed in a dim room (which was surprisingly comfortable with a 3" layer of memory foam).</p>
<p>@preamble1776, A lot of my friends are in the same boat as you. Thankfully, even though my parents are conservative immigrants, they support me dorming (as long as it’s at a respectable, preferably Ivy school, where I’m studying medicine lol). But I have a friend that wasn’t even allowed to apply to a dorming summer program because her parents hated the idea of her dorming so much.
People are going to tell you to talk to your parents about your feelings or whatever, but that will never work 
If anything, tell them how dorming will benefit you academically (won’t be wasting time during commutes that you could spend studying). Seriously, it’s going to be really difficult. Maybe get a cousin (you know, that one cousin that they LOVE to compare you to) to tell them about the benefits of dorming. They might consider it if it’s not coming from you :D</p>