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I'd recommend staying in the dorms for a year -- meet people, see how you like it, etc. But visit them first, since not all dorms are created equal. The dorms at Calvin College were quite a bit nicer than it sounds like the dorms at Purdue are.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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