I got a friend going part time and living off campus.
However if you don't live in the dorms at all its good to at least no some people that go to school here or whatever.
I've lived in North last year and I liked it, this year I lived for half the semester in Roskie and half in north and ended up getting my own apartment after that. Roskie is chill as fuck and most people that are legit dudes, that being said Roskie is kind of a shit hole. North can have some nice people too and in my opinion its nicer then Roskie.