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Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.
If you want you can spend the entire day at the library.
It doesn't make a huge difference to your projects though.
It is wiser to get all the info you need and just do the work else where away from the law school crowd.
- current FY student at NLS
You can still participate in campus activities and make friends/go on dates if you stay outside!
Not because of academics - you can manage that easily from home. But the relationships and friendships that will support you for the rest of your life - the memories of law school - are formed in the hostel. I cannot emphasize this enough.
Being in a hostel and having to adjust to roommates and handle less than perfect toilets you have to share etc is also a good life skill to learn - think of it as an introduction to the real world outside the protection of your parents' home - you're probably 18 now, it's a good time to start being independent.
You can interact and socialise as much or as little as you like.
As far as projects are concerned you don't need to sit in a library till midnight. Work smart, get the resources photocopied and leave.
You are there for 5 years. You will eventually get sick of these people and perhaps them you.
Living nearby. Having a nice bed to go to sleep in and clean toilets without the rubbish of dealing with toxic people is a luxury.
Some people want to stay in the hostels. That's fine. But different people can want different things.
I would choose a nearby flat in Chandralayout over a cubicle in Ganga Hostel, and I did for the final years of my time there. But that's just me.