Definitely take a tour of the campus before you decide.
My first year I stayed at home and went to a community college. By second semester I had applied for Michigan State, Central Mich, and SVSU(where I went)...
I had friends at all the schools. I spent alot of time at state and figured I'd end up going there(to party basically). T
hen I went and checked out svsu(smaller school like 10,000students). It had adecent social atmosphere, small class size, and everything was brand new(buildings, computers, housing). I liked it all so i went there... don't regret it.