As someone who grew up in Central Massachusetts and works in Worcester. Not far from your campus, you will Definitely want your car. Without it, your world will be too small. You will want to get out and explore different places in your down time. Without a car, your very limited to where and what you can do. Relying on the train or bus to go to Boston is ok, but on their schedule. Worcester is not big enough to just staying there. New England as a whole, is a beautiful area and every bit of it should be explored. But, you need your car to do so. What is great about the Worcester area is if you look at a map and draw a circle 90 miles (say, within 90 minutes)out, you can explore so many areas. From Boston to part of the Cape. Providence or Newport, RI. Mystic, CT to Foxwoods. Springfield to Shelburne Falls, MA. Brattleboro, Vt to Portsmouth, Nh . Portland, ME to Newburyport, MA. Each area I mentioned are driveable from Worcester and each should be visited while you are out this way.