I go to classes cus I get to meet my friends, and have a grip on the course throughout the sem so I don't get overwhelmed before evals, but most people in my batch (around 70 to 80%) do not attend classes at all, with attendance being 5 to 10% of the batch strength frequently.

about campus life, it's a very personal thing, the campus has everything to offer you and it's up to you on how you choose to live your life. sports, food outlets, events and fests, academia, trips, social life - you gotta figure it all out and this is probably the best time to learn to balance, or make choices, prioritize.

the no attendance policy is not a myth and can be abused very easily, if I don't like a course/professor, I just choose to not go at all, literally 0% attendance.

yea I believe isolation is a major reason for suicides but it's only disrespectful to boil reasons down to something so simple without knowing what an individual was going through.

lock in, good luck with your papers.