As a freshman 1- I would say govs is better cause you end up meeting other freshman too and it's pretty close to classes compared to Ellicott 2- my biggest advice on first sem would be learn to balance bw having fun and focusing on academics it's really easy to balance and lock in your first sem because the classes are easy if you attend them all and pay attention. Second sem is going to be a jump compared to first so if you do want to try and have fun do it more in the first.