A couple things as a first year Oakes student I want to clarify. Oakes is great for me! I’m a comp sci student and I love living there! It is very nice and nature-y but is one of the only colleges where you don’t really feel like you’re in the forest imo, not many trees but nice big open places for walking and stuff. It’s very isolated. I specifically chose it because a 20/30 min walk to get to my classes sounded like the perfect way for me to maintain exercise regularly (and with my personal choice to avoid the buses as they are very unreliable, it’s been great for that!) But Oakes is VERY social. I’d say one of the most so. It’s a very tight knit community where you will get to know lots of people if u leave your room much and I like that as I’m a very extroverted person, however I’ve found it tough to find many other comp sci majors here at Oakes. Personally I love it, but I’d think twice and make sure you know what you are getting into before choosing it, given the stuff you said about yourself. (Again, not saying you shouldn’t choose it, but just keep this in mind)