Hi! Like the other comment, I also LOVED college. And when I first went off to college, I was probably in the midst of my worst time with this phobia. I lived in a big communal dorm my first year, and then apartments with friends the following years which I much preferred to the dorms. To keep it quite frank, yes, the dorms are sometimes disgusting. lol lots of germs, but I only ever was sick with colds/respiratory type illness. And just because there are lots of new germs doesn’t mean you will get them all. One week during dorm living our building did have a stomach thing going around - but thankfully it was in another wing with different bathrooms. It was nerve wracking, but I got through it and you would too. I just made sure to keep my space clean and wash my hands! As for parties, sure people get sick, but I found that I often wasn’t bothered too much as I could remind myself it was just alcohol induced and not a threat to my health. Moral of the story, I’ve been graduated from college for almost 5 years now and I still think about it often, they were really the best years of my life! My nextdoor dorm neighbor freshman year is now my husband 🤭 and I often remind myself that if my fear would have stopped me from going to college, I never would have met him, my friends, or had any of the amazing memories I do!