Hiding my ball python in a dorm?

[RoyalRose]

This was my situation:
I grew up surrounded by tons of animals and very few people so my pets are quite numerous and my social skills pretty poor. The University I attended forced all freshman(unless they lived with an immediate family member) to live in the dorms and they allowed only a small aquarium(I think 5g or less) with fish and nothing else in the room(which was about as big as a match box). I wasn't able to take any pets(the only animal I could have taken was a horse but I didn't have my own trailer; my Great Danes, cat, deer, etc, would have been spotted right away haha) and I found myself very miserable and depressed. I did go home as often as I could but I ended up leaving during my second semester because I couldn't stand the people I lived with anymore(though I did have the absolute best room mate ever) and I'd rather be happy then depressed for four year just to have a degree that probably wouldn't have been of any great use later in life. If I'd have had a small animal, like a snake, I'd have definitely tried to keep it in my dorm. Our RA actually told us that if we had anything we weren't supposed to have to put it in the closet and shut the door because they were not allowed to open it. I did have my own vehicle but it was quite a long walk to/from the parking lot so I would have been able to get supplies but getting them in would have been a bit hard, but not impossible. So, yes it would have been doable but it would have taken quite a bit of work.

As for if you should actually try it or not, I would suggest to try and find a way to do it that doesn't break any rules first and then go from there. See if you can find a school where you can have your snake in your dorm, or one where you can get off campus housing. If you can't(like I couldn't), see if you can take all your freshman classes(or enough classes to complete the 'years' where you'd have to live on campus) online while living at home, if your parents are OK with that; the majority of freshman are there to party and mess around(in my experience), you won't miss that much. If there is nothing you can work out with housing and you resort to keeping your snake against the rules, make sure you have everything planned out ahead of time; roommate's consent(or even better, a single occupant room set up), a place to hide him/her, and food being your biggest priorities.

No matter what you end up doing, I wish you and your snake the best of luck