Circles and boundaries: Creating flexible “circles” (like “colleagues” or “book club”) and “boundaries” (granular permission sets) to control exactly who can see, interact with, or collaborate on anything—putting people in charge of their online relationships.
Yeah, I miss Google+ also
Try it and see. It depends on your professors and what software they want to use for class. I was able to get through college just fine on Linux, but a couple classes were made easier with windows, so I ran a VM for those classes.