Weird that you'd post in this thread now; I just started A school two months ago.
My experience has been that the nerds here are pretty much the same kind of nerds you'll find on a typical college campus. There's lots of LoL/HoN, MTG, D&D, and FPS players in general, but few fighting game players (AFAIK, I'm the only one here). I've seen a few people mash Vanilla Marvel 3 in the rec room and a friend of mine is somewhat interested in learning GG, but that's about it.
Sad, but that's just the way it's gotta be. I'm halfway to becoming a full time shmup player.