"I just got here. I'm here for college. My suitcases are in a locker at the train station." He'd have to think up something better than that, and soon. It would be more than obvious to people he met that he wasn't going to college after not too long of an observation period. Of course, once he had a place to live, it wouldn't matter so much.
"I'm hoping to find an apartment. Might be wishful thinking, right? Finding something I can move in to today that isn't a hotel."