Replying to Dell Sucks

So i ordered a computer for school from dell, customized it and made it how i wanted and shit I did this like the second week of July... They said it would be here by the 10th. Last night i got home from work and looked around for a box that would have a computer in it.  I eventually just figured that UPS was running slow and didnt get to my house yet so i wasnt worried.  Then I got a call of a recored message that told me that it would not even ship untill the 28th.  This is bull shit because I have to be at school on the 25th.  FUCK DELL! 

To people who have been in college: Would it be worth not having a computer for the first few days? Or should i cancel the order and drive the 2 hours one way to circut city to buy a computer that wont have everything that i want on it?