College Dorm Requirement

[Kacie_bride]

Do you think college freshman should be required to live in a school dorm if they are not living with their parents?

[WebLady]

Maybe I don't understand the argument (and before anyone asks, no I never went to college) but, what difference does it make?

[Kacie_bride]

No. At my school all beginning college freshman unless they are married, have children, served time in the military, live with their parents, or are over 20 years old must live in a school dorm. I don't like this because the dorm was not a place for studying. It was a place for partying. It was loud all the time and my roommate sucked.

[Kacie_bride]

Maybe I don't understand the argument (and before anyone asks, no I never went to college) but, what difference does it make?

A lot of schools require it. Some schools do not even let college freshman have vehicles on campus. To me it made a big difference when I was in the dorm verses an apartment.

[AngelinLove]

I voted no, because living situations are so varied these days, plus they are 18 and can legally get their own place. Also, living in the dorms is expensive, so if the school requiresit , then the school better pay for it!!! I know that when I was a freshman I lived on my own with my ex-fiance and there is no way I could have afforded to live on campus.

[WebLady]

A lot of schools require it. Some schools do not even let college freshman have vehicles on campus. To me it made a big difference when I was in the dorm verses an apartment.
So what is the rational in requiring it?

[LaceyinPgh]

Well I was required to live in a dorm, but I can pretty much count the times on one hand I actually slept in that room that my parents paid an arm and leg for.

To me it was a waste of money. I mean, it would have been more beneficial and probably cheaper for my parents to have just rented a small apartment for me. I mean, I NEVER ate in teh dining hall. My dad still complains about the bill that came in my freshman year for the $5000 bagel. I ate at the dining hall once, in the entire year.

To study I was in the library, or I was participating in some activity, or I was hanging out with my friends who weren't stuck in dorm hell.

[Kacie_bride]

So what is the rational in requiring it?

Something about it helps the transition or something. I'll try to find what my school says. My school also requires them to purchase a meal plan. That is also ridiculous and expensive. Angel is right about living on campus being expensive. You pay just as much or more for a little shoe box than an actual apartment. And with an apartment you don't have to go home on holidays or summers.

[Kacie_bride]

I looked at my school's policy and all it says is that it helps with the transition from high school and home life.

[WebLady]

Something about it helps the transition or something. I'll try to find what my school says. My school also requires them to purchase a meal plan. That is also ridiculous and expensive. Angel is right about living on campus being expensive. You pay just as much or more for a little shoe box than an actual apartment. And with an apartment you don't have to go home on holidays or summers.
Hmmm, well I would venture to think that it shouldn't matter where you live. And why would they force you to eat what they wanted? It is great to have it available if you wanted it, but to make you seems ridiculous to me. College is expensive enough as it is :bbrolleyes:

[Kacie_bride]

Hmmm, well I would venture to think that it shouldn't matter where you live. And why would they force you to eat what they wanted? It is great to have it available if you wanted it, but to make you seems ridiculous to me. College is expensive enough as it is :bbrolleyes:

I think the meal plan for me costed around $2500 just for food for a semester. You didn't have to eat there and most of the time I didn't. I guess the school just wanted to make sure you didn't starve. But let me tell you, I probably would have rather starved than eat most of the stuff they had there.

[ladymelissa]

No, I don't think they should force you to live in the dorms.

[ladymelissa]

But let me tell you, I probably would have rather starved than eat most of the stuff they had there.

The campus food wasn't that bad where I went.

[Kacie_bride]

The campus food wasn't that bad where I went.

I should say that at the dining halls it was bad. With the meal plan there were also what they called Bearkat Bucks. You could use those at Pizza Hut, Chick Fila, and some other places like that on campus only.

[ladymelissa]

Yea, us too. I still didn't mind the dining hall food though. They had a great salad bar and a Chinese station where they would make anything you wanted and convenience type stores in the dorms where you could get regular junk food (candy, chips, pop tarts), I gained the freshman 15, believe me!

[SoontobeMrsClark07]

No way. I love being a commuter student and my school is a commuter school. I dont think anyone should be told they have to pay an arm and a leg to live somewhere they dont want to.

[mj512]

At my university, you have to live on campus unless: you are over 23, married or live with family--- or have a child

[70707Bride]

Being in college now sorta helped me decide to vote for no. Freshmen are adults, why should they have to live in a dorm? I think that they can decide to live where they want. I know that a lot of them act immature, but that's not all freshman. When I transferred to my University, I was a junior. We started looking at the new dorms (they had personal bathrooms) but decided that it just wasn't us. And you didn't really know where you'd be staying. We wanted our own bathroom, and kitchen. Its not always cheaper to live in dorms anyway.

[AllyM1]

I voted no. I don't know how much dorms cost but I think it's better anyway to be able to either live at home or get some girlfriends and share an apartment.

[mariaandmanish]

I voted no, even though I lived in a dorm until Jr. year. For me, it was great living in the dorm, I made a lot of great friends that I am still friends with now. I don't think that it should be mandatory though. It doesn't really help with the transition, at least as far as I could tell.