Guaranteed housing all 4 years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lived on campus at Wake all 4 years, graduated just a week after turning 21, and have been (mostly) successfully adulting for 25 years now.

The rental market in so many college towns is an absolute mess, and I am glad that my child is mostly looking at small schools where housing on campus is guaranteed.

We lived in quite dangerous conditions off campus, but were scared to report it for fear of becoming homeless and uncertain how to report it.

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Anonymous wrote:Boston College has 3 yrs on campus housing (several exceptions are guaranteed 4 years). Most kids are off campus jr year, most are abroad at least one semester jr year. Then they most all go back to the same area of housing senior year.

Yeah, and the off-campus housing is more expensive than in DC.

Off campus housing is more expensive than on-campus at pretty much all college towns. The college housing companies are in cahoots with the colleges to not build more affordable housing. Don't get the "growing up" comment thrown around. Kids in a lot of other countries live at home during college and they all 'grow up' and do really well..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lived off-campus except for sophomore year. Let the kid grow up. Teach them how to sign a lease.

Learned how to sign a lease. Did not learn how to answer a simple question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No wonder you folks still have adult kids living at home at age 30. I was an adult at 18 and signed my own lease.

Agree with PP, let the kids grow up.

I did too, but that was in the Before Times when you didn't have to show 40x income to rent a place. WE didn't need parents to co-sign.

I think signing leases is like doing your own taxes - they're burdensome and not especially meaningful. Do it at 18 or do it at 21, it doesn't matter.

[Anonymous]

ND and Rice are 4 years housing guaranteed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every Slac we visited had guaranteed and often required on campus housing for all four years. The larger schools did not - BC, Tufts, Northeastern.

From WashU website dated last year:
“Washington University guarantees housing for all undergraduates. All 1,800 members of the Class of 2026 will live on the South 40. And some 3,030 returning students have chosen to live in university housing. WashU also has expanded housing options for graduate students.”

But I would call and verify if it’s important to you. Things change. Websites don’t always get updated in all places.

Northeastern has guaranteed housing for 4 years for the Boston direct admits.
Upper-class gets priorities, too so my junior kid now has a nice single room in a apartment style building.

However don't most kids like to live off-campus after 1-2 years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I lived off-campus except for sophomore year. Let the kid grow up. Teach them how to sign a lease.

Agreed. Just a caveat that parents also cosign a lease.

This. DS has lived off campus the last couple years at VT and I sign his lease. Nobody is letting a minimal-income college student be solely responsible for the rent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lived off-campus except for sophomore year. Let the kid grow up. Teach them how to sign a lease.

Can they sign a lease without any proof of income?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every Slac we visited had guaranteed and often required on campus housing for all four years. The larger schools did not - BC, Tufts, Northeastern.

From WashU website dated last year:
“Washington University guarantees housing for all undergraduates. All 1,800 members of the Class of 2026 will live on the South 40. And some 3,030 returning students have chosen to live in university housing. WashU also has expanded housing options for graduate students.”

But I would call and verify if it’s important to you. Things change. Websites don’t always get updated in all places.

Northeastern has guaranteed housing for 4 years for the Boston direct admits.
Upper-class gets priorities, too so my junior kid now has a nice single room in a apartment style building.

However don't most kids like to live off-campus after 1-2 years?

I think it depends on the school. All the action at my school was on campus and campus wasn't exactly integrated into any town. Living off campus took you away from a lot of student activities. At a state school where the university is part of the town and there are non-university housing options, then I understand not living "on campus"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every Slac we visited had guaranteed and often required on campus housing for all four years. The larger schools did not - BC, Tufts, Northeastern.

From WashU website dated last year:
“Washington University guarantees housing for all undergraduates. All 1,800 members of the Class of 2026 will live on the South 40. And some 3,030 returning students have chosen to live in university housing. WashU also has expanded housing options for graduate students.”

But I would call and verify if it’s important to you. Things change. Websites don’t always get updated in all places.

Northeastern has guaranteed housing for 4 years for the Boston direct admits.
Upper-class gets priorities, too so my junior kid now has a nice single room in a apartment style building.

However don't most kids like to live off-campus after 1-2 years?

I think it depends on the school. All the action at my school was on campus and campus wasn't exactly integrated into any town. Living off campus took you away from a lot of student activities. At a state school where the university is part of the town and there are non-university housing options, then I understand not living "on campus"

All of the state schools I know of are self contained, and not located in major cities. I understand this is not true of all state schools (and I also understand NEU is not a state school - nor do we wish to turn this into another NEU thread).

[Anonymous]

Vanderbilt guarantees housing for all four years, I think.

Also to consider, many campus buses do the rounds at the off-campus apartment complexes, so not having a car might be fine.

[Anonymous]

Notre Dame.
In fact, they don't have Greek and big part of the communities is base on dorm culture.
Many upper class students choose to keep living on campus.

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Swarthmore

[Anonymous]

Rice does not guarantee for 4 years. Maybe 3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every Slac we visited had guaranteed and often required on campus housing for all four years. The larger schools did not - BC, Tufts, Northeastern.

From WashU website dated last year:
“Washington University guarantees housing for all undergraduates. All 1,800 members of the Class of 2026 will live on the South 40. And some 3,030 returning students have chosen to live in university housing. WashU also has expanded housing options for graduate students.”

But I would call and verify if it’s important to you. Things change. Websites don’t always get updated in all places.

Northeastern has guaranteed housing for 4 years for the Boston direct admits.
Upper-class gets priorities, too so my junior kid now has a nice single room in a apartment style building.

However don't most kids like to live off-campus after 1-2 years?

That’s interesting. Per Northeastern’s website (and my recollection from the info session and tour), it’s not. Do you have a cite?

“UPPERCLASSMEN (THIRD YEAR +) STUDENTS

University housing for students in their third year and beyond is limited and on a space available basis. These students live in a mix of university and off-campus housing in Boston or participate in co-op, study abroad, or learning opportunities outside of Boston. ”