This thread is asking you to identify schools. Not just tell us your anonymous story. |
University of Rochester requires on-campus for first two years, and guarantees for four years for students admitted as freshman (i.e. not transfers) |
Wesleyan requires on-campus housing all four years. |
Wellesley guarantees four years of housing, and juniors and seniors may
The posters correlating adult independence to the number of years that one lives on campus are amongst the countless ignorant people on this site, and what's depressing is that anyone invested in engaging on this board is nevertheless still likely to be above average in intellect and educational attainment relative to the rest of U.S. society (not that that is a particularly high bar). |
Denison requires you to live on campus all four years. Laundry is free, and the senior apartments have kitchens and single rooms in the apartments. The newest senior dorm includes large social spaces with a garage door that opens on sunny days, a coffee shop, a campus bar and a convenience store. |
FWIW that kind of requirement can signal economic issues. My LAC went from a laissez-faire policy to mandating 3 years living on campus (I had moved off after first year). But the reason wasn't to encourage camaraderie - as the tour guides like to say - it was because the college was in very bad financial shape .... and this was pre-covid. The Board realized it was losing too much money in meal service so made the students live on campus. Some double rooms became triples. It was not a good situation and had nothing to do with building camaraderie. |
No. A parent needs to cosign nearly all leases unless your DC is living in real low quality housing. In our town these rentals are called the student ghetto. |
There’s another word for college kids who must have four years of housing: poor. If you’re on scholarship and in a city with expensive housing, it can be very difficult or impossible to rent an apartment for the cost of attendance housing allowance covered by financial aid. Must be nice in your bubble. |
You should take some college tours. Every college I am familiar with that has actual upper class housing has apartment-style dorms or at a minimum, suites with private baths and kitchen areas. |
Vanderbilt. They have to live on campus all 4 years, although some kids get a waiver to live off campus senior year. |
I don’t know if this is still true, but when I was at Williams only seniors could live off campus and only those who were allowed to via a lottery - there wasn’t much off campus housing so they required the other three years and most the seniors to live on campus. My husband and I (met in college) both were on campus all 4 years. I’d be surprised if that’s changed. |
What school? |
I was the 21 year old in the dorm at a school mentioned on this thread where almost all students stay on campus all four years. Most of my friends stayed on campus too. It would have been isolating and expensive to move off. Your perception of dorm life is a little off. I was the RA. We didn't have visitation hours, everyone came and went as we pleased. There were no pesky dorm activities. |
Columbia.
Their housing rate is cheaper than other comparable colleges. |
Penn guarantees 2 years. But the students have no problem finding on-campus housing if they prefer to stay on-campus for the 3rd and 4th years. |