Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years

[Anonymous]

Sounds like arrested development if a substantial portion of juniors and seniors don't move on.

[Anonymous]

Marymount University just made this policy. They have a really nice dorm in Ballston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like arrested development if a substantial portion of juniors and seniors don't move on.

So they can 15 years of young-adult apartment-living instead of 13? To what end? In my case it worked out fine. I was married with two kids at the age of 30 despite living in a dorm for four years. Just think where I could have been if I moved out junior year!

[Anonymous]

Most SLACs are like this.

[Anonymous]

Connecticut College, Smith College, Wellesley, Goucher, Skiddmore, Hamilton, Colby... so many

[Anonymous]

This is helpful - thanks for all the feedback and suggestions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most SLACs are like this.

Yes... in the south, Furman and Davidson as well.

[Anonymous]

Many.

This information is listed in college guides, such as Princeton Review.

I know that it is the case in many small LAC's for example (e.g., Juniata College). Probably less likely in huge schools, especially if they are close to dense population areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like arrested development if a substantial portion of juniors and seniors don't move on.

That may be your experience, but not all places or people are the same.

[Anonymous]

Most students at William & Mary live on campus.

[Anonymous]

Stanford.

[Anonymous]

My child went to William & Mary and he, technically, was on campus for 4 years. 2 years in the dorm, 1 year in the fraternity house (owned by W&M) and 1 year in a college owned apt. He was out of state so buying and moving furniture + kitchen supplies for a year or 2 would have been a PITA.

[Anonymous]

Harvard and Yale are like this. Students are assigned to a house/college and live there for 3/4 years starting sophomore/freshman year. It creates a sense of community, but most of all, it’s convenient. Graduates don’t seem to be handicapped by the practice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame is well known for its residence life. Generally it's a pro - sort of the benefits of Greek life without the drama of pledging and hazing and whatever.

One of the reasons my kid is going there this Fall.

[Anonymous]

Pretty simple to find. They are schools with 6000 or fewer (all four years, so 1500 per class) undergrads. That’s mostly private colleges, save William and Mary.