Don't let your kid move off campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My college now requires students to live on campuses all three years. The rule has nothing to do with fostering a learning environment. The school just realized that everyone was moving off campus ASAP and the school was losing on housing and dorm fees. So they tripled up old dorms and required everyone to stay on campus thru junior year. Yuck. I moved off after freshman year.

All 3 years? Isn't there typically 4 years?

[Anonymous]

My DD moved into an apartment complex near her public university that runs constant shuttles to campus (after freshman year on campus). She had no drop in grades. She enjoyed cooking her own food, having an entire bedroom to herself, being able to speak in a normal speaking voice after 11 pm, and sleeping in a full bed instead of in a lofted twin like a 7 year old boy. When she turns 21, I'm sure she'll enjoy being able to have an adult beverage without being written up by an RA.

Living in a dorm all four years is probably fine if you live in a residential college where everyone does it.

[Anonymous]

GMU mom here. Housing is in short supply. DS 1 living in residence hall for sophomore year and will go off campus junior year. Maybe more 50/50 at GMU, also lots of commuters. DC had to secure housing right after winter break for following school year and it’s a lottery system.

[Anonymous]

The apartment my daughter moved into as a junior is actually closer to her classes than was her dorm.

Moving "off campus" doesn't mean moving miles away - it just means moving into a place where you pay a landlord, not the college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a professor and at my school, it would be extraordinarily rare for a junior or senior to live in a dorm. I would absolutely pity the student whose parents forced it.

You’ve conflated dorm with on-campus housing. They aren’t the same. Many colleges have townhouses, apartments, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a professor and at my school, it would be extraordinarily rare for a junior or senior to live in a dorm. I would absolutely pity the student whose parents forced it.

You’ve conflated dorm with on-campus housing. They aren’t the same. Many colleges have townhouses, apartments, etc.

OK. Not at my campus. On-campus = dorm.

[Anonymous]

I loved living on campus at my SLAC, you can more easily participate in lots more activities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I loved living on campus at my SLAC, you can more easily participate in lots more activities.

how so?

[Anonymous]

My kid's apartment for this year is actually right across the street from her freshman dorm. So it's still really convenient.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a professor and at my school, it would be extraordinarily rare for a junior or senior to live in a dorm. I would absolutely pity the student whose parents forced it.

You’ve conflated dorm with on-campus housing. They aren’t the same. Many colleges have townhouses, apartments, etc.

OK. Not at my campus. On-campus = dorm.

Well I agree that would suck. Your school needs to get with it.

[Anonymous]

If your 20-year-old is not capable of living off-campus and still successfully attending classes, you should be very concerned.

[Anonymous]

I lived off campus starting sophomore year and I was fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your 20-year-old is not capable of living off-campus and still successfully attending classes, you should be very concerned.

True, but kids on campus graduate at a higher rate so the OP’s contention, while a little hysterical, isn’t entirely without basis. (Sorry, too lazy to find a link but I recall this fact from a story about Northeastern adding housing in order to improve graduation rates.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your 20-year-old is not capable of living off-campus and still successfully attending classes, you should be very concerned.

True, but kids on campus graduate at a higher rate so the OP’s contention, while a little hysterical, isn’t entirely without basis. (Sorry, too lazy to find a link but I recall this fact from a story about Northeastern adding housing in order to improve graduation rates.)

All of the studies are about FRESHMEN living on campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your 20-year-old is not capable of living off-campus and still successfully attending classes, you should be very concerned.

True, but kids on campus graduate at a higher rate so the OP’s contention, while a little hysterical, isn’t entirely without basis. (Sorry, too lazy to find a link but I recall this fact from a story about Northeastern adding housing in order to improve graduation rates.)

All of the studies are about FRESHMEN living on campus.

Ah, I stand corrected. I do think campuses, particularly at small schools, are more involved and participatory when greater percentages live on campus. Too easy to just hang in the off-campus house and not be a part of campus events.