Fordham Lincoln Center guarantees all four years -- and the dorms are fairly new and in good shape. Some even have a nice Hudson river view -- DD is in a program where she probably won't be home much anyway, so I'm guessing she'll prefer the ease of staying on campus. Upperclass dorm is apartment style with a bigger kitchen than you sometimes get in a NYC rental. |
Same. 4 years of coddled existence at a rural SLAC, rented an urban apt 1000 miles away two weeks after graduation, married a year later and adulting ever since. There are many paths. |
I picked my college based on whether I had to live on campus or not. I refused to live on campus. You can't cook, you have to pay for laundry and it's way more expensive than an apartment. |
Depends on the rental market! |
+1 my kids take the Metro into DC for HS daily. They live in an urban neighborhood. They have traveled overseas. They have had jobs. Their own bank accounts. They were comfortable with public transportation prior to HS. The oldest also drives all over this crazy city. They are much more independent than I ever was at a much earlier age—even after I left my suburban home to go a few states away to a university which was also non-urban and people pretty much did everything on or very near campus. If my kids choose to go to DC private college and live on campus- I’m not worried about them not being independent. They already are. |
So many issues with finding off-campus housing, lease issues, landlord issues, big PIA and doing it as early as sophomore year was not a plus.
I like the campus camaraderie of schools that require on campus living longer. My kid will be attending one with a 3-year requirement. The upperclassmen have more townhouse like on campus accommodations. Sophomores more apartment style and Freshmen traditional dorms. |
Things have changed. The housing shortage is real and not everyone can afford off campus these days. |
What school? |
I know Georgetown requires first 3 years on-campus housing. |
Boston University (BU) - guarantee housing for all 4 years. |
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. |