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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's weird that it's a requirement. I couldn't imagine living on campus my senior year of college.  I agree it's a red flag.  You aren't signing up for boarding school.  This is college.[/quote]

As PP said it is a requirement often to maintain peace with local community.  Same at my undergrad.

I view it as a plus.  If you don't, don't go.

I lived off campus three years.  That was a mistake.  I wish I had done more on campus.  I think I missed something.[/quote]

That's fine.  But living off campus, I finally got to have my own room (in a large shared house with other students) and some privacy. I paid  my own rent which was half the cost of the dorms (no small thing as a student on financial aid with very little parental help).  [b]Not sure what the policies are at these schools, but they usually require students to have roommates.[/b]  I was giddy having a room to myself, a real kitchen to cook in, and space to have guests.  And save thousands of dollars.  Plus we had the best parties -- not possible to do this on campus where I went to school.[/quote]

The bold is inaccurate. Plenty of single rooms in dorms or single bedrooms in shared suites on many campuses. Yes, some campuses are horribly overcrowded and cramming three students into what was a double room etc., as other threads have noted. But it's not correct to use huge generalizations like "they" usually require...anything.

As far as saving money, as another PP noted, most landlords want at least 12 months of commitment. So you lose money if you only want nine months of renting, or you have to find someone to sublet (if that's even allowed). And some landlords near colleges truly do gouge, knowing students can be desperate for housing at some schools. How long ago were you in college?

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OMG you are insufferable.  Most the previous posters have stated their kids on campus are sharing rooms.  When I was in college, there were no singles allowed on campus unless you had a medical issue.

Yes, renting is usually 12 months.  Not a problem.  I didn't go home for summer because I was an adult.  So continued to rent.  Some of my roommates sublet for the summer (because we were allowed to per the lease which we read in advance and made sure was an option -- because, again, adults!).  No one lost any money.  Not gouged either, as it was twice as expensive to live on campus (in a major urban area).  It was fine.  Because, at that age, we were all adults.  Young ones, but still adults.  And it wasn't that long ago.  The house we rented is still a college rental at present.
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So you had to leap right to "insufferable"? Wow, your threshold for insufferable is pretty low. Is it because you think your experience is the one and only way?

Yes, many PPs have kids sharing rooms. That doesn't make it the one and only option for every college everywhere.

Yes, when you were in college -- how long ago? -- there were "no singles allowed on campus" except for medical reasons. You mean, no singles on YOUR campus. My college a long time ago had two large dorms of singles only. As well as dorms of doubles only and dorms with singles, doubles and triples mixed.

See how that works? I'm not claiming my experience back then was universal, or that my kid's experience today is universal, but your experience isn't universal either. And what "most of the previous posters" are describing is their kids' experience which-- you guessed it! -- isn't universal either.

I'm glad you weren't gouged for rent back in your day not that long ago. Again, your experience. I know that in some college towns, there are indeed kids who find it expensive to live off campus. And there are places where it's cheaper to live off campus. Not sure why you're so strident about the idea that other students today might have other experiences from yours.

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