Anonymous wrote:No wonder you folks still have adult kids living at home at age 30. I was an adult at 18 and signed my own lease.

Agree with PP, let the kids grow up.

you think living on campus vs an off campus apartment is the reason people live at home at 30? SMDH

No wonder you folks still have adult kids living at home at age 30. I was an adult at 18 and signed my own lease.

Agree with PP, let the kids grow up.

Pitt offers 3 years.

Some families cannot afford for their kid to live off campus which often requires a car (another expense) Some schools are in areas where off campus housing is more expensive. Most of the time a car would be required (to get to and from campus easily, get groceries) etc.

My kid is looking for a school where the majority of students live on campus. I lived on campus all four years during college and enjoyed the convenience. It was also nice not to have to worry about cooking. Had no problem adulting after graduation and getting my own apartment in NYC without help from a parent. And got married soon after that and had a baby by age 24.

I lived on campus at Wake all 4 years, graduated just a week after turning 21, and have been (mostly) successfully adulting for 25 years now.

The rental market in so many college towns is an absolute mess, and I am glad that my child is mostly looking at small schools where housing on campus is guaranteed.

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Anonymous wrote:Boston College has 3 yrs on campus housing (several exceptions are guaranteed 4 years). Most kids are off campus jr year, most are abroad at least one semester jr year. Then they most all go back to the same area of housing senior year.

Yeah, and the off-campus housing is more expensive than in DC.

Oh, now we’re talking budget? Yeah, Boston is expensive. It’s not like campus living is a bargain. We’re already in for $90k per year so ….

Anonymous wrote:Boston College has 3 yrs on campus housing (several exceptions are guaranteed 4 years). Most kids are off campus jr year, most are abroad at least one semester jr year. Then they most all go back to the same area of housing senior year.

Yeah, and the off-campus housing is more expensive than in DC.

Housing is guaranteed for all four years that you are at Brown

Anonymous wrote:I lived off-campus except for sophomore year. Let the kid grow up. Teach them how to sign a lease.

Agreed. Just a caveat that parents also cosign a lease.

Boston College has 3 yrs on campus housing (several exceptions are guaranteed 4 years). Most kids are off campus jr year, most are abroad at least one semester jr year. Then they most all go back to the same area of housing senior year.

Anonymous wrote:I lived off-campus except for sophomore year. Let the kid grow up. Teach them how to sign a lease.

Despite four years of campus housing (and four years of cafeteria dining!), I managed to grow up, signing leases in my 20s and learning to cook for myself. There's no prize for moving into a crappy apartment at age 19.

Every Slac we visited had guaranteed and often required on campus housing for all four years. The larger schools did not - BC, Tufts, Northeastern.

From WashU website dated last year:
“Washington University guarantees housing for all undergraduates. All 1,800 members of the Class of 2026 will live on the South 40. And some 3,030 returning students have chosen to live in university housing. WashU also has expanded housing options for graduate students.”

But I would call and verify if it’s important to you. Things change. Websites don’t always get updated in all places.

Anonymous wrote:I lived off-campus except for sophomore year. Let the kid grow up. Teach them how to sign a lease.

NP. I also lived off campus after freshman year. I loved it, but it was a PITA to find a place, and once there I didn’t feel like I could move. Everything I’ve heard suggests it’s gotten much much worse. Four years of guaranteed housing, especially if the vast majority of kids live on campus all four years, is hugely appealing.

OP, Wesleyan and Vassar both have four years of guaranteed housing, and something like 99% of students live on campus. I suspect this is true of many small LACs.

I lived off-campus except for sophomore year. Let the kid grow up. Teach them how to sign a lease.

My DC is looking at colleges in the T40 range and some SLACS. If you have a kid who attends/attended or are informed about housing and whether or not 4 years of on campus housing is guaranteed please share. For example, I can’t find information regarding this for WUSTL on their website. They mentioned freshman and sophomores living on south 40 but nothing about how many years of guaranteed on campus housing. I’ve heard that because of increased undergraduate class sizes, upperclassmen are having to move off campus earlier and not able to get on campus housing. This is a consideration for my DC who will not have access to a car while at college.