Anonymous
03/15/2022 16:34
Subject: Re:Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
Anonymous wrote:I went to a slac where students lived on campus in dorms primarily first and second years, junior year was a mix and most seniors lived in off campus houses (you were guaranteed on campus housing all 4 years, but this is how it played out). The area was right off campus all within a seceral block radius, and since it was a small college I would bet it was still a closer walk to the academic quad than some dorms are at big unis. Still, it was off campus so you had to secure the rental yourselves and no meal plan. My friends and I lived off campus junior and senior years and loved it.
pros:
- more independent feel
- your own yard for bbq’s!
- lots of other students around so had a great feel
- no meal plan! fun group meals
- the biggest pro for me - as a natural introvert - none of the loudness and constant bustle
going on in the dorms
cons:
- you had to coordinate with friends esp junior year was hard bc of people’s
different study abroad schedules
- if something went awry in the house, and they were old and run down so it often did, you had to fix it or
hunt down your out of area LL
- you paid for full year leases even though you probably weren’t there in the summer
- it was a scramble to lock down your rental - often word of mouth, leases “passed down” among friend groups- eg, there was a “soccer house,” a “water polo house”, etc
I think on campus apartment living would give you most of the pros without the hassles. But I would not want an actual dorm room all 4 years.
What school?
Anonymous
03/15/2022 16:21
Subject: Re:Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
I went to a slac where students lived on campus in dorms primarily first and second years, junior year was a mix and most seniors lived in off campus houses (you were guaranteed on campus housing all 4 years, but this is how it played out). The area was right off campus all within a seceral block radius, and since it was a small college I would bet it was still a closer walk to the academic quad than some dorms are at big unis. Still, it was off campus so you had to secure the rental yourselves and no meal plan. My friends and I lived off campus junior and senior years and loved it.
pros:
- more independent feel
- your own yard for bbq’s!
- lots of other students around so had a great feel
- no meal plan! fun group meals
- the biggest pro for me - as a natural introvert - none of the loudness and constant bustle
going on in the dorms
cons:
- you had to coordinate with friends esp junior year was hard bc of people’s
different study abroad schedules
- if something went awry in the house, and they were old and run down so it often did, you had to fix it or
hunt down your out of area LL
- you paid for full year leases even though you probably weren’t there in the summer
- it was a scramble to lock down your rental - often word of mouth, leases “passed down” among friend groups- eg, there was a “soccer house,” a “water polo house”, etc
I think on campus apartment living would give you most of the pros without the hassles. But I would not want an actual dorm room all 4 years.
pros:
- more independent feel
- your own yard for bbq’s!
- lots of other students around so had a great feel
- no meal plan! fun group meals
- the biggest pro for me - as a natural introvert - none of the loudness and constant bustle
going on in the dorms
cons:
- you had to coordinate with friends esp junior year was hard bc of people’s
different study abroad schedules
- if something went awry in the house, and they were old and run down so it often did, you had to fix it or
hunt down your out of area LL
- you paid for full year leases even though you probably weren’t there in the summer
- it was a scramble to lock down your rental - often word of mouth, leases “passed down” among friend groups- eg, there was a “soccer house,” a “water polo house”, etc
I think on campus apartment living would give you most of the pros without the hassles. But I would not want an actual dorm room all 4 years.
Anonymous
03/15/2022 15:28
Subject: Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
Never thought to ask this question, but it is sooooooo important to ask. I cannot stress this enough. We are about to pay $2K/month for an office campus apartment because DS's school only can accommodate freshman class and about 1/2 of the sophomore class.
Anonymous
03/15/2022 15:19
Subject: Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
Anonymous wrote:I went to at St Lawrence and most lived on campus for all four years. I lived in my sorority for two years but there were really no off campus apartments. The occasional theme house was an option but otherwise all university housing.
And now they have those beautiful senior townhomes on the golf course!
Anonymous
03/15/2022 14:59
Subject: Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
Oberlin. There is a lottery and a limited number of seniors can live off campus. Th the rest can usually get apartment style housing.
Anonymous
03/15/2022 11:59
Subject: Re:Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
OP, Vassar does this. All the housing is Vassar housing though there is a combination of dorms, townhouses and apartment-style living. All belongs to the college and is on campus property. My DC is at Vassar and has been in a dorm the past three years, and for senior year will be in one of the townhouses with three friends.
The townhouses and apartments have kitchens but students are still required to have meal contracts at the campus dining hall, which as a parent is fine with me, as it means the students won't feel obliged to cook every day Shopping and cooking and cleaning kitchens can be a real time suck, to be blunt. DC is busy enough as it is, and knows perfectly well how to shop and cook so isn't missing some huge life lesson by not cooking daily while in college. DC is really looking forward to cooking and baking on weekends and for fun, though.
DC has been really pleased not to have to stress over finding some off-campus place to live junior and/or senior years. Yet the students also get some variety in the types of housing available on campus.
Anonymous
03/15/2022 11:50
Subject: Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
'Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sounds like arrested development if a substantial portion of juniors and seniors don't move on.
We get it, you're a narrow-minded shitty tailgate state alum. Now buzz off.
Or that PP is a landlord who wants to rent crappy apartments to those juniors and seniors. So many students get taken advantage of this way.
Anonymous
03/15/2022 09:40
Subject: Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Univ Dayton
Their little neighborhood of houses for juniors/seniors is so cute! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Dayton_Ghetto
My son lives in the ghetto at Dayton and it is a really great way to keep the student body engaged with each other and with the campus.
I'm a UD grad. That statement makes me laugh because when I was a student, the neighborhood was called the ghetto because it looked like one. I lived there for three years and it was the best experience. Some of the houses should have been condemned long before they were torn down and replaced with state of the art homes. Today, the "student neighborhood" - the official UD name for the area - is "cute." I'm sure the experience is probably the same. A sense of independent living, a large safe "family" community and lots of fun.
PP that linked the wikipedia article here.
I'm so glad to read this from both of you! My son will be a freshman in the fall (I'm the poster that posted about the Dayton@George Mason game a couple months ago in the sports forum.) My son is so excited!
Anonymous
03/15/2022 06:57
Subject: Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Univ Dayton
Their little neighborhood of houses for juniors/seniors is so cute! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Dayton_Ghetto
My son lives in the ghetto at Dayton and it is a really great way to keep the student body engaged with each other and with the campus.
I'm a UD grad. That statement makes me laugh because when I was a student, the neighborhood was called the ghetto because it looked like one. I lived there for three years and it was the best experience. Some of the houses should have been condemned long before they were torn down and replaced with state of the art homes. Today, the "student neighborhood" - the official UD name for the area - is "cute." I'm sure the experience is probably the same. A sense of independent living, a large safe "family" community and lots of fun.
Anonymous
03/14/2022 21:52
Subject: Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Univ Dayton
Their little neighborhood of houses for juniors/seniors is so cute! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Dayton_Ghetto
My son lives in the ghetto at Dayton and it is a really great way to keep the student body engaged with each other and with the campus.
Anonymous
03/14/2022 21:29
Subject: Re:Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
The Claremont Colleges have the vast majority of students living on campus. My son was a baseball player for an Ivy and they had to live on campus.
Anonymous
03/14/2022 21:28
Subject: Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
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.
+1. ND grad here. A couple seniors live off campus but The vast majority stay on campus,
Anonymous
03/14/2022 19:53
Subject: Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have experience with schools like this and feedback on whether it was a pro or con. I have a high school junior who has social skill issues and I feel like the jockeying my older kids have done with getting a group together to live off campus and then finding a place for 2 or 3 years might be more than he can navigate.
There are usually apartment complexes in college towns that will place kids who want to live there together.
My kid and his friend did this. They wanted to live together at a specific complex that was 3 bedrooms only. The complex put a 3rd in there based off a questionnaire they answered and it worked out well.
Anonymous
03/14/2022 19:39
Subject: Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
Frankly, I loved it! I stayed engaged in campus activities and active in my sorority! We did have dorm “wings”/ hallways that were for juniors and seniors.
Anonymous
03/14/2022 18:36
Subject: Colleges where most students stay in the dorms all 4 years
Anonymous wrote:I went to at St Lawrence and most lived on campus for all four years. I lived in my sorority for two years but there were really no off campus apartments. The occasional theme house was an option but otherwise all university housing.
Right next door at Clarkson. Everyone lived on campus...though there were university owned apartments for upper classman right on campus...best of both worlds IMO.