My best friend, Michael, and I were recently shopping around trying to determine where we were going to live starting in the fall next school year. We both spent this last semester on campus to fulfil Georgia Southern’s first-year requirement and both of us would be quick to agree that it definitely had its pros and cons. Before we started, we sat down and took a look at what on-campus and off-campus housing had to offer using a cost-to-benefit ratio. While living on-campus is great in the fact that you are able to walk to class faster, you are located closer to the meal hall, and you have the ability to go to the library without searching for a parking spot; due to the tolls it takes financially, socially, and personally in regards to schoolwork and grades, living on-campus is an issue that I feel is a huge factor in low grades. Off-campus housing, due to the wide variety to choose from, is capable of providing students with the freedom they need in order to be their own person, the ability to hide away in your room when it’s time to study or visit one of the many amenities provided by the community when they feel like being social, and they provide all of this at a mere fraction of the cost of on-campus housing even when factoring in utilities, food, and gas.
The repercussions from a financial standpoint are by far the easiest to determine. Georgia Southern University’s on-campus housing costs typically range anywhere from roughly $2,300-3,900 per semester. These prices are all-inclusive in that the electricity, water, garbage, and even cable and internet are all included in the price as well as being fully-furnished upon move-in; however, when you take into account that on-campus leases are only 4 months long, you start to r...
... middle of paper ...
...5 July 2008. George Fox. 22 April 2014 .
Georgia Southern University. "University Housing Rates." 2014. Georgia Southern. 22 April 2014 .
Mattioli, Dana. "The Pros and Cons of Living Off Campus." The Wall Street Journal (2007).
Naidus, Alex. "21 Lessons You Learn Living Off Campus." Buzzfeed, 11 August 2013.
Office of Research and Evaluation. The Impact of Living On or Off Campus in the Freshman Year. Irvine: University of California, 2007.
Seow-Eng Ong, Milena Petrova, and Andrew C. Spieler. "Demand for University Student Housing: An Emperical Analysis." Journal of Housing Research 22.2 (2013): 141-164.
Vallient, Paul M. and Patricia Scanlan. "Personality, Living Arrangements, and Alcohol Use by First Year University Students." Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal (1996): 151-156.
Szalavitz, Maia. “Why Personality May Matter in Preventing Alcoholism. “TIME Health and Family 28 Jan. 2013, n. pag. Print.
First positive externality I face on campus is staying inside because everything that I need for studying is near: faculty, library, pavilion. It does not take a lot of time to get from my college to faculty or library.
According to Huang. Y. et. al., College students in their undergraduate years typically have a difficult time balancing their self identity when first leaving home. Many psychological and psychosocial obstacles may arise during the transition of their departure from living under their parents household.
The only problem is, whose fault is it? Northwestern University has on campus housing; however, the University is completely engulfed within the community. Living off campus is one of the benefits of going to NU, because the community and environment around the campus is extremely college oriented. When you have an environment that is so conducive to the typical college student, obviously they are going to treat the surrounding territory as their territory. So then the issue really becomes, whose fault is it? Who is to blame for the noise complaints and the rude, rowdy behavior?
What are you going to be missing if you decide to commute rather than living on campus? Many people consider college to be an unforgettable experience that will only happen once. College offers unique experiences such as football games, parties, and concerts that many will not be able to participate in after their college years. Living on campus also allows you to access the school’s library and labs to help you finish your work quicker. It also allows you to be more in touch with your professors and classmates for any questions you may have. The freedom and experience gained from college will also help you take your first step in adulthood. If you live on campus you start to make your own decisions and payments that your parents used to make for you. However, many students are not ready to live on their own and make those decisions. They quickly become homesick and their grades fail because they are too occupied with things that they are used to their parents doing. Many times kids who live on campus began losing touch with their siblings and parents because they only come home on major holidays like Christmas or Thanksgiving. It all depends on the person, if you are ready to take on a bigger responsibility or continue to have your parents do the adult things until you have
What are the rules for first and second year’s students for living off campus, unless you’re 21 years of
College can be a scarce transition for individuals, especially for the ones who have lived at home their whole lives. While college is said to be one of the best experiences, there are negative factors that eventually add up. Students who live under their parents roofs or attend high school, usually have their day-to-days lives planned. A typical day in the life of a student may be going to school for eight hours, participating in an activity after school, coming home to a home-cooked meal, and going to bed. Where, college is the first year a student may experience more independence and a non-planned agenda. Most individuals know when going to college they’re going to miss the familiar feeling of their hometown, home-made meals, and their own
I am fortunate at the this time to not have to be concerned with government policies and politics that create barriers to affordable housing, especially rental housing. The most significant issue with rental housing, however, is the rising costs of rent (Schwartz, 2010). For many populations, the cost of renting a housing takes up a significant amount of their annual income, making saving and monetary flexibility near impossible. In some instances, this expense accounts for up to 30% of income (Downs, 2008). It is also significant that one of the populations that most generally ut...
A recent survey asked college students the top reasons for re-applying to a university and the top reasons for not re-applying. They had around 58% of the university respond the survey which is around 793 students out of 1373 students (Cleave). The researchers found that the most influential reasons why students did return to school was because of the convenience and the social life (Cleave). On the other hand, the top reasons students did not return to college because of living conditions, and the shear cost of attending (Cleave). This survey further listed the reasons for not re-applying which were, students did not make good enough grades to be re-administered (low GPA), living carders were too noisy, to support a family, rooms were too small, food quality was poor, they had little to no privacy, residency on campus was too expensive, and taking out loans every year was putting them into too much
College is an exhilarating time, especially for the students at the University of Iowa. Young adults are finally out of the house and given the freedom to do whatever, whenever. They have the option of going to new places and staying out late, all without the need of parental consent. This is the time for discovering new interests, meeting new people, learning, and finding oneself. College may sound like the perfect place, however, not everyone is excited for this change. Many students struggle adapting to this new environment full of choices. Not only are they having to leave their families that they have lived with for the past eighteen years, but they are also having to leave behind their homes, pets, schools, and friends. To top it all
Tuition over the years have made it the struggle for students and their parent to make ends meet. The dorms cost a lot that make it payment really high. Living off campus would make life so much easier for parents and myself because the cost of the school would not cost as much as it does living in the dorms. The school should let students live off campus if they have 2 or more people living with them. If the school did let students live off campus I feel like they should be able to have room checks just like they do in the dorms. If the parents of the students let them live off campus the school should be able to let them do it too. Because really the parents of the students have more authority over the school. I feel that now that a lot of the dorms are getting broken into that it would be way safer to live off campus. That way I know that it is my responsibility if someone was to break into my house. If anything is broking into in our room even if it is locked I don’t think the school pays to get any of the stuff replaced. So living off campus can help students to have responsibility and become a real adult in the college
The first reason for moving is the provision of larger, better equipped buildings. According to a recent survey, inner-city colleges almost all suffer from a lack of suitable classroom space, well-lit and well-ventilated laboratories and sufficient meeting places such as cafes (Edwards 2006, 101-102). In this survey, both UCL and Imperial College were near the bottom of the table and well behind universities in smaller cities or towns. On the other hand, students at out-of-town universities, such as Brunel, said in general that they were “satisfied” (ibid., 1...
...school. Time is not an issue for students living on campus because they reside at the college, which makes it a lot easier to get to class. Whereas, students, who commute struggle to get up in order to catch a bus or two to get to class on time. Students living on campus can spend extra money on other things such as movies since they don’t have to pay for food or transportation. In contrast, students who commute need to save money on the side in order to have access to public transportation to get to class and pay for food at the school. Students living on campus are familiar with places around the college and they know more students. However, students commuting don’t have time for this since they are more worried about getting home on time. Living on campus should be considered by most college student since it appears to be a lot less stressful than living at home.
Usually, students go away to the college or university of their dream to further their education and to learn to live on their own. However, many pupils are realizing that they don’t have to go far, or let alone leave their bedroom to get their education. Students are staying at home as they get their education instead of going to another state. Education has converted to being a lot more moldable, and students can go back and forth from home to school or even do online classes. The positivity factors include not having to pay for living quarters and the tuition of staying at home is way less then leaving. Even with all of these differences students are still faced with decision of staying home or
The best living option for new, incoming freshman to Iowa State University is to spend at least there first two semesters in one of the on campus dorms. Other options available to these students are to find off campus housing in an apartment or a fraternity or sorority, to live at home and commute, or to live for one semester in the dorms and one semester off campus. By examining the alternative options to on campus residence, it is clear that none of these other living options will give incoming students the same variety of benefits or experiences as living on campus.