Should you commute?
College is a time for change and experiences whether it be moving away from family or having more freedom to make your own decisions without having some to constantly look over your shoulders and question your moves. One of the decisions, which could be one of the toughest, that freshmen students have to make is whether to commute or live on campus. Granted, it is understandable that first year students who come from out of state have no choice but to live on campus. The tough decision has to be made by students who live in close proximity to the University, such as myself. In order to decide which option would be best for a specific student the major differences between commuting and living on campus have to be taken under consideration.
One of the best things that college provides for students is the ability to live on campus. As a freshman student, living on campus gives you an opportunity to get to know more of the student body than living at home would. You can become better friends with people that you see on a daily basis and the connections made would not be diminished due to the fact that you have to return home every night. Another reason would be that you can build better relationships with the faculty if you living on campus and you can have more time to interact with professors .Also, living on campus can help student gain more independence from their family. Instead of having your mother looking over your shoulder and analyzing every decision that you make you can make decision based on your own opinions and feelings and even if you make mistakes. But living on campus also has its drawbacks. A student here at Baldwin Wallace University states that “sometimes I really don’t like living on campus b...
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... about commuting. I also think that living at home prevents me from spending time with my new found friends who do have a dorm on campus but we set up dates such as coffee or lunch to catch up on each other’s lives. Not being able to talk to your friends on a daily basis makes the time spend together that much more valuable. I, for one, do not regret the decision to commute because it means that I can save some money for medical school and also I get to come home at the comfort of my own bed and I avoid distractions and temptations. Although, commuting is not for everyone. Some people want to leave their house as soon as possible and it does not matter to them how expensive living on campus is as long as they are not under their parents’ thumb. Deciding whether or not to live on campus is a tough decision and especially for a freshman student who is new to college.
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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
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...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.
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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.