My house is about 10 minutes away from Rhode Island College. I need some opinions. Thanks in advance.
2007-03-24 05:02:28 · 11 answers · asked by Deco 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I'd consider a few things:
- Do you enjoy living with your parents?
- Are your parents OK with you hanging out around the house?
- Can you make friends easily?
- Would it be a financial strain to rent or share a room?
- Are you extremely attached to your parents?
If you are attached to your parents, you may want to move away to develop into a mature separate human being. You will learn things you may not otherwise learn if mom and dad are around to do them for you. There is also a slight social stigma associated with living at home.
Perhaps a compromise will work where at some point rent a room with other students. It's important to a future partner that you know how to function as an independent human being so that you are not totally dependent on them for some things.
2007-03-24 05:16:44 · answer #1 · answered by Skeptic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A one simple word answer, "Yes".
I had the same question...I lived in Newton and was going to College in Waltham MA. I finally moved on campus second semester sophmore year and that was the single most important decision of my life. Everything changed for the better.
I hated living at home. It was so hard to meet people. All your high school friends were gone. I felt so disconnected from everyone at school. When you live at school you will be forced to bond and make new friends and share the most funniest expreince together.
College is way more than books and text...and expereincing the college life, learning from it, making the best friends ever will only come from living there and leaving home.
When you get older - life changes - and you will never be the same person you are from 18 to 21. And the person we are at that age and college life are a ONE IN A LIFE time thing to be expereinced. You will never be able to expereince it again.
Do whatever you can to live there...it will so enchance your life.
2007-03-24 05:20:26 · answer #2 · answered by Ixi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Curmudgeon. If it is within your means, board at school; you will not only get the full college experience (good and bad) but you will also feel more integrated with the college life and process. It is also a good way to start to separate yourself from your parents and become more independent. And laundry services are only ten minutes away!
On the other hand, if you will be working while attending school, then you will have little, if any, time for college social life, so stay home and save your money.
2007-03-24 05:17:22 · answer #3 · answered by Caligirlsmom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would agree with just about everyone else that you should if you can possibly afford it. If you are at home, college becomes just a place to take classes, while if you are in the dorms, education becomes an overall experience. In addition, depending upon the type of family you have, they often can't help but continue to see you as they did when you were in high school. Living in the dorms gives you a transition period - you are still close to home, but your family will start to see you as an independent adult, which will serve you for the rest of your lives.
2007-03-24 05:27:32 · answer #4 · answered by neniaf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why does everyone think living at home means you're still a kid? i commute to campus and i am as independent as someone who lives miles away. it depends on your personal situation.
i pay rent, my car note, car insurance, some utilities, credit card bills, cell phone bill, buy groceries and...just about everything that i need.
i do my own dishes and my own laundry. i go out whenever i want, stay out as long as i want and at the end of the day, i don't have to see people that i go to school with unless i want to... and i live with my mom!!
for me its perfect. if you don't have independence at home (your parents do everything for you or watch your every move) then you should live on campus, otherwise, it's not worth it to live with young people who are immature and irresponsible. i had the same opportunities to make friends and participate in student activities because i went to a "commuter friendly school" meaning they had a lot of things in the day and at night. if RIC is not like that, it may be a bit more difficult.
2007-03-24 06:33:22 · answer #5 · answered by morequestions 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are only 10 minutes from college, of course not, don't live on campus. Stay where you are, it's no picnic living on campus at all.
Take the money you'd spend on rooming and put it in a savings account.
2007-03-24 05:11:51 · answer #6 · answered by MadforMAC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in many situations you may ought to be an entire time student to stay interior the dorms. it is in many situations completed because of the fact of constrained housing area on campus. each and each college is diverse, in spite of the undeniable fact that, however the first rule is that section timers can't proceed to exist campus. as far because of the fact the 2nd question, there is not any age shrink and from time to time there may be graduate/married student housing.
2016-12-15 07:55:14 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cost may be a factor, but I think if you can get a taste of independent living, it is a good idea. You can always go home on the weekends if you get homesick.
2007-03-24 05:18:01 · answer #8 · answered by Lin s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to live in college, you can live in a dome with a friend. That way, it would be easier to make new friends and meet new people!
2007-03-24 05:11:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should live in the dorms. It is soo much easier to meet other people that way.
2007-03-24 05:10:26 · answer #10 · answered by subra55118 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋