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Along with what the others state. In general people make more friends and get a better experience by living on campus then off for at least the first year.
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Submitted 1 week ago by 404loading@reddthat.com to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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andrewta@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Eat_Your_Paisley@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I had more issues studying when I lived off campus then when i lived in the dorm, it doesn’t seem to effect my daughter.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
I am not sure, since my public university did not require freshmen to live on campus.
The freshmen who did live on campus though had the most limited choice of residence halls and parking lots to choose from, however, because of limited space and wanting to give seniority to the students that stuck with it.
FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 1 week ago
They can charge for the room. Why not make that mandatory? Makes business sense.
It’s also part of the tradition in North America. It may not be the military but learning to live with people, maybe people you really don’t like, is a life experience. And many people look back fondly at that, which they would not have chosen voluntarily.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 week ago
So Americans have to be forced to learn how to comply with a social contract?
meyotch@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Yes. It’s that simple.
It serves the university two ways: they get a consistent source of extra money and degree completion rates seem to increase.
SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 1 week ago
No one is forced, pretty much every public uni near me had some way for locals to live at home and take classes.
What a lot do prohibit is living off campus as a freshman with other students. Which I kinda get. I know quite a few who would have moved in with each other right out if high school if this was the case and it would have been disaster from an academic standpoint.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You haven’t noticed?