As application season has started, I've started to wonder about housing. The decision of whether it is more sound to stay at home and go to college or stay in the dorm will ultimately determine which colleges I'll apply for. For example if I went to San Diego State I'd obviously be living in the dorms on campus; on the contrary, if I end up going to Long Beach State, I'd be staying at home. I've already heard the basic talk about how staying at home is the most inexpensive way to go and how living at the dorms will give me a fuller and more independent college experience, but what are the other pros and cons to living at home or staying in the dorm?
-Maya Washington
ReplyDeletePros on living at home:
Cooked Meals
More Family time
Don’t have to pay (Depending if you parent don’t have you help pay bills around the house)
Cons on living at home:
House Rules
Chance you do have to pay rent
Pros on living at a dorm:
More occasions to meet new people
Help forward you to be more independent in the future
Cons on living at a dorm:
May become Homesick
Harder Time to Study (Depending on which kind of dorm you go to because of all the partying and what not)
Whatever you choose it's just good to have a place where you can lie your head and you feel safe
(There’s still so many more pros and cons out there, I just can’t think of anymore)
Like what Elijah said, moving into a dorm would give you a more independent experience. Up until now we have been living with a parent or guardian and never really had the opportunity to live on our own, though in a dorm you do have a roommate. If you got a dorm room you would be able to grow as a person and mature a bit at the expense of seeing your family daily. On the other hand, if you commute from home your life style wouldn't change that much but you would have many of the same friends you do now. It all depends on what you feel is right for you.
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