My two top universities at the moment are Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Berkeley. Each school is far enough away for me to warrant living either on campus or in an apartment. The question that's really tickling my mind is whether I should live in the dorms or in an apartment? Living in the dorms allows me to experience living with new types of people, however there many stories about terrible roommates. I worry that if I live in the dorms, I'll be living with a roommate that's either a slob or disrespectful in some way. Meanwhile, living in an apartment allows for much more freedom, but I'm almost certain that the cost of living in an apartment is much higher than living in the dorms. As of right now, I can't decide between living in the dorms or in an apartment. Also, another related topic I was pondering about is what would be useful to learn when living on your own?
-Jaime Izabal
I personally think you should live in a dorm your first year because you don't want to miss the exciting things also that you don't have to rush driving to school also being in traffic so yes your first year maybe 2nd but also your 3rd year get apartment with your roommate and 2 other people just to learn and honestly experience and what it feel like have an apartment well you can also live on your own that's going to be stressful but doesn't hurt to learn.
ReplyDeleteI'm in a bit of a similar situation. My top choice is in Northern California which would obviously not be in range to commute to daily. After I did research on the dorms there I found that most of them are pretty small. To me this is not a problem as I take up very little room, so sharing a room wouldn't be an issue for me. With your problem of chancing getting a rude or annoying roommate, I think that it's a risk that would come even if you got an apartment. There is always the chance of getting an annoying neighbor or something along those lines. Granted you wouldn't see them as often as you would a roommate but the chance is still there. Then with your thoughts on costs, being in a dorm would let you save more especially with you being a freshman with lots of payments to do. It is really up to whether your willing to take the chance of a bad roommate or not.
ReplyDeleteThe cheaper option would be preferred considering you will be living on your own. There’s nothing wrong I think with taking a chance and having a roomate, if your not comparable with your roomate, you guys may be able to set ground rules to work things out and not have a roomate interfer with your edjucation or financial struggles, also it would be useful to learn basic cooking and cleaning!
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