Campus Tour Ons/Offs

Colorado_mom
Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:44:48 +0000

Seeing dorm rooms on the tour is interesting, especially if the kid has never seen a dorm before. But there is lots of dorm variety even within one campus.

Families need to realize that at some schools, dorms are only for freshman. Then they need to move off campus. This seems to be most common at large state schools.

When we researched distant schools (most of them), I always liked to know % of students living on campus. In my case, I thought higher % better since apartment logistics can be grueling from 2000 miles away. If on campus % is not listed on the college website, you can find it at Peterson’s website.

It is possible that even with low %, students have the option to be on campus all 4 years. But that is more fun if your friends are likely to be doing that too.