<p>I think many colleges have the manditory dorm requirement becuase they know that students that don’t live in the dorms from their first year often fail to get into the ‘college experience.’ Sure there are some things that aren’t so great about living in dorms (but it’s not all bad) and as they say “it’s all part of the experience.” The largest majority of my college firends are those that I met living in the dorms during my first year. Everyone had to live in the first year (even a guy in my hall that was from the same town and lived about 10 mins away)</p>
<p>I think if you live at home it will just be like 13th grade vs being in college and everything that goes with it.</p>