Funding Off-Campus Housing

koolkollegekid
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 02:37:03 +0000

I go to Northern Kentucky University, where I am a recipient of a full ride scholarship (tuition, room, board, the whole lot). I really don’t like living in the dorms all that much, though, and would like to try living in an apartment. I was told initially that my housing component of my scholarship can only be used for on-campus housing. Because of this, I would have to pay rent out of pocket if I live off-campus. However, there are rooms in my dorm that have extra people living in them (3 people in a 2 person dorm) and the university is paying those residents weekly for the inconvenience, while I am taking up a room, not giving the university anything for it. Wouldn’t it make more sense for them to put a paying resident in my room (so they wouldn’t have to be paying those 3 person rooms), and let me live wherever? I feel like I should be able to apply this scholarship to wherever I want. Do you think there’s a chance I could convince them to change their policy?