<p>I got into Brandeis, which is like 20 minutes away form my house. I’ll save a lot of money if I live at home. However, will I be able to party like other students? Or will it be more complicated?</p>
<p>much more complicated and different…</p>
<p>campus is best</p>
<p>take a girl back to your dorm room…or take a girl back to your parents’ house…w/ your parents there.</p>
<p>Thank you for replying. But for those of you in college: what do u think: is the experience worth the money?</p>
<p>if you commute, if you will definately miss out on the traditional college environment, including many parties, unless you have absolute freedom to go to those parties. nevertheless, you’re still gonna miss out on a lot of stuff if you live at home, such as dorm life.</p>
<p>I took a year off after high school. Unlike most people here, I didn’t go off to some study abroad programs on mommy’s and daddy’s dime. I live at home still. I work (alot, depending on who you talk to), go to night school and I also visit my friend’s on college campuses. In my situation, my parents are cool with my trips to various local (and often schools that are much farther away) As someone who may be more familiar with your potentially future situation though, be forewarned, after awhile it may become obvious what you’re doing out of the house weekend after weekend. I still think my parents are cool with it, but sometimes I think they’re suspicious, other times not.</p>
<p>Suspicious of what? Actually my parents know I’ll be drinking and having sex lol, they don’t mind. And for Kfc: you are talking about the “dorm life”, but isn’t it bad? With 20 people per toilet/shower, and 3 other people in your small room, all with different interests?</p>
<p>oh yea if i will not live on campus, then will there be a place for me to stay for the night? (I won’t be in the condition to drive home obviously, on some days)</p>
<p>“With 20 people per toilet/shower, and 3 other people in your small room, all with different interests?”</p>
<p>Why are people so paranoid about community restrooms? Aren’t you using a community restroom in high school? If you’re male, you’re probably already used to a locker room/comm shower environment. I personally think that freshmen should live on campus. There is so much more to college life than just the parties. </p>
<p>But if all you want to do is get drunk, get laid, and drive back and forth while under the influence, then so be it…</p>
<p>you could sleep in a friend’s room.</p>
<p>There are a lot of activities relating to acedamia that go on on a college campus as well. It’s not like high school where you just go home for the night–the campus is a enveloping community and you will probobly want to be a part of it.</p>
<p>Where do you live, Newton? </p>
<p>I’m currently taking a year off and living at home. Let me tell you, it is difficult to grow as a person, unless you’re growing into your parents rules. I don’t think anyone here can tell you if it’s worth the money (if your family will struggle to pay for a dorm, maybe it’s not). It’s probably healthier to live on your own now, but you’ve gotta prioritize. </p>
<p>Just spend weekends on campus with friends if you dont want to miss out.</p>
<p>I agree that SO many people are paranoid about having communal bathrooms, etc. It honestly isn’t that bad, and compared to dorms where you have private baths(that you have to clean), it’s much better.
We don’t have that many commuters(maybe a little over 10 i’d guess), as in people that live at home as opposed to on or off campus housing. However, I do agree that you’d miss the traditional college experience. There’s so much that happens late at night, whether it’s just you hanging out with friends with a pizza around 3am, going to parties, late nights at the library, going out, etc. Sure, you could do some of this if you stayed at home, but the problem is, would you honestly want to go home every time you got drunk/partied, etc.? I don’t think so. Sure, you can and probably will stay with friends, however it might become a hassle after a while, for you and them. </p>
<p>Most schools don’t have rooms for commuters, so you’d definitely live with friends when you stay over.<br>
I remember when two of my friends came to visit me, and one of them lives in an apartment and commutes to a city school(city college of NY). After the night they stayed, he said that he really wishes that he had the dorm experience, with just walking down the hall or to another dorm to visit friends, hanging out late at night, parties in the dorm, etc. So, I’d say that if you can, take the residential experience. It only comes once(or twice depending on grad school,etc.), and it definitely enhances the college experience.</p>
<p>of course, some people are in financial situations where they simply can’t afford it, etc., so if you are, then do what’s best for the pocket. If money’s not a concern, I’d say dorm life is optimal.</p>