Prices for Room & Board

PrdMomto1
Tue, 26 May 2020 14:48:03 +0000

Yankeefan20:

“It’s more than tuition”

This is why I’m asking if you think more should be spent for R&B than tuition.

Whether or not you “should” spend more on R & B than tuition really is up to you.

I think a lot depends on what the standard is at the particular school and what you can afford. If most kids live on campus and your child would one of a small majority of freshman living at home and commuting, then you need to consider some of the points made above to decide if it’s a good decision for your child. If study groups, clubs, tests, etc, will be scheduled in the evening assuming all kids will be there, it might become a challenge for your child. If a large number of kids live at home and commute than some of those issues might have less of an impact on your child. If most kids do live on campus and you can afford it, I would probably suggest letting your child do it freshman year and then re-evaluate for the following years. Especially if the commute if up to an hour long.

The typical freshman in the US often expects to live on campus to get that traditional US college experience. I don’t know what your circumstances are but friends of mine who have not gone to college themselves or who went in other countries are often confused by our R & B set up at colleges and are less likely to want to pay for that “extra” for their kid regardless of whether if was financially an issue for them.

I’m impressed there are state schools with tuition lower than room and board. That’s not the case where I live.