Should I dorm or stay with my parents?

Chopinspiano
Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:47:50 +0000

As a current freshman student, being a commuter will be hard. My friend commutes and traffic always makes her late. She can’t be active in any clubs and she doesn’t have a meal plan so she’s often very hungry while being on campus. Yes there is Chick-Fil-A, Einstein Bagels, Five Guys, Verde, etc nearby but that gets really expensive! Finding parking off campus is hard. I know students who park near the battery and WALK to their classes from there. Parking passes are really expensive. Also keep in mind that while living off campus, you won’t get to participate in a lot of clubs or activities (for example: at the beginning of every school year Cofc hosts a casino night to win prizes) because you 1. Have class 2. Have to go home before traffic gets bad or 3. Have to work. It’s really going to be bad if you have an 8am or 9am class which a lot of freshmen end of getting.