Suite dorms soph year

beth_s_mom
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:59:04 +0000

It’s really hard to say. There were fewer upperclassmen able to stay in the dorms this year than there were the year before, and my guess would be that there will be even fewer next year. But I’m just guessing. FWIW, there are some nice advantages to being off campus, including more flexibility over holidays and the ability to leave one’s stuff over the summer if you stay in the same apartment. The big disadvantage I see is choosing the right roommates at a point in the year when a student doesn’t know the new friends all that well. If you don’t have to have one of the off-campus places that fills up quickly and requires signing a lease in the early fall, that’s not as big of an issue. Unless your son needs to be in one of the newer complexes that’s within walking distance with lots of amenities, he probably can wait to sign an off-campus lease until after you know whether he’s able to get campus housing for next year. Just be sure to stay on top of signup deadlines and have your son sign up for housing the first second he can.