<p>Social life off campus can be better because the restrictions go away. BUT, I still say it’s better for juniors and seniors, especially those with a group of friends who’ll live together and low housing numbers (because they’re less likely to get a BU apartment they like). I’ve heard every kind of report of how well it works when a kid takes a room in an already existing group of renters - meaning sometimes good, sometimes bad, often in between. </p>
<p>If a kid is looking for less intrusive RA’s then try looking for a group that’s getting an apartment on campus and join them because the RA’s in the apartments don’t do nearly as much RA’ing.</p>