What makes a commuter school

walkinghome
Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:27:26 +0000

My daughter’s school is NOT a top rated rated school but 92% are from out of state and I think of those, 16% are internationals. The reason is it is the only college of our religon in the world. With out looking it up, I would guess that schools like Notre Dame would also have a large out of state population. I do think that makes a difference, it’s just too hard logistically to leave campus often if you live a couple of hours away. Also, the rule about allowing freshman cars on campus, or not, should have a pretty big effect. If it’s hard to leave campus on weekends, students will be forced to find things to do. Not a bad thing. Both my kids will have cars on campus this year but since we are six and 15 hours away, they will not be home except for official breaks.

The admissions officer told me that my son’s college, Roanoke, has about 50% oos students and that most of them come from the mid-atlantic states. I found that all the colleges we visited made a big point about what they do on campus on weekends to keep the kids there. At Roanoke they have movies and events going on every weekend.