<p>It’s because the majority of people living at home in our age group are immature. The majority of them don’t have a job, or if they do it’s a low paying one, and don’t go to school. They don’t take any responsibility for their actions, and thus are immature. This is just the majority though, not everyone.</p>
<p>nyuwishabee - well I have a boyfriend so i’m not looking for random hookups lol 
good luck if you’re applying for nyu btw</p>
<p>Yeah, I never really understood this whole maturity thing that comes with living in the dorms. My parents weren’t really home that much, so I was expected to make my own food, clean, etc. Dinner about 5 days a week is about all my parents did for me.</p>
<p>My parents never asked about what school work I had. So I don’t really understand what people talk about when they’re talking about how they have to manage their own deadlines. I’ve been doing that since ~Kindergarten. </p>
<p>The dorms don’t really breed maturity. You get all your food made and people clean up after you.</p>
<p>I don’t foresee myself living in the dorms next year, as long as I can get an apartment. They’re nice as far as camaraderie goes. Always people to play videogames and watch tv with, etc. But damn, I want my own room, and the apartments are so much cheaper, and come with some nice perks (HD TV’s, full kitchen, one of the complexes has an XBOX 360 game library!).</p>
<p>I think for a lot of people, the maturity part comes after they’re on academic probation after their freshman year. Freshman year, a lot of immaturity.</p>
<p>^ haha yeah really! A lot of my friends are like, “Oh, college has made me more mature because I don’t live at home. I have to meet deadlines, do my own laundry, my parents don’t help me with my homework…” it’s like lol so you haven’t been doing that all these years anyway? I guess if your parents have always babied you all your life then college will be a big wake-up call and dorming will make you more mature. But otherwise dorming seems like summer camp - you sleepaway in your little cabins with your roomies, your camp counselor/RA helps resolve issues and leads activities, ready-made meals are always on hand and they’re pre-paid…</p>
<p>I think living off-campus in an aparment/studio makes you more mature in the long run, since then you’re really living like an adult. you learn to manage a budget, have to go grocery shopping, learn to cook, etc. Also, I think it’s nice that everyone on this thread used full sentences :)</p>
<p>But some people may want to leave home for a dorm if their parents are overprotective or something - that doesn’t make one less mature.</p>
<p>^ no one thinks people who dorm are less mature, it’s the other way around.</p>
<p>It all depends on the individual. I was unable to mature in my home due to my home life but that doesn’t stop someone my age from maturing properly under the roof of their parents. I learned a lot of life skills and responsibilities from being on my own that my parents restricted since they literally babied me until the time I moved out. Though everyone isn’t like this, many students do have a great sense of responsibility even while living with their parents.</p>
<p>Living with your parents is more cost efficient for one. It’s really expensive to live alone and find time to go to school because you are already working a full time job. I have little to no free time because when I’m not at work, I’m at school and doing homework/studying. It’s pretty stressful having to worry about tests and paying bills.</p>
<p>Realistically, many students that live off campus are under their parents support anyways. All the college students I know are living off their parents in their own apartments so they aren’t gaining that “real life” experience as living on their own. These are the students that are allowed to drink and come home in the morning and sleep because they don’t have to worry about bills, commuting, or money. Those students, with this mentality, are way less mature than students that prefer to live at home.</p>
<p>It’s not that living at home means you’re less mature whatsoever. But people definitely assume that…and one reason is that home seems like a “comfort zone.” Going to live in dorms is a completely new experience, one that most anyone coming from high school is not familiar with. Living with peers in dorms away from home, with kids the same age is definitely a challenge (and a load of fun), and is one way to foster new friendships and connect more to your college. Being home, you are not getting the same “college” experience (which obviously could be good or bad, but a learning one nonetheless). Being at home, people also assume that you are too much of a homebody to want to go anywhere else far away from your family, afraid of new experiences (which may or may not help your maturity).</p>