If you have been planning to live on campus next semester in a residence hall, you should have already turned in your housing application.. If you have yet to do so, you might miss out on your top 3 choices or miss out on the opportunity to live on campus as a whole. TURN IN YOUR HOUSING APPLICATIONS!<\/p>\n
Living on campus comes with lots of benefits and negatives. For starters, the residence halls on campus give you a great situation to be close to your classes and facilities on campus. If you love exercising and going to the SRC everyday, living on campus will be a good situation for you. If you have a campus job that requires you to be on campus everyday, living close by in a residence hall is a great option.<\/p>\n
However, if you are a rising junior or senior and are getting tired of the on-campus vibe of college then living off-campus might be a better option for you. Living off campus will always be cheaper than living on-campus so that is an important detail right off the bat. Living in an apartment or house off-campus will more than likely be accompanied by a kitchen space that will allow you buy groceries and cook for yourself instead of getting Panda Express and Chick Fil A everyday.<\/p>\n
If you want to take a big step in terms of maturity i recommend taking the jump from living on-campus in a dorm to living off-campus in a house. Much more responsibility comes with living in a house. It is your responsibility to take out the trash, clean the dishes and keep your house from turning into a mess. It is those responsibilities that keep students from making the steps to living on your own in a house but it really does allow and help you make a big maturity step.<\/p>\n
Whatever living situation you decide is the right option for you, more than likely you will have to deal with living with other people. Having roommates can be a frustrating situation if you and those roommates do not have much in common. Try to find people to live with who are in your classes, organizations\/clubs, or people you work with. Living with people who are focused and committed on similar things as you will result in a “happy marriage.” Having issues with your roommates can be an unpleasant situation and I promise you that not wanting to go back to the place you live because of conflicts with your roommate is a horrible feeling that I have dealt with personally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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