On-Campus Housing is advertised heavily by universities as contributing to greater participation and "improved likelihood of success in college and beyond".
One practical benefit is you can roll out of bed 20 minutes before class, skipping the morning commute and hour of looking for parking (oversold lots), then walk home after class. You live at school. I've never done this.
And everyone who lives around you is a student and maybe not a couple with a wailing newborn in the middle of a divorce arguing every night at 3am, a group of problem teens with working parents that hang out outside your door smoking and being obnoxious (both the kids and parents), or someone who locks their howling dogs in the bathroom for 10+ hours a day during their shifts.
If you couldn't spend your student loan on housing, you can bet rent would be lower.
>>One practical benefit is you can roll out of bed 20 minutes before class, skipping the morning commute and...
I never understood this. If a person doesn't have the discipline to wake up early(unless he/she has been studying all night), further incentivizing their laziness is barely the solution to their problems.
And let's be frank, staying living at school doesn't translate to more time for studies. It generally means you waste more time with friends.
One practical benefit is you can roll out of bed 20 minutes before class, skipping the morning commute and hour of looking for parking (oversold lots), then walk home after class. You live at school. I've never done this.
And everyone who lives around you is a student and maybe not a couple with a wailing newborn in the middle of a divorce arguing every night at 3am, a group of problem teens with working parents that hang out outside your door smoking and being obnoxious (both the kids and parents), or someone who locks their howling dogs in the bathroom for 10+ hours a day during their shifts.
If you couldn't spend your student loan on housing, you can bet rent would be lower.