<p>My oldest lived “on” campus for four years. She always had a single room (dorms are either single, or divided doubles, very few divided triples) Senior year she lived in a two story town house that the school had purchased for upperclassman housing.</p>
<p>Worked out pretty well, she had partial meal plan so she didn’t have to always shop & cook.</p>
<p>SteveMA and saintfan are correct. There are many schools (including the undergrad I attended) where 4 yrs of housing is guaranteed. Few, if any do not live in student housing (which included some upperclass apts on campus). Many who attend schools with residential housing live on campus. My older s’s school doesnt guarantee on campus housing (it is very much desired) so got pushed off campus soph yr. He was able to get back on campus and live in his Res college his jr and sr yr with several friends.</p>
<p>*xposted with EK</p>
<p>Harvard–98% of all undergrads live on campus
Yale–88% of all undergrads live on campus
Notre Dame-81% of all undergrads live on campus</p>
<p>according to the SAT college search site info</p>
<p>Everyone at my son’s school lives on campus all 4 years. The school doesn’t even break down the cost between tuition and R&B. It’s just one (very) large sum. There are no meals plans, either. Everyone’s is unlimited.</p>
<p>^This is extremely rare, I am not sure it is true at any school in our state as I have never heard of that type of billing.</p>
<p>Do you know for a fact that it is rare or is that an assumption? Just curious. It wouldnt surprise me if that occurred at some private schools where students live on campus all 4 years (which is not as unusual as is being suggested).</p>
<p>Miami–our kids are looking at schools in 12 different states right now, EVERY one of these states has SEVERAL colleges that offer this. Not knowing where you live, but assuming Florida I did a quick check of 4 year schools that have undergrad housing and out of the first 10 I checked 7 of them have 75% or more of the upperclassmen living on campus or in campus housing.</p>
<p>Florida is incorrect assumption.
But if they do not live on campus, they live close by anyway and some places have shuttles. I did not realize that people are looking so widely as my D. has always limited herself in distance, it has always been her criteria #1 for both UG and Med. Schools. Just shows again how different we are here.</p>
<p>Steve-
You need to redirect that search to Ohio. Miami is Miami of Ohio.</p>
<p>Was it your DD who set the “4 hrs from home” criteria? This is a bit confusing to me. Can you clarify?</p>
<p>jym626–I did a coin toss over FL or OH on that one–there are 10 colleges in OH that guarantee housing for ALL students</p>
<p>Case Western 76% of all students live in campus housing
Wooster 98% live on campus
Miami–48% of all students live in campus housing-including on campus apartments
University of Dayton 77% live in on campus housing</p>
<p>Just a few of the schools we have heard mentioned on this board.</p>
<p>While this was back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, both my bro and I lived on campus at our respective schools all 4 years as did most of our friends. This is not, NOT a rarity.</p>
<p>I think programs like these make sense for kids who would be first generation in their families to attend college and who, likely, do not have the resources to help them in the process. Perhaps such visits can provide a goal toward which to work, or assurance that hard work will pay off in the end.
For kids for whom college is a “natural” path post high school, I think starting in 9th puts on too much pressure!</p>
<p>I am most familiar with Case and Miami. Most upper classmen do not live on campuses there. However, why is it even any point of discussion, who cares. If it is criteria for some, then consider it, if not, then do not consider it. It really is not important for most as most upper classmen have cars and most common places where they live have shuttle bus services. It is nice to be separated from freshmen though. most are looking for that, to be separted from the younger kids…</p>
<p>The reason it is a point of discussion is because you made it one :). It isn’t about getting back and forth to campus why people want to live on campus for 4 years, it’s about the sense of community that is developed by living on campus all 4 years. You just don’t get the same feel when everyone is spread out all over town living in their own apartments.</p>
<p>The % of upperclassmen living on campus is actually something that was very important to me and H. I think there is a sense of community that is lost when people go off into their own apartments.</p>
<p>At D’s school, everyone lives on campus all 4 years, which I really, really like. The only exceptions are exceedingly rare (medical issues, things of that nature) and the campus is a “bubble.” Fine with me.</p>
<p>At S’s school, upperclassmen do go off campus - but frankly I want my son living in a dorm or his Greek house (the Greek houses are on the campus intermixed with the dorms, not isolated at all) and it would take a really, really compelling reason for us to support him living in an apartment off campus. What’s the point? I see none. You have the rest of your life to live in an apt or house setting.</p>
<p>Quote from web site:
“St. Olaf College has a four-year residency requirement. Meaning that as far as accommodations will permit, all full time students must room in college-owned housing. Full-time students in their fifth year at St. Olaf College will be accommodated as space is available. When college-owned housing is filled, the Residence Life Office will establish procedures for off campus housing.”</p>
<p>96% of students live on campus</p>
<p>FWIW, I would find it odd also for a kid to live all 4 years in a dorm, but that’s because of my experience, I’m sure. I lived in a dorm the first 2 years, then in a house shared with my friends. It was still very much part of the campus experience though - essentially it was just a different form of student housing. It was definitely a college town, so that may have been the difference.</p>
<p>Freshmen are not allowed to have cars on campus at St. Olaf excepted in special circumstances too. They also have one of the best freshman orientation programs, at least they used to, it’s been a few years since we looked into that school.</p>
<p>suzy100–it’s odd that they would live in a “dorm” all 4 years. Most schools that have a community like this have on campus apartments for upperclassmen or at minimum a suite set up.</p>