<p>so I go to private school that has most of its middle and high school program online. This program allows you to go at your own pace and graduate early if you so please. so I will be graduating at 15 going on 16 in the year of 2015 two years earlier than I would be if I was going at a normal pace. now that the background is covered lets get into my questions.
Would I be allowed to stay on campus at 16? (I might be a Liability)
If yes
Would I have to stay in first year dorms?
I would like to stay in a dorm with a friend but she would be a junior (transfer student) and I would be a freshman is that a possibility?
If no ( to the staying on campus question)
would I have to commute from home or could I stay in an apartment off campus?
Do I have to stay on campus at all?
I know a lot of theses questions would differ depending on what schools I end up applying to but I just wanted an Idea of what most schools would say. I will list the school that I planned on applying to if that helps any. I don't mind dropping a couple of schools from the list.</p>
<p>UMass
UConn
Penn State
University of Maryland
Hampshire
Tufts
AIC
Western New England
Bridgewater State
Boston College </p>
<p>I worked in residential life at a private university and we did have some 16 and 17 year olds in residence. In my experience they are generally allowed to live on campus, but the policy may change from university to university.</p>
<p>Whether you would have to stay in the residence halls would depend on the university - many colleges require all first-year students to live on campus. At some colleges almost all students live on campus, whereas at others they usually don’t. (E.g., I’m pretty sure at Penn State, freshman usually live on campus but upperclassmen often move into apartments in the surrounding State College area.)</p>
<p>Most colleges do have separate residence halls for first-year students, although some colleges have experimented with mixing them with upperclassmen, usually in living-learning centers or special themed housing. It would really depend on the college whether you would be able to live with a junior roommate; in most of the colleges I’ve been to or worked at, you wouldn’t be able to room with a junior as a freshman (unless you lived off-campus).</p>
<p>If the college does not require you to live on campus your first year, then you could either commute from home or you could rent an apartment near campus - it really just depends on your preferences and what your family can afford. (If the university doesn’t allow you to stay on campus for some reason - which I doubt - they can’t prevent you from renting an apartment in the area, if that’s what you’re asking. However, some apartment complexes may not agree to allow a 16-year-old to live alone in their apartments even if their parents are paying and signing the lease.)</p>