<p>My daughter graduated from high school early and she just turned 17, decided she wanted to go to a small community college than transfer later on. She had her hopes up on residing in the dorms, but they said she had to be 18 by the end of the first semester but every case is different. So we did what was asked of us and she even wrote a letter to the president and senior resident advisors asking them to allow her to stay on campus and why she wanted too. Today she gets the call saying the insurance company won't allow her, what happened to it being a case by case basis? She is going to be an athlete for this college plus a student and they deny her residency in there dorms!! So know she has to drive an hour and half each way to school and New York winters are not easy. Does anyone know if what they did was legal? Penalizing a young adult for working hard to achieve her goal!</p>
<p>One mad mom</p>
<p>They’re not under any legal obligation to house her, so yes, they could do that. It’s a shame, but something to have taken under consideration earlier on. You can’t force them to house her, so you’ll have to come up with something else. Any relatives closer she could stay with?</p>
<p>At some schools it’s mandatory for freshman to live on campus. Is it at her school? Ask them if you sign a waiver if they would allow her then. Just thoughts </p>
<p>It doesn’t have anything to do with working hard; it has to do with liability. As a person under age 18, she is not allowed to sign for anything. A parent has to be with her.<br>
What if there is drinking in the dorms? What if she doesn’t partake but is in the rooms with someone else who is drinking?
What if she becomes ill with those NY winters? She cannot sign herself into a hospital unless an adult parent is with her. My daughter from California did become seriously ill and had to be hospitalized. </p>