<p>Hey,
Do you have to stay on campus if you are a freshman international student? I have an uncle who lives 5 mins from UofR..
Also, if you don't live on campus do you have to pay room and board anyway?
Maybe this is a stupid question with an obvious answer but I want to make sure..I'd like to live with my uncle..</p>
<p>I believe that you do have to live on campus unless you're living with a legal guardian.</p>
<p>Your best bet, though, is to e-mail or call the Office of Residential Life and ask if living with an uncle is good enough.</p>
<p>If you don't live on campus, you don't have to pay room and board, but you do have to buy at least the minimum Commuter Meal Plan.</p>
<p>I may have read somewhere that commuters had to live "X" miles from the campus.</p>
<p>Something to check into.</p>
<p>if you can afford it I'd recommend living on campus your freshman year to get things off to a good start socially, then moving off campus with your uncle your sophomore year...</p>
<p>i could have sworn that you had to live on campus first year, but ya, give them a call</p>
<p>Freshman and sophomores are required to live on campus: </p>
<p>You have to live on campus your first two years... I think you can get out of it for soph. year not if you live with a 'legal guardian', but strictly with your parents.</p>
<p>Enrolled students may submit a request to be waived from the 2-year housing contract, and Res. Life considers each request on a case-by-case basis.</p>
<p>I know somebody that is commuting her first year.</p>