<p>is it common practice to close dorms for breaks during the year? I saw that info on a college's website and I'm shocked. So basically they kick everyone out?</p>
<p>Yeah. They may make an exception for international students, but if you have home to go to you're out of luck.</p>
<p>Define "breaks." Most schools allow people to stay for Fall, Thanksgiving, and Spring breaks. But almost all schools close for Christmas break and for at least a couple of weeks between the end of the school year and the beginning of summer session. They've got to have time to make necessary repairs and modifications to the dorms while the students aren't there.</p>
<p>At UC Davis they close the dorms for Winter Break & Spring Break too (if I remember right)... all the freshmen have to go home. (Freshmen are the only ones that live in dorms) ... and of course once summer hits everyone has to move out all at once.</p>
<p>My school closes over Winter Break and Summer Break, although there are a couple buildings open over Winter Break that you can stay in but you have to live in that building all the time. Like you can't just move in for a couple weeks over break. And all of the "true" on campus buildings are closed so they can host groups like Boy Scouts, sports camps, summer orientation students, etc. over summer break. But the campus apartments that are just off campus (but owned by the school) are open for summer. </p>
<p>It varies by school. Definitely check it out and choose accordingly, if given the choice the pick your housing.</p>
<p>our dorms are all locked up by the housing office after fall quarter exams, and no one's let in until one or two days before school starts again in January. There's one house on campus that stays open for international students, but aside from that, all undergrad housing is closed. (Grad student housing stays open, though, I think...?) I think almost every school has this sort of policy, though!</p>
<p>Yeah. I think almost all universities close dorms for Winter and Summer break. they're open for Fall and Spring breaks though.</p>
<p>it just seems stupid for me, I understand the idea but what if someone from let's say seattle goes to UVA he has to go back to seattle for 3-4 days just because the dorms arent open thats pathetic if u ask me</p>
<p>Well you don't HAVE to go back to Seattle.
If you go to UVA, there's a huge chance that you're going to have friends from Virginia who'll let you come home with them for 3-4 days. And for these reasons -- 3-4 days is WAY TOO SHORT to kick someone out, schools only close for winter and summer breaks.
A lot of kids from far away use those short breaks to visit friends at more nearby schools (I'll use it as a more general 'east cost' term) or to go away somewhere cheap and close with friends...</p>
<p>My school closes the dorms but not the on-campus apartments (the dorms are in a closed building, the apts are not). The dorms close Thanksgiving, winter break, spring break, and summer. There is on-campus housing provided in the apartments during the summer though (the dorms are used for orientation stays and summer camps). We have an entire week for Thanksgiving break, not just 3-4 days and also for spring break.</p>
<p>you dont have to? im not tlaking bout myself just saying. and 3-4 days was an understatement.</p>
<p>Here they close the dorms for winter and spring break. Most of them are open during the summer for those students taking summer classes or for all the programs my school hosts during that time.</p>
<p>during winter break, my school closes down the dorms. during fall break and spring break, the dorms remain open. there are not many students that stay for summer break, and those that remain to take summer courses move to another dorm where summer students stay.</p>