<p>Hey, y'all,</p>
<p>if you went to boarding school as a highschool student, how is it the same as living in a college dorm? How is it different?</p>
<p>Thanks
--lyd</p>
<p>I went to a boarding/day school. I personally was a day student, but I had friends who boarded, I hung out in the dorms, etc so I feel at least mildly qualified to answer this. Basically in high school (at least in my high school) you are essentially watched by the faculty or whoever because you are minor and as such you aren't allowed to do certain things. So you have to sign in when you go to breakfast, you have to sign out and sign in if you want to leave the campus, members of the opposite sex have restricted access to the opposing dorms and so on. At college the key is that you are treated as an adult, which you are. There's nobody chaperoning you, nobody watching over you like you're a little baby, none of that. You're going to experience essentially the kind of life you will lead when you are graduated and have a job and all that. If you want to go eat, you go eat. If you want to go into town, you go into town. It's nobody's business what you want to do. Of course, there are people that will help you if you need it, but they aren't going to baby you and bother you and check on you. If you need help with something, it's your job to figure out who the appropriate person is and approach them, just like you would in the "real" world. It's a very liberating experience, in my opinion.</p>
<p>I didn't go to boarding school, but a few of the girls on my floor did. One is having loads of trouble becuase there's nobody there to tell her to clean her room or when to study. I think she's transfering to an easier school. The other one says that the transition was really easy, but that she'd like to get an apartment next year so she can finally live not in a dorm.</p>
<p>besides room inspection, night time study hall, and dorm parents, dorm life is exactly the same. i think its better in college cause theres no rules, besides the ones that are set by the dorm residents themselves in the beginning of the year. theres no angry adult coming to yell at you for being too loud at 12 am or shoving everything into the closet just to pass room inspection. all my friends from boarding school didnt find the transition hard at all.</p>
<p>what are you talking about? there are DEFINITELY still rules, although maybe not as many. many, or even most schools still have room inspection in college. we had it for fire safety, alcohol, pets, stuff like that. and if you're really loud in the middle of the night, you're probably going to get complaints and/or some kind of consequence from your neighbors or the RA.</p>
<p>my dorm doesnt have rules like that....i guess its cause we have an honor code and they assume ure not gonna have anything, and if u do then whatever. ur obviously gonna get a complaint if ure loud in the middle of teh night, but thats not a rule, its just a fact of life when u live in a building with a lot of people on different schedules. rules and how strict things are depend on ur college...but overall, my experience in college is that there are no strict rules, especially compared to what i had in high school.</p>
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<p>I would agree overall with what has been said, although I did not attend a boarding school, so my knowledge of this a little more limited, however I did do overnight types of things in high school as well as camps and so forth that and went to a prep school for a while (hated it and left sophomore yr...)
You're going to find collegiate dorms much more free, although there will still be rules. RAs are not going to act like your mom and dad, however they will check in with you and they will keep you accountable for anything they see wrong when in you're room, etc. While most schools don't have room inspections, you'll still want to keep your room at least somewhat nice to respect your roommate AND your friends!
Just a hint--messy rooms aren't attractive to anyone! It makes people want to turn around and leave the moment they come in...and go wash their hands (or take a shower)!</p>