<p>Ever since I was a young boy I always loved Ohio State. This is weird seeing as I am from Connecticut. My father and grandparents are from Ohio and I visit them every year. I always loved the buckeyes and wanted to be one. </p>
<p>Yet, come college time, I did not even think of applying to Ohio State due to the stress of senior year and all of the change that was ahead of me, along with the workload I had taking AP classes and especially.... physics..... yeah. </p>
<p>But I am going to Quinnipiac University to study economics, and, possibly, but most likely not, thinking of transferring to Ohio State. Which is probably unlikely because of the cost, the distance, and the difficult transition of transfer life. </p>
<p>But what about grad school? It is suggested economics majors get their masters degree, so I thought, why not there?</p>
<p>Would I be able to live on campus? I have heard of graduate students living on campus, but is it really worth it? Has anyone else lived on campus as a graduate student?? How is it like?? Please anyone share their experience!!</p>
<p>More important than the life experience - what is their grad program in economics master’s program like? (I actually have no idea.) It seems like that should be the primary factor in determining whether that is a good place to go.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about Ohio State specifically, but I have to tell you that going to a university as a graduate student is nothing like going there as an undergrad. So if you want to go to Ohio State to cheer for the team, tailgate, go to football games and party and sort of live the life of a Buckeye - it’s not going to be there, not in the same format it is for the undergrads.</p>
<p>First of all, graduate school is difficult and takes a lot of time. Rather than considered a student of the entire university, you are more a student of your own department; virtually all of your classes will be taken there. You’ll be expected to attend departmental lectures and seminars as well, and perhaps present your work if you go a research route. Although you can have a social life if you want, you won’t have time for the kind of social life that undergrads have. You can certainly go to the games and tailgate - occasionally - there will probably even be other grad students in your department interested in doing that, too. But the experience won’t be like being an undergrad.</p>
<p>And you won’t want it to be. It’s hard to realize now but in 4 years you’ll be a different person. You’re going to build 4 years of your own college experiences - friends, trips, classes, activities - you’re not going to want to do it all over again. By the time you’re 21-22 and walking out the door you’re going to be looking forward to the next chapter of your life. Most likely you aren’t going to want to relive the college years in a different setting.</p>
<p>Grad students do often live on campus, depending on the university, but it’s not like undergrad. Usually there are grad student apartments “on” (either actually on, or really in the vicinity of) campus. You share with one to three other grad students, usually in a building full of grad students, but there typically aren’t any undergrads living with you. And it’s a very different environment. I live in campus grad housing now, at a different university, and people aren’t leaving their doors open for friends to flow in and out; there are no lounges and communal kitchens and bathrooms. In fact, it’s exactly like living in a regular apartment building in my city, just subsidized by the university.</p>