<p>It it just something you do as a freshman and then you are expected fo find an apartment? What is the social norm for the legth of years dorming if that makes sense.</p>
<p>It depends on the school. At my school most upperclassmen don’t live in the dorms anymore but you’re perfectly welcome to if you want to.</p>
<p>Depends on the school. Some schools have rules making you live on campus for one/two years, some will even have you live there all four. At my school, most freshmen live in a dorm, and then sophomore year you get an apartment or house. Some sophomores live in dorms, but generally they’re the more awkward ones who can’t find roommates. I think this is a pretty similar situation at most of your big universities, the smaller the school the more likely you’re going to have to live on campus for longer.</p>
<p>Oh man, if a kid is a sophomore living in a dorm AND doesn’t have a facebook…</p>
<p>really depends on the size of the school I think. at my school you generally live on campus all four years.</p>
<p>I feel like the bigger the school the less time you spend living on campus.</p>
<p>I go to a small school and you dorm for the first two years, and then you get an apartment owned by the school for your junior year, and then they kick you off to find a real apartment.</p>
<p>2 seems to be the average at my large U.</p>
<p>Same, 2yrs. And that’s my plan as well. Freshman year is required, sophomore is guaranteed, you’re kind of kicked off after that…but with plenty of on/nearby campus apartments to choose from.</p>
<p>I go to one of those small schools where you’re required to live on campus all 4 years unless you live at home or get special permission which is very difficult to get…so…about 2 years in the dorms, and then 2 years in an apartment or townhouse (college-owned and on campus).</p>
<p>Both of our children lived in dorms throughout undergraduate school …one at a medium sized private school, the other in a large state university. For graduate school, both had apartment with one roommate. Some schools have adequate housing and others do not. Both found the logistical convenience of living on campus with furnishings and utilities provided far outweighed any advantages of apartment life.</p>
<p>It all depends on the school. At some predominantly commuter schools most students never live in the dorms. At the other end, some colleges require living on-campus all 4 years. In pricier areas its becoming more common to have U-owned dorms and apartments that students live in for 3 or 4 years.</p>
<p>I’m a freshman living on campus right now and i plan to live on campus for at least two years. I have a scholarship for it and they’re building some new ones right now that I can get into with no problem because I’ll be an upperclassman (i have enough hours from high school to be a sophomore right now) honors student. If I had to live in the old dorms, then I would try to get off camopus as soon as possible, but I like our new dorms more than most of the off-campus apartments. The dorm is apartment style anyway. So its really up to you, the dorms, and the culture of the school.</p>
<p>For my school, it’s about 2-3, depending on when the person hits senior status and whether he or she wants to/can afford to live off-campus.</p>
<p>Probably 2. I dd one because I’m moving in my fraternity house.</p>
<p>“For my school, it’s about 2-3, depending on when the person hits senior status and whether he or she wants to/can afford to live off-campus.”</p>
<p>Isn’t it cheaper to live off campus?</p>