<p>Having trouble deciding which option is better. I'm either deciding to go to an away college or stay with my parents and go to the city college. My parents are really chill - I don't have any conflict with them so I've got some flexibility in choosing between the two options...</p>
<p>Campus:
-College Experience
-Easy access to class
-More socializing
-College town (less work opportunities)</p>
<p>Parents:
-Home-cooked food
-Save 6k each year (no loans would be needed)
-Private Shower/Bathroom/Kitchen
-Easier to sleep (no chance of loud dorm)
-Personal space/Privacy
-City Life (work opportunities)</p>
<p>Thoughts anyone? I'm not really too big on partying or Greek life - I'd rather just hang out with friends which I feel that I can still do even if I live off-campus (I'm decently outgoing)...</p>
<p>Are the two schools otherwise equal?</p>
<p>I.e. when considered based on academic offerings, net cost after financial aid and scholarships, etc. the living at home versus on campus situation is the deciding factor?</p>
<p>One other option at the local college is to live on-campus in your first year, if it is not too expensive and the local college is primarily non-commuter. However, being only a 10 minute commute away from it means that the disadvantages of commuting are less for you than for many other commuters, so the advantages of lower cost etc. may be more significant for you. Of course, if the local college is primarily a commuter school, there is probably little or no advantage to living on campus.</p>
<p>Local school is primarily a commuter school while the other one is a non-commuter. Overall, they are academically equal, but the major (comp sci) I am choosing is much more popular at the non-commuter school (not sure if having more peers interested = better academics). My comp sci teacher recommends the commuter school as the best in state.</p>
<p>Based on your other threads, the local commuter school is Portland State at an easily affordable $6,000 per year, with parents letting you live at home at no cost to you. Your other threads indicate consideration of Oregon and Oregon State at substantially higher cost requiring debt – or is the other school some other more reasonably-priced school like the big scholarship schools suggested in your other threads? If not, then it is hard to make an argument for Oregon or Oregon State with that large a price difference that would require debt, especially since it does not appear that you are as interested in the campus life as many other students.</p>
<p>Portland State appears to have plenty of course offerings in CS.</p>
<p>A 10 minute commute? God bless. If you’re saving money to attend a school of equal caliber, then by all means commute. </p>
<p>My commute is much longer than yours but I still enjoy the benefits of a quiet place to study, private bathroom, home cooked food, and the prospect of a debt free graduation - despite my hour long tussle with public transportation every morning and afternoon. I’m not terribly social - I’m pretty introverted; but I do have my “group” so to speak who I hang out with two to three times a week outside of school, as well as have lunch with daily. My school is also a commuter school, so a lot of the activities and events are geared towards the quintessential “commuter college student” or whatever. It’s pretty nice. I don’t mind it. </p>