<p>I was wondering if any college let there students live in both on campus and home at the same time. For example, if I have classes only monday, tuesday, Wednesday (i don't even know if they do that), could i just live on campus for those two night and then go home for the rest of the week. The reason why I am asking is because there are some good college that are just barely too far to commute directly from home for each class, but I still want to be able to visit home as much as I want. Thanks for the help</p>
<p>Very few colleges mandate that students actually sleep in their dorm room, so there’s nothing saying you can’t go home whenever you want. However, if you want to live on campus, you’re going to have to pay to live there full-time. You can’t just pay for the nights you actually spend there.</p>
<p>You may also want to keep in mind that a lot of what goes on at college is not directly related to classes - if you’re spending a lot of your time at home, you may miss out on activities and socialization.</p>
<p>There is nothing to stop you from doing that. They don’t do a dorm check in college. However I recommend you don’t do that. Live at school, make new friends, develop new relationships. You’ll be paying for a full time room anyway.</p>
<p>Xposted with bruno.</p>
<p>Of course you can do that IF your courses allow for that.</p>
<p>For example, if I have classes only monday, tuesday, Wednesday (i don’t even know if they do tha</p>
<p>Highly unlikely you’d be able to schedule your classes like that…at least not most of your 8 semesters and graduate on time.</p>
<p>Most classes are:
MWF
or
T TH</p>
<p>and many classes have a lab on another odd day.</p>
<p>And some classes (like math) meet M, T, W, and Th</p>
<p>Besides, you’d miss out on campus life if you went home that much. Don’t you want to make friends and participate in college life?</p>
<p>Are you thinking of doing this because you have a significant other back home?</p>
<p>I know a young woman who doesn’t have class on Fridays and comes home nearly every weekend for the 3 days. The school is only a 45 minute drive away, and home on weekends is quiet (unlike the dorms) so she gets a lot of work done. Plus, she’s on a budget and is sort of a loner and doesn’t feel that comfortable among the well-to-do greeks/partiers prevalent on her campus. She says she’ll try to spend more time on campus next year, when she’ll move to a quieter, specialized dorm. But her mom’s not holding her breath :)</p>
<p>I knew a student who drove an hour home every weekend of her freshman year to hang out with her old high school friends, and then started complaining how much she hated the school because she hadn’t made new friends! DUH!</p>
<p>Make an effort to stay on campus at the beginning when everybody else is going through the same adjustment to college life and forming friendships. Join a club or two. Put forth the effort on getting involved and have some patience.
Then go home every now and then for a special occasion or a holiday weekend. You will be back home soon enough for Thanksgiving and Christmas.</p>
<p>A few places that have many adult students do offer part-week residence in the dorms at reduced rates. However, most institutions will bill you for the full residence fee whether you are there seven nights a week or only one. You also may have to pay for the full meal plan if you have a room on campus.</p>
<p>Look around for some place closer to campus where you can just rent a room in an apartment with kitchen privileges. That way you will have a place to sleep on the days you don’t want to drive home, and the ability to feed yourself if you need to stay over several days in a row.</p>
<p>thanks for all of the replies. The reason why i was asking is because I have a dog at home that I really don’t want to leave and I know he’ll be really depressed when I’m gone.</p>
<p>The bottom line is you should do what works for you and your family. My S had a suitemate who was on campus 4 nights a week and was home a few nights a week and it seemed to work out just fine. He lost out a bit on the campus social life but it was a trade-off he was happy to make due to obligations at home. You will have to pay for the dorm full time though.</p>
<p>The dog? You’re really basing it on the loneliness of the dog??</p>
<p>If you’ll be leaving your dog with your family, he’ll do fine while you’re in college.</p>
<p>My kids are very close to our dogs, but the dogs are fine as long as there are some family still home.</p>
<p>Do not plan your college days based on your dog. </p>
<p>Besides, it’s very unlikely you could schedule your classes that way anyway…at least not for most semesters without going for more than four years…which is not a good idea since either financial aid or parents’ money might run out before you graduate.</p>
<p>Maybe you could Skype with the dog for a few minutes every day. It might make you feel better to see that your dog is happy.</p>