<p>I am planning to study abroad Spring semester of 2010. All of the programs I've looked at for the country I want to go to start sometime in March. I was wondering if it was possible if I could live in my dorm with my roommate during January and February and work in the city in the meantime. Is it legal for me to just live there basically with my roommate without paying for the room ? What would happen if I get caught ? Is it probable I get caught considering there is no one at dorms checking who gets in ? My hometown is really far from my college.</p>
<p>Uh, no. You’re not paying for the room so why you should you get to live there? And depending on your school, they may put someone else into the room for the spring semester - like someone coming off a fall study abroad or spring transfer student. So then there wouldn’t be room for you at all anyways.</p>
<p>They’re going to disable the card scan, so you won’t be able to get back in once you go out for the first time.</p>
<p>I’m sure there’s some law or legal mumbojumbo that would call that either stealing or breaking and entering or something.</p>
<p>That’s not something I would risk.</p>
<p>My roommates is going to be living in the dorm 100% sure so I wouldn’t just break in to a random person’s dorm haha I’m not that mean. Basically I’d be living with my roommate without going to class. I don’t see why they would disable the card since technically I am still a student at my college. It’s like if I lived off campus and wanted to use the gym or get in the dorms, I’m guessing you can still do that even in the summer months since after all you are still a registered student.</p>
<p>Yes, I know your roommate will be living in the dorm. What I mean is that they will put somebody else into your old room with your roommate because you’re studying abroad. You can’t live in a dorm without paying for room and board.</p>
<p>If you’re living on the property without paying, then you could face legal or even criminal trouble. You know how a judge can take a simple act like vomiting on a sidewalk and somehow morph it into armed robbery. </p>
<p>The school could find out if your roommate tells (I.e. You two get in an argument and he rats you out as revenge, or he accidentally let’s your stay there slip to the wrong person; or someone sees you walking around in the hall and knows that you shouldn’t be there) You’re relying heavily on someone else to keep quiet.</p>
<p>If it’s a hall that’s not open over breaks, they’re going to disable the the card scanner. Simple as that, and yall won’t be able to get in after you exit the first time.</p>
<p>If your friend is staying in a dorm that is open over breaks, then he will be able to get in, and you can probably stay there under the normal 3 day visiting policy…and could probably stay there long term as long as you don’t get caught by the RA…which at least where I went to college, wouldn’t be too hard to avoid.</p>
<p>I’m assuming from your posts that you live in the type of dorm where the doors have actual keys.</p>
<p>In our dorms, we swipe our Student ID, enter a PIN number, and only then does the door open for us.</p>
<p>Here’s the kicker: both our ID barcode and our PIN has to match, otherwise the door will not open. After so many failed attempts, it can even contact campus police.</p>
<p>Anyway. Even if your dorm’s door has actual keys, most of the time you have to swipe your card to enter the actual building.</p>
<p>When you are living off-campus, you can usually get into places like the Rec Center or other on-campus buildings, but they will disable your ability to get into the dorm. Colleges aren’t stupid–they’re not going to let just anyone into your dorm.</p>
<p>Also, I would think that they’d have you turn in your dorm key when they expect you to leave.</p>
<p>So long story short, unless you want to depend on your roommate to get you into the room, you’re out of luck.</p>
<p>And even worse, like others have said, if the school finds out (and trust me, eventually they WILL find out), you can get into criminal trouble.</p>