<p>Most of the schools that require freshmen to live on campus will grant waivers to people who live nearby with their parents. (You usually have to “dig” for that information, though.)</p>
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<p>At might school the rule is Freshmen have to live on campus unless: They’re either living with their parents/guardians, over 21, married, have a child, or a military veteran.</p>
<p>Actually, Yale requires not only freshman but sophomores to live on campus, but the policy didn’t start until the mid-nineties. The plaintiffs, class of '00 and '01, wound up living off campus but paying for a dorm room, and part of their suit asked for that money back. Only one of the five remained to graduate.They rejected a settlement that would have allowed them to live on a single sex floor with thierown bathroom. Married first and second year students are exempt–but I wonder how many of them exist. </p>
<p>[Orthodox</a> Jews relieved by ‘Yale 5’ loss | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2001/jan/12/orthodox-jews-relieved-by-yale-5-loss/]Orthodox”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2001/jan/12/orthodox-jews-relieved-by-yale-5-loss/)</p>
<p>My S lived on campus for a college that was about 20 minutes from home. He had a full residential college experience. Before he chose that school, we had a serious talk and his father and I promised to treat him as if he were a few hours away – there was an agreement that we would never call and say “we’re in the neighborhood and thought we’d stop by” or ask “why don’t you come by for dinner tonight” and we kept our word. That said, there were benefits of us being nearby – for example when he laptop broke, I drove down to campus with an extra old laptop we have around the house for him to use until his was fixed. For my S being a resident student at a school close by our home worked out to be the best of all worlds.</p>