<p>Alright so I just transfered to a very large state school (I am OSS). Since there is a very big housing shortage here, transfers are not guaranteed housing, at least for their first year. So this past semester, I have lived in a frat house, which is techincally off campus, but is right on the edge of campus. The problem with this is that it has been sort of tough for me to make friends, as most of the brothers here already have their groups of friends, and they arent really my type anyways. I do have some friends here and there through clubs and the like, but I am really lacking the core group of friends that I had in HS. Also, the frat house is kinda in crappy shape, it is really dirty, and the hot water didn't work for two weeks at one point. </p>
<p>So anyways, my friend tells me he has an open spot in his suite in this apartment complex near campus. I went and checkd it out, and I really liked it. It looks very nice, andd I would have my own room and own bathroom. My friend also told me he knew alot of the people on his hall, and they were pretty cool. It is somewhat more expensive ($330 a month more), and I would need to take the bus to campus. So I told my parents about this (becuase they are the ones who would have to pay for it), and they basically shut me down. Besides the money issue, they mentioned that people in those apartments don't usually socaliZe with those outside of their suite, so my social life would be all that much better. Does anyone who has lived in this type of situiation know if this is true or not?</p>