<p>*i always have a problem with the connotation of “commuter” or suitcase school. my S2 goes to one that people call a commuter school and think there isnt a “full college experience” because people go home. at that school there are 11K undergrads, 70% of freshman live on campus, not sure on the stats for the upperclassmen…but there are 5 big dorm buildings. lets say 80% of students go home on the weekend (way higher than actual but…) that leaves 2200 students on campus. *</p>
<p>Your math is wrong.</p>
<p>70% of FROSH live on campus…not most of the OTHER years. So, you can’t say that 2200 stay on campus on weekends if 80% go home. That could only be true if the entire campus was mostly residential…which it’s not. </p>
<p>Out of 11,000 undergrads, let’s say 1700 are frosh (that’s higher than what is reported on Collegeboard - which is 1600). </p>
<p>If 70% of FROSH live on campus, then that’s about 1300 students. If 80% go home on weekends, then only about 250 frosh are on campus on weekends. 250 frosh on campus is not many…not at all. If you add in another 250 for upperclassmen, then that’s only 500. For an OOS frosh or upperclassmen, that can be a serious problem.</p>