<p>I'm heading off to college next September, but I was wondering why people study in the library. Why not the dorm?</p>
<p>Asking that question tells many of us that you have not spent much time in the residence halls....</p>
<p>You must realize that people live in the residence halls (SHOCKER!!) and therefore the halls can be quite loud at times. And there's a lot of distractions in the res halls: food, TV, roommates, floormates, etc</p>
<p>On that note, I did all of my studying in the res hall this past semester.</p>
<p>libraries are expected to be quiet and dorms arent...the library reserves the right to kick out anyone that is disruptive to other patrons...whereas a dorm/you can only tell someone to quiet down...</p>
<p>everything we heard at orientation about studying was "you'll live in the library during exam week, you'll be there before every test..."</p>
<p>tried to study there ONCE. for me, there's too many people there to study.</p>
<p>i study in our floors common room. common room with no TV plus Bose Noise Quiet II headphones = amazing place for me to study.</p>
<p>Dorms are not quiet and you have a lot of things to distract you. Your TV, computer, friends, etc.</p>
<p>It's a focus thing for me. Freshman year I NEVER studied in the library, but this year I do it all the time. Especially now that I live in an apartment, I can find a million things to do to put off work... watch t.v, go online, clean my room (funny since it's still SO messy), do the dishes, whatever. If I go to the library, I really have no other options but to study. I can focus on my work for much longer than I ever could in my room.</p>
<p>I love studying in the library.. wouldn't have it any other way.</p>
<p>Dorms typically have designated study areas for students to go if you don't feel like going to the library. During finals week, its hard to even find a seat in there. At my school (BU), many of the common social areas are converted into study rooms so that everyone has a quiet place to study. Dorms are a hard place to study because I am always distracted by friends, computer, TV, etc. This is why I'm glad I live off campus in my own apartment. Sure, I still have the TV and comp to distract me (as I am doing right now), but I am alone to study whenever I need to.</p>
<p>I have trouble studying in libraries...I cannot focus no matter how hard I try...I think it has something to do with being out in public...so far I have been successful studying in my dorm room...I have enough discipline to keep the tv off and take breaks by going online for a couple of minutes or so...I can even study while my roommate blasts the tv and people in the dorm are acting rowdy</p>
<p>Seeing the people studying around you can motivate you also when studying in the library.</p>
<p>My roommate did because she knew she'd be distracted by music and facebook in our dorm room :)</p>
<p>I've also found that I can focus better in the library, so I get my work done faster without all the "just 10 minute" breaks.</p>
<p>I study in the library for the environment. Sometimes when I work in my room and I'm have trouble understanding a concept I give up quickly and go on FB/turn on the TV/go find someone in my hall to talk to. On the other hand, if I'm in the library, I get frustrated with w/e I'm working on, but I look around me, and I see everyone else hard at work and it motivates me to work harder.</p>
<p>It's got a good vibe.</p>
<p>Plus, everyone looks so quiet and studious, I feel kind of guilty when I space out/go on facebook, ect., so it keeps me on track.</p>
<p>Libraries suck, go to a building on campus that is deserted on the weekends. Oxygen really helps you study =P</p>
<p>I guess I'm one of the few exceptions here, but I generally would rather study in the dorms. Sometimes the noise is problematic, but that seems to be the case more when I'm trying to sleep than when I need to study. And it only happens around exam time. The problem I have is that whenever I go to the library, even if it is at 4am, there is always some guy who recognizes me as "that ******* that writes for the Observer" and wants to argue with me for the next hour. And really, that is far less efficient than simply being subjected to some dorm resident playing his guitar at that hour.</p>
<p>I also prefer studying in the dorms. Temple's library is all wood paneling and old furniture you'd find back in your grade school... not a great vibe. Sometimes I go to the TECH center, which is like a huge computer lab. I can study in my dorm pretty easily with headphones and J-pop. My roommate's also never home, making it that much easier.</p>
<p>i think one of the main reasons i choose not to study in my dorm if i can avoid it is that i have the tendency to go "oh look, bed, i've missed you", and then not study.</p>
<p>Also, if I study in my room, I associate my room with working and studying, and not a place to relax. but that's just me.</p>
<p>Also, in the library, i eventually run out of ways to avoid work and then i actually have to do it.</p>
<p>I loved studying in the library. I trained myself to study there and every time I entered the library I was "in the zone." It kept me focused and I would always accomplish a lot there.</p>
<p>I find myself much more able to focus when I'm in the library surrounded by other people doing work. Its like I transform into another human being.</p>
<p>I can't study there because I have ADD and my head shoots up when I hear someone walk past. </p>
<p>Studying in my dorm last year was a problem because I'm totally OK with noise as long as the door is shut. However, my roommate felt claustrophobic if the door was even halfway closed.. so it was a problem. Now that I'm in a single, my hall is very quiet and I can really focus and spread out my stuff.</p>