<p>If you went to college 15 minutes away from home would you live at home with your parents and commute, or live in the dorms. Suppose tuition to said school is free, and so is living at home, but if you decided to dorm it would be 10k.</p>
<p>I’d dorm at least for the first year. I think the dorm experience is something everyone should have, because you’ll meet a lot of people and it generally is “a breath of fresh air,” if you will.</p>
<p>If money is an issue, start commuting at the beginning of your sophomore year.</p>
<p>For the record this isn’t about me, it’s for a friend who’s going to the same school as me :)</p>
<p>I would also dorm the first year. It’s just easier to make new friends that way.</p>
<p>Eehhhh. Really depends on your financial situation. If it were me, my family would have to be loaded before I could do something like that with a good conscience.</p>
<p>Yeah if your family can afford it, then do it.
I lived on campus for the first year, now am commuting my second.
Experience was worthwhile.</p>
<p>Dorm if it is financially feasible.</p>
<p>I dormed at my first school and then commuted after I transferred. The dorm was cheaper for me because the school gave me a lot of grant aid and I didn’t need to worry about taking care of a car. Personally, I like to commute more so than live in the dorms. I wasn’t interested in dorm life and I didn’t care for it. After I transferred I drove to school, went to class, worked a campus job, and then went home. A dorm is good if you plan to take full advantage of the on-campus life but I think most students would rather have their own place (house, apartment, etc.) rather than be stuck in a small dorm room.</p>
<p>I live half an hour away from my school and I am so glad that I decided not to commute. I probably wouldn’t have as many great friends if I did.</p>
<p>If those are my only two options then I’d dorm because my family is far to stressful to live with and I’d most likely end up dropping out.</p>
<p>I commute from my own house now. It’s only a five minute drive but it’s totally worth it. I hate living in close proximity with anyone other then my significant other. Sure, it’s twice as expensive in rent alone to live off campus, but it’s the price I’m willing to pay for solitude and the privacy of my own home.</p>
<p>It really ultimately depends on your personality and your relationship with your family. I dormed my first year at college, and now I’m transferring to a school that I can commute to. I personally didn’t enjoy dorm life because I didn’t have a lot in common with the girls at my school, had very different goals, and all of the draws of college (like partying, not having your parents around, etc.) were not things that I was very interested in. On the other hand, I’m very close with my family and they’ve always been the supportive force in my life, so I am really excited to be living at home again. If you sound a lot like me, you might want to consider commuting. However, if you’re a very social person and you want to have lots of unsupervised fun with friends, dorming is probably better if your family can comfortably afford it.</p>
<p>Dorm, wouldn’t attend any university I couldn’t dorm in.</p>
<p>I could commute but I will dorm.</p>