The Big Benefits of Off-Campus Housing Aside from the issue of college's now requiring their freshmen to live in dorms for their first year of school, off-campus housing is growing in popularity because many new apartment buildings are targeting college students. So, if you're stuck in the in-between stage of choosing where to live during your remaining three years minimum of school, here are some of the benefits of offcampus housing!
Increased Privacy Factor The most obvious thing about offcampus housing is the fact that you no longer have RA's doing random room checks and you no longer have to share your space with another person. Living within such close proximity to another person makes it hard to get alone time considering the fact that you're rarely alone. In offcampus
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apartment, there is a common room (living room), dining room, kitchen, and individual bedrooms. Also, if you look for the right place, you'll most likely get your own bathroom too - bonus!
Better Eating Habits It should come as no surprise that college is the time to indulge in being able to eat whatever you want when you want. However, it's not like a lot of college students actually want to eat food that can only be cooked in a microwave - that's usually the cheapest and easiest cooking option.
So, with off-campus housing and your own kitchen, college kids often improve their eating habits since they can cook their own proper meals.
Have Your Own Space Separate from the privacy factor, dorm rooms have little to zero storage space and you have to lift your bed to the ceiling to fit all your stuff under it. So, when you have your own room, you get your own closet space as well as your own bathroom and bedroom full of just YOUR belongings - I mean, was it really that exciting looking at all your roommates stuff all day? I don't think so.
Live On Your Own While your parents might be helping you out in terms of the rent factor, getting your own place helps you develop as an adult and learn to take care of yourself. When you live on college campuses, there are always people there to help you do the little things you should be able to do yourself. For example, there is NO reason you shouldn't be doing your own laundry - college laundry services are a joke, it's not that difficult. Plus, you'll be living on your own on day or another and it's better to get used to it while you're still in school rather than adding that as another stress to your post college life list.
Basically, living off-campus is a fantastic idea if you can afford it.