Incoming Freshman

It's about that time in the year to already start thinking about next school year. This is for high school seniors making the jump to college. If you're leaving home for school, where is it best to live, on campus or off? Here's my look on this topic.

First off, if you are a freshman, without a doubt your first option should be living in the dorms. This is the best way to get to know so many new people on campus and it helps make you feel welcomed and apart of your school. You get to know the campus better. If I could go back, I would be living in the dorms right now instead of being in the crappy situation that I'm in now.

The only way a freshman should live in an off campus apartment is if they are going to college with their friends and they know for a fact these people are reliable. Meeting random people and trying to live with them for a year off campus is one of the worst ideas ever. Take it from me, someone who has experienced this personally. You might end up with the messiest, bummiest, dirtiest, laziest people in the world. Even more importantly, you have to sign a lease for apartments which means regardless of if you have your share of the rent or not, it still depends on your other roommates and their money. In dorms, if your roommate can't afford to pay, they get kicked out, not both of you. Moral of the story: Try to get in dorms!!!

You can meet all kinds of people in the dorms, and then maybe after your first year of school, you and a couple of your new friends can decide to move off campus and get your own place.

INCOMING FRESHMAN: LIVE IN THE DORMS.