Advantages and Disadvantages of Dorm Life
Having the full college experience is living in a
dormitory for the next four years of your academic career.
So, is living in a dormitory right for you? Or is an
alternative option better, for example living at home and commuting to and back
from your school of choice, or renting an off campus apartment? These are all
choices in which vary according to financial expenses which differ from campus
to campus
‘To
Dorm or Not to Dorm’
When applying to college or a university each
student decides whether they are candidates to live in dormitories with a
roommate or varies roommates. Once you make that decision the students are
required to fill out a survey questionnaire that narrows down a search for
roommates that share similar qualities. Of course, living in a dormitory has
its advantages and disadvantages like any situation. These are the
disadvantages and advantage in making such a life changing decision to dorm.
Advantages
of Residence Life
- Having
company. Often when living in a dorm. There
are hardly any chances of you being lonely. Friendships begin to form
starting with your roommate, others dorm mates living down the hall, and
classmates you encounter yourself when starting school. College is an
environment of making friendships that will help you along the way. Whom
find it tough being so far away from home. The companionship and
friendship you gain through your college experience is one that will help
you with the good, the bad, and the ugly of being a student. This makes
student transition from home much easier.
- Having
freedom. Some students are comfortable with
the idea of living away from home. While others don’t feel the same. When
living in a dorm your parents have less of a say of your everyday life’s
dos or don’ts. Which most students find it to be GREAT!
- Having
the simple life. When living in a dorm theirs
less responsibilities than living in an off-campus apartment. For example,
there aren’t monthly bills, cooking meals for yourself, and having a large
space to clean. Except for just
paying for your cell phone bill and cable there aren’t any other expenses
or responsibilities.
- Having
easy access. Students have the ability to sleep
later because they don’t have to go through the hassles of dealing with
traffic and the difficulty of finding a parking space.
- Having
free access. Some colleges give free access to
internet, laptops and cable. So students don’t go through the hassles of
always being in the library and waiting for an available computer.
- Having
social skills. When living in a dorm you have to
overcome any dreading social skills. You have to overcome any anti-social
skills to deal with your roommate or other college students down the hall.
These are situations that may help you in the long run with your social
life.
- Having
the full college experience. When living in a
dorm you have other perks that come along. Such as living the full college
experience with joining sorority and fraternity clubs and parties,
activities and events, and friendships that last a lifetime. And campus
life is overall the most best experience
Disadvantages
of Resident Life
- Having
no privacy. When living in a dorm you’re often
never given any privacy your mostly accompanied by your roommate. It can
go both ways you either feel very lonely or also feel that you are often bothered
because you’re never given any privacy.
- Having
roommate Issues. A dorm is such a small area
that is shared with a stranger at first can at times cause conflicts with
one another. This is either turn out to be a great experience or just turn
out to be the worst case scenario.
- Having
it be too noisy. If you are a person that likes
their sleep then this can be a serious issue for you. Campus life is
basically rebelling over any kind of rules that your parents ever gave
you. So for some it’s staying up until past midnight during the week days
or ends.
- Having
students that freak you out. Although you may
enjoy your roommate you may encounter yourself with a person that freaks
you out or just plain annoying. You’re not going to like everyone but you
also have to follow a fine line of respect.
- Having
to deal with drama. Oh boy, it’s high school all
over again or maybe even worse. Your friend may have been dating someone
that was betrayed by their close friend or even a friend of a friend. Even
though college could be small or big it’s a small world and drama arises.
- Having
a meal plan. This seems Great! at first that you
don’t have to cook you have everything handed to you. Then you have
cafeteria food every single day three times a day, which your college may
or may not require to be purchased. After having cafeteria food for a long
period of time it gets tiring to have the same food. It’s not healthy and
awful for that matter.
- Having
mandatory breaks. Many colleges require
students to leave campus during break periods. This may be tiresome when
you don’t live in state.
