Living Off Campus
Living off Campus
Nowadays, living off campus is very popular among college students. When students go to college, which is far from their families, some of them would choose to live off campus instead of living in the dorms. Compared to living on the campus, living off campus is much cheaper and comfortable. You will have more independence, freedom, privacy, and space; you do not have to share your bedroom and bathroom with others. Furthermore, you can make your own meals if you live off campus. I am also one of the students living in an apartment off campus. As one of the students who live in an apartment off campus, I really benefit a lot from it. However, it might not be as simple as you expect when you try to find a place to live off campus. Thus, we need to be patient and do the following steps one by one, which enables us to live in a comfortable life off campus.
The first thing you need to do is to get the permission of living off from your school. Not all the students are allowed to live off campus. There are some permission requirements you should meet if you want to do that. In most colleges, in order to obtain the permission, students should be in junior or senior year. According to the PSU housing policy, students under 21 years of age with fewer than 24 college credit hours required to live in University Housing facilities their first year of attendance (“Housing Possibilities”). The reason they provide for this kind of policy might be that it will be much easier for students to adjust themselves to their college life if they live in the dorms when they first come to school. Once students are able to deal with their study well, they are allowed to live off campus.
If you meet the requirement of your school and already get the permission of living off campus, than you can move into the next step—deciding to live either in a house or in an apartment. A house is an independent living facility, while some apartments could be in the same building.
Nowadays, living off campus is very popular among college students. When students go to college, which is far from their families, some of them would choose to live off campus instead of living in the dorms. Compared to living on the campus, living off campus is much cheaper and comfortable. You will have more independence, freedom, privacy, and space; you do not have to share your bedroom and bathroom with others. Furthermore, you can make your own meals if you live off campus. I am also one of the students living in an apartment off campus. As one of the students who live in an apartment off campus, I really benefit a lot from it. However, it might not be as simple as you expect when you try to find a place to live off campus. Thus, we need to be patient and do the following steps one by one, which enables us to live in a comfortable life off campus.
The first thing you need to do is to get the permission of living off from your school. Not all the students are allowed to live off campus. There are some permission requirements you should meet if you want to do that. In most colleges, in order to obtain the permission, students should be in junior or senior year. According to the PSU housing policy, students under 21 years of age with fewer than 24 college credit hours required to live in University Housing facilities their first year of attendance (“Housing Possibilities”). The reason they provide for this kind of policy might be that it will be much easier for students to adjust themselves to their college life if they live in the dorms when they first come to school. Once students are able to deal with their study well, they are allowed to live off campus.
If you meet the requirement of your school and already get the permission of living off campus, than you can move into the next step—deciding to live either in a house or in an apartment. A house is an independent living facility, while some apartments could be in the same building.
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