After two-and-a-half years of diligent work at my local community college, I made it into my first choice school. Yay! Now comes but one of many difficult decisions: living on campus or off.
On the one hand, I've been living by myself in an apartment for a couple of years now. A lot of my older friends say that it'd be awful to go from total freedom to dorm living.
On the other hand, I have trouble meeting and talking to people. My sister also started college (as a freshman) this past semester, and she has a ton of close friends already. She told me the if she didn't live in the dorms, she wouldn't have nearly any of the friends she does now. The dorm setting is just very conducive to meeting and bonding with people.
Back on the other hand, I do love my video games, and I couldn't really bring my collection to a dormitory, as there's a good chance some/most of it would be stolen at some point. But back on the other hand, I'd have to live some place cheap if I went off campus, and cheap dwellings can mean high crime.
So, those of you who are/have been in college, which situation do/did you have? If you had a year or two of both, which did you prefer? Any success/horror stories from either side?
On the one hand, I've been living by myself in an apartment for a couple of years now. A lot of my older friends say that it'd be awful to go from total freedom to dorm living.
On the other hand, I have trouble meeting and talking to people. My sister also started college (as a freshman) this past semester, and she has a ton of close friends already. She told me the if she didn't live in the dorms, she wouldn't have nearly any of the friends she does now. The dorm setting is just very conducive to meeting and bonding with people.
Back on the other hand, I do love my video games, and I couldn't really bring my collection to a dormitory, as there's a good chance some/most of it would be stolen at some point. But back on the other hand, I'd have to live some place cheap if I went off campus, and cheap dwellings can mean high crime.
So, those of you who are/have been in college, which situation do/did you have? If you had a year or two of both, which did you prefer? Any success/horror stories from either side?