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How should I work out my housing in college?
Hi. I am only in 7th grade, so I don't know much about it, but I would like to plan ahead...
Can you please give me more information about advantages and disadvantages of:
just an actual dorm
sorority (and the stereo type that comes with it?)
renting an apartment by the campus
In college, I will have already saved up money from high school jobs, and I would work during my college years. Which is best? If you need more information, tell me and I will edit this. Thank you!!
Not all schools have sororities; in fact, a number of the top schools in the U.S. do not.
I think on-campus life is best, because it gives you a full college experience, not to mention gives you easy and immediate access to all facilities. However, living off campus can sometimes be less expensive, especially if you can find a cheap apartment to share with someone. Many schools require students to live on-campus during the freshman year, so you might end up deciding to stay in a dorm after that year or feeling that you save money by taking an apartment with a friend. You simply won't know until you try it.
If you do live off-campus, you'll want an apartment as close to campus as possible. You don't want to deal with the added expense of a car, and as I said, you want easy access to facilities.
Many people love Greek life. I didn't join a sorority (there weren't any at my university), but my sister did, and her complaint was that the sorority members weren't very diverse. She wanted to socialize with different people. After dealing with examples of what she thought were particularly catty behavior in her sorority, she dropped it. However, sororities can involve people in interesting and productive service activities, and you can make close, lifelong friends. (Of course, you can do both of those things even if you don't join a sorority.)
You've got plenty of time to think about this, and eventually, you'll know people a year or two ahead of you in high school whom you can ask about their experiences.
