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Both sides have their pros and cons.

I'm eternally grateful that I decided to live on-campus when I was a freshman. All of my closest friends are ones who lived on my floor, and we're still tight at the end of sophomore year.

Dorms are great for the social aspect, getting to class isn't a hassle and, well, it's just FUN. But, if you're the kind of person who doesn't like "rules" and for whom the thought of sharing a room with a complete stranger is comparable to a trip to the proctologist, well an apartment might be better.

However, I have many "commuter" friends who're continuosly cursing the fact that they come to campus and have nowhere to nap, study or rest for the whole day...plus, many of them are stripped for cash and end up bumming meals off of me and my meal card.

In the end, though, I think it's normal to come to the point where you just feel like the "dorm scene" is getting old. For me and my friends, it was this year.

We've all spent two years (practically) in the dorms, and now that we're on upper-classmen floors and people have set circles of friends, the social aspect has been dimished, as well.

In fact, the thought of living in the dorms next year as a junior isn't terrible, but I really feel like once you're past a certain age/point in life, dorms just...go dull.

So, on to apartments, Top Ramen dinner 7 days a week, paper plates and bickering over who, exactly, has been making long distance phone calls to Nova Scotia.

It'll be different and it'll be hard, but I can't wait.

~KCC