Why You Should Live on Rez
You’ve just accepted your university offer and it’s time for you to make a big decision. Will you or won’t you stay in residence? Research has found that students who live on campus have had a better university experience, have better grades, and are more likely to graduate.
While there are pros and cons to living on residence, check out 6 reasons why you should!
1. You’ll Feel More Comfortable on Campus
During your first year of university, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. While you’re not just trying to navigate your life socially, you’re also just trying to learn the ins and outs of your campus.
Learning how to find the best place to get your morning coffee or how quickly it takes you to go from your class in the community center to the engineering building can take a while to perfect.
However, by living on campus, you start to see your university as a community. You get used to the pace of life on it and the people around you. It’s a great way to begin experiencing everything your university has to offer.
2. Great Way to Meet Friends
One of the biggest reasons why students choose to live in residence is the opportunity to make friends. When you live on campus, you’re in such close proximity with a variety of different people that it’s easy to meet people to study, hang out and attend events with.
Because you’re always around people, there is an extra element of support that you get from having the opportunity to grow and connect with the people around you. Living in residence is amazing because the people around you really become your family.
3. Helps You Grow Your Independence
Living in residence is probably the first time you’ve ever lived alone or without your parents. You can sleep whenever you want, eat whatever you want and study where and whenever you want. The opportunities are endless!
Learning to balance your freedom and independence is such an exciting part of living in residence. This is the beginning of how you begin to create healthy habits that will follow you for the rest of your life.
4. You’ll Never Be Bored
Remember that feeling you had the first time you went away to summer camp? You’re away from home, away from your parents, you’re feeling a little nervous and you’re wondering to yourself whether or not you can do this. You almost turn around but then decide to push forward and by the end, you’re wondering what was so scary in the first place.
That’s what residence feels like. You’re living with all these new people and everyone is having the same new experiences as you. It’s almost impossible to be bored in residence. There’s always something going on or someone to hang out with. Because of this, living in residence can be one of the best parts of your time at university!
5. Improve your Relationship Skills
When living in residence, you usually end up living with around 30+ people on your floor who you’ll get to know through floor events or just purely seeing each other every day. With this, you’re living with a lot of different personalities who have come from different backgrounds.
While it can be an adjustment at first getting used to the abundance of people around you, it’s a great way to improve your relationship soft skills. Learning how to deal and engage with a lot of different people at once (especially in such close proximity) will help improve the way you interact and form relationships. This is a great skill to have as it’s incredibly beneficial in your everyday life as well as your work life.
6. Convenience
Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, beats the ease of being able to roll out of bed in the morning and not having to worry about being late to your class. Living on campus is ideal for those who want easy access to their friends, classes, food, and campus amenities.
In addition, living in residence involves not having to worry about paying rent or utilities or having to learn how to fix something if there’s an issue such as your refrigerator breaking.
Living on campus? Check out our video on the tips for living in residences.
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