At Wayne State College, all freshmen are required to live on campus unless they have a specific reason as to why they feel they shouldn’t have to.
A lot of students feel as though they could be saving a lot more money if they were allowed to live at home instead of campus, however.
“I think it’s kind of ridiculous that they think they have a say in where I should be living,” Angelica Zarate, a sophomore at WSC, said. “I live twenty-five minutes away, and I would have much rather lived off campus my freshman year than here in a dorm.”
Most of the time, freshmen are only allowed to live in a select few halls. Typical dorm halls for freshmen are Morey, Bowen and Neihardt. However, they could potentially be put in other dorms.
The reason housing selections are so strict is to give new students an opportunity to meet new people and try new things.
“As much as I didn’t want to live on campus, I am so glad I was pushed into doing it,” Hser Thein, a freshman at WSC, said. “There are so many amazing people that I would not have met otherwise.”
According to the Residence Life’s website, their goal is to “commit to fostering a dynamic learning environment that strives to enrich the quality of life for all individuals by assisting them in developing a sense of identity, pride, and social responsibility that will prepare them for success in the global community”.
“I was able to find so much community and find things that I really truly enjoy doing,” Thein said. “I discovered things about myself through living here on campus.”
Freshmen are also required to have a meal plan, so this is another cost students have voiced concerns over.
“I think the way they make you have a meal plan as well is also very annoying,” Thein said. “It feels like I really had no say in where my money was going when I first got here because for the most part, they didn’t help me understand what was going on.”
Some students feel misinformed, but if they have questions about how much specific dorm building cost and meal plans cost, they can visit the resident and housing life on the wsc.edu website.