Dormitory

By the end of last summer I had everything packed and I was ready to go. I completed the checklist and reviewed it once more. School supplies, check; bedding, check; clothes, check; refrigerator, check; TV, check; food, check; etc. Finally, I was able to gain independence from my parents and everything else I had left behind at home. Early in the morning of late August 2014, I was off to college. I believed that SUNY Oswego was the best fit for me both education and socially wise. SUNY Oswego is

When someone mentions the words “single apartment student” or “dorm student”, two images of contrasting people normally come to mind. At the University of Louisiana at Monroe, students who live in the apartments by themselves are painted out to be shy, withdrawn individuals who prefer to work alone and have difficulty making friends due to always being in solitude. However, students who reside in the dorms with another roommate tend to be more likely to study in groups and are more outgoing individuals

My heart suddenly dropped and I closed my eyes as soon as possible shouting out NO. I reached my hand out and reversed time back to when we were laying on the train tracks. I stood up as soon as I realized what had happened and my nose was bleeding, I felt faint. “Woah Katie, are you okay?? Your nose is bleeding,” Stacy asked in worrisome. “Yeah I’m fine, just get up FAST!” I said frightened. Stacy tugged and tugged at her foot but it wouldn’t budge. She began crying; it was the same thing all

September 14th, Tessa was starting to get used to the huge college she was attending. As a freshman, she was extremely lucky to have a junior roommate who she loved. Her roommate, Anna helped her out tremendously. Life was good for Tess, she had gotten into her number one choice school, Carnegie Mellon. She worked extremely hard to get there, and she wanted nothing more than to be successful. Tessa was in the middle of the 2nd week of school. She was already piled in homework. That night, she studied

Students Should Live in Dorms College is a life changing experience for students. College is a new environment for most students and comes with lots of challenges. Things such as the increased difficulty of academic work and not being around the same social groups as a student was before college can make the transition very difficult. One of the best things a student can do to help with this transition is to live in a campus residence hall. Students should live in dorms because of the community

EA5 How To Survive Your Freshman Roommate The prospect of living with someone who isn’t a family member can create more stress than anything else for an incoming freshman. You’ve probably heard about the absolute slob who leaves clothes, shoes and food wherever they land, or the psychotic roommate who screams and cries about the tiniest of dramas before you even move in. You may even fear being forced to share a room with an anti-social, anti-fun hermit who never leaves the room. Such extremes are

This picture represents me living in a dorm at Indiana University. Dorms are by far the worst thing about college life I have experienced. First of all there is no room to store anything. Secondly my roommate and I constantly get are things mixed up, which causes stresses. Thirdly there is constant music and shouting from the other students living right next to me and sometimes I can even hear the people above me stomping around at night acting like there is a rave. Fourthly there is no sink. Although

As I sat down to eat the cold bowl of Mac and Cheese that I had brought with me, my emotions boiled over as a horror which I wish upon no one came forth. Infuriated, my rage took control of me as I jumped out of my chair, forcibly tossing the only source of food I had disposable to me in the garbage. This climatic moment was initiated upon my discovery that there was a broken microwave in the Sawyer lounge and Suffolk University had yet to replace it. Yes, it seems trivial, even downright ridiculous

The University of Albany is State University which is located in Albany, New York. This university offers many different majors and programs. The University has many sports for both men and women besides the sports there are clubs anyone from the school can join. It offers a big campus where most of its activities and events. In this Essay I will discuss information about Albany and why I choose it as my college. The University of Albany founded on1844, as a "normal school". It trained teachers

2.1 Theoretical Perspectives of Residential Satisfaction A more robust view of Residential Satisfaction was developed by Francescato, et al.(1989) who conceptualized Satisfaction as an attitude and a multi-faceted construct which has cognitive, affective and behavioural dimensions. They assert that this definition of satisfaction is more comprehensive and that it accounts for the low productive strength of the construct. 2.1.1 The cognitive approach: This has typically taken the form of residents’