Academics

There is no doubt that living on campus impacts students academic success;

• There is a better working environment

• Students living on campus have a working environment that helps them. Although they are around their friends, it is helpful when they can all sit down and do the work at the same time, this way no one is distracting anyone. When everyone around you is working, it makes you more willing to stay working and finish homework, assignments, tests, or projects.
• Where as commuters are most likely in their homes when they are doing these assignments which leads to more distractions such as, family members around the house talking to you, the television in the living room that you would rather be watching, eating dinner with your family, stopping to use your phone because you just do not want to do school work.
• Students have more resources
• School library, professors, tutors, peers and more.
• Having all of these sources easily and conveniently available to students make them more likely to visit the sources to ask for help with something or advice. Therefore they will get more use out of the sources and this will help them with growing academically, socially and personally.
• Students living home do not have these resources at their finger tips. They have to drive to the library, email a professor, make appointments when they are already at school or have time for tutors, and talk to peers during class or through text.
• Easier for students to get involved
• Clubs, sports events, groups, activities.
• All of these happen on campus, and without living on campus it is harder to find out about activities and sports events that are going on. Also being apart of clubs or groups is more difficult because you would have to drive back to school during the hours of the meetings or activities which can be a hassle.