25 years old and deep in debt

[derspiess]

But then she would've missed out on the full College Experience(tm) of disgusting roommate hygiene, bad food, binge drinking and the occasional date rape.

I never lived on campus, so I missed out on all but the binge drinking

[CountDeMoney]

I never lived on campus, so I missed out on all but the binge drinking

Honestly, if I had to do it all over again, I'd have totally skipped the on-campus thing and suffered with the commute.

Like DSB pointed out, Princess Cincinnati may very well have exponentially increased her debt by living on campus in a city she could've lived at home in...but at that age, the chance to live on campus is too great a pull to get the fuck out of the house for the first time in one's life, so I can't really fault the rationale.  Not saying it's smart, just saying I understand.

[derspiess]

I never lived on campus, so I missed out on all but the binge drinking

Honestly, if I had to do it all over again, I'd have totally skipped the on-campus thing and suffered with the commute.

Like DSB pointed out, Princess Cincinnati may very well have exponentially increased her debt by living on campus in a city she could've lived at home in...but at that age, the chance to live on campus is too great a pull to get the fuck out of the house for the first time in one's life, so I can't really fault the rationale.  Not saying it's smart, just saying I understand.

My parents never gave me the option.  In some ways I was jealous of on-campus students, but then living in a cramped dorm room never seemed too appealing to me, either.  Best scenario would have been to be in an apartment just off campus, close enough to walk to my classes.

[CountDeMoney]

My parents never gave me the option. 

My parents did.  In hindsight, I really wish they hadn't.

[garbon]

My parents never gave me the option. 

My parents did.  In hindsight, I really wish they hadn't.

My dorm was fine, no real complaints.

[CountDeMoney]

My dorm was fine, no real complaints.

Don't get me wrong;  living with four other beer drinking Poly Sci wargamers surrounded by coed apartments was a blast;  unfortunately, considering my lack of personal and academic discipline at the time, it was too much of a blast.   

[The Brain]

Young people...

[garbon]

Young people...

Old people...

[The Brain]

Young people...

Old people...

You should do military service. Do you good.

[MadImmortalMan]

I never lived on campus, so I missed out on all but the binge drinking

Honestly, if I had to do it all over again, I'd have totally skipped the on-campus thing and suffered with the commute.

Like DSB pointed out, Princess Cincinnati may very well have exponentially increased her debt by living on campus in a city she could've lived at home in...but at that age, the chance to live on campus is too great a pull to get the fuck out of the house for the first time in one's life, so I can't really fault the rationale.  Not saying it's smart, just saying I understand.

One of the very few advantages up growing up shit-poor was that I didn't have the option to do anything like that. No dorm life for me. 44 miles there and back every day instead.

[Barrister]

I never lived on campus, so I missed out on all but the binge drinking

Honestly, if I had to do it all over again, I'd have totally skipped the on-campus thing and suffered with the commute.

Like DSB pointed out, Princess Cincinnati may very well have exponentially increased her debt by living on campus in a city she could've lived at home in...but at that age, the chance to live on campus is too great a pull to get the fuck out of the house for the first time in one's life, so I can't really fault the rationale.  Not saying it's smart, just saying I understand.

My parents never gave me the option.  In some ways I was jealous of on-campus students, but then living in a cramped dorm room never seemed too appealing to me, either.  Best scenario would have been to be in an apartment just off campus, close enough to walk to my classes.

I'm in the same boat.  I had the theoretical option to live on campus, but since my parents weren't going to pay for it, and I wouldn't qualify for a student loan because of my parents, that meant commuting.  It probably was for the best.

Mind you I did live just off-campus in the frat house for my 3rd year of law school.  Mind you since 3rd year is pretty easy, and at 24 I was certainly mature enough to not get caught up in anything stupid, that year was a hell of a lot of fun.  But doingit at 18 would probably have been a bad idea.

[garbon]

Young people...

Old people...

You should do military service. Do you good.

I thought we were already discussing things we do.

[garbon]

44 miles there and back every day instead.

[Eddie Teach]

That was in the 90s right? Probably be cheaper now to stay at the dorm rather than drive that much.

[Phillip V]

Young female college students should simply find an older, well-off male to help them pay for school expenses.