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In reply to the discussion: Segregated colleges [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)11. Well for starters, most schools have exemptions depending on the situation...
Living with parents is usually permitted...Rules like this are essentially to discourage freshmen straight out of high school from renting an off-campus apartment and holding the famous semester-long "College Pentathlon" (drinking/smoking/partying/video gaming/sex)
Secondly, there are countless institutes of higher learning in every state who don't have this rule...
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Well for starters, most schools have exemptions depending on the situation...
Blue_Tires
Oct 2013
#11
It's not true that there is "no commuting" for local kids whose families live near UGA
Tanuki
Oct 2013
#5
I know a lot of state colleges do this, and they do make exceptions for many reasons.
ScreamingMeemie
Oct 2013
#12
Staying on-campus Freshman year makes you 40% more likely to complete a degree
Recursion
Oct 2013
#6