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exboyfil

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22. Thanks I remember my dorm food

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 10:44 AM

Oct 2013

at Purdue as being passable but not spectacular in the early 1980s. Both our state schools are like having every meal at a Golden Corral. The offerings are simply staggering (or at least when the campus visits are scheduled?). I was blown away by both Iowa and Iowa State. It appears that Purdue has gone to that same model with a facility very similar to the ones at Iowa and Iowa State in front of my old dorm (the food service area in the old dorm is currently an uneasy conversion to a study area with desks placed there - I suspect they will retask the space eventually).

I am very happy if she gets her first dorm choice. Food right next to her dorm. Mechanical Engineering building right next to the food. It is perfect.

Of course we can afford it. She has already shaved three semesters off her four year degree and has the potential of graduating in two years if the courses line up.

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Segregated colleges [View all] wilt the stilt Oct 2013 OP

wait...uh...come again? Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #1

the cost of staying on campus after it is all said and done wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #2

The actual cost with meal plan is about $10K exboyfil Oct 2013 #7

The meal plan was a big expense at my college, LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #19

Thanks I remember my dorm food exboyfil Oct 2013 #22

That's great. Glad she's doing well. LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #25

You're including tuition in that figure. enlightenment Oct 2013 #13

We all forget living expenses wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #24

True, these things are expensive. enlightenment Oct 2013 #29

Schools that demand freshman live on campus MattBaggins Oct 2013 #3

Well for starters, most schools have exemptions depending on the situation... Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #11

thirdly MattBaggins Oct 2013 #35

Which is why many spend their "freshman year" at community college... Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #36

Is that everyone? MattBaggins Oct 2013 #37

For me, it was cheaper than living in an apartment. LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #23

$15,000- $25,000 to stay on campus? BKH70041 Oct 2013 #4

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

I Don't Believe This is Discrimination Per Se rustysgurl Oct 2013 #8

two tiers at UGA food plan wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #10

so why can't you commute from Gwinnett, Fulton or Dekalb wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #9

. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #14

If you're on the farthest eastern edge of Gwinnett or DeKalb, maybe Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #17

so if you lived on Buford Hwy and went to Cross Keys High wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #20

Also being realistic, there is an appeals process. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #21

Or you could, you know, go to Georgia State Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #28

a degree from UGA wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #30

That's a fallacy...No degrees are seen as better depending on university... Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #31

I believe it helps in your first job wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #32

I went to Morehouse Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #33

My wife used to recruit for the Federal Reserve system wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #34

This is not uncommon for many schools. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #15

All college expenses divied equally impact poorer students more aikoaiko Oct 2013 #16

That's fairly typical for public colleges and universities. MineralMan Oct 2013 #18

Usually most schools like the school I went to gopiscrap Oct 2013 #26

I think you have it wrong Drale Oct 2013 #27

Scholaqrships/financial aid avail for Room & Board? One_Life_To_Give Oct 2013 #38