Choices for living Arrangement

At Finlandia University there are only two choices for living. Live on your own off-campus or live in the only dormitory on campus. Living In the dorms has its perks for me personally I like how close my classes are. A normal walk to one of my classes is around 1-3 minutes. The gym is very close as well and makes it easy to go from class to working out in a short time. Next semester I have to decide if I want to live in the dorms again. If the rest of my time living at the dorms goes well, I will plan to live here again. If I plan to live off-campus, I have to start looking for apartments very soon. Living by yourself can have its benefits too. For example, there is no one to tell you how you should act or when you should return home. Students who live off-campus have the opportunity to mature as adults. Most students migrate out of dorms and into off-campus housing so that they have more independence and no one to watch them. The one appeal living off-campus has for me is cooking. Living on my own I would have the opportunity to make my own food and shop for myself. By making my own food I feel that would be more nutritionally better off than what I get at the dorm’s cafe.