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Old 05-31-08, 06:52   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Renting apartment during college?
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Originally Posted by accordmaniac View Post
My school is about 100 miles away from home so I'm forced to move close. Right now I'm renting room off campus for $480 a month and that includes furniture, cable, utilities, and appliances. The complex is intended for college students so I have two housemates and we share the common areas. Sure beats living in a dorm.

My tuition is pretty much covered by Florida Bright Futures and Pell Grant so I have to take out loans to pay for the cost of living here. If I lived 20 miles from this place I would commute. Get to eat my mom's cooking and don't have to pay for anything more than gas. But I've heard some people complain about the pain of commuting though. I'm not a partier so I could care less about the "college experience". And the only reason I can think of that between the correlation between GPA and living on campus is if you frequently use the tutoring services that some schools offer to their residents and if you frequently study with people in your dorm. Other than that I think it all depends on the efforts you put into your studying.
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