The first thing when we had been registered in any campus, we really excited to face the campus life, whether we get the opportunity to stay in the campus or need to stay outside the campus. As defined by Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary International Student’s Edition, “campus” is the buildings of a university or college and the land around them. It might be a decision that students need to make, either living inside or outside the campus. Thus, both living inside and outside campus still has similarities, but still have greater differences between living inside and outside the campus.
First of all, living in and out of campus has several similarities. When living in the campus, you need to be independent by standing by yourself to do many things that covered many aspects, as well as living out of the campus. Student are compulsory to be independent to manage their life. Living on campus, students need to manage their time and activities wisely. It will help students to make their cycle of the lifestyle balance, and thus, it can lead to the greatest achievement, just as for those who live out of campus. Also, every student has their own learning skills and styles. Either they live on-campus or off-campus, their learning skills should be applied and use for their study to make them more understand about the subjects or topics that they learnt. Similarly, even the student lives outside the campus, they still can study and focus. No matter where the students live, they still can achieve their own succeed in their studies.
Despite these similarities, both living in and out of campus have few main differences.
One main difference is transportation. It is stated in the article, College Housing Guide, students who live outside campus need a car even the house is near to the campus. Students need to drive to get home and also campus. Yet, students still need public transportation if they do not have any vehicles. If there have a traffic jammed, they will stuck in the traffic for hours and it may cause they come late to the class. In contrast, students who live inside the campus, no transport required for them to go to the classes because they only have to walk to reach the class. There is no risk for them to come late to the class. Also, they do not have to spend lots of their time to reach some places that they need to go.
Another difference is expenses. Both living inside and outside campus need lots of money. But, students who live out of campus tend to need high amount of money to deal with many necessary things. As referred to the article written by Amy Brantley (n.d, para. 11), students will probably have a lot of expenses when living away from college. They have to pay an electricity bill, water bill, possibly a heating bill and even an internet bill. They also need to pay for their transportation. If they have their own transport, they need to pay for the fuel. However, if students live in campus, they can save their extra money for their future. When live inside campus, nothing rent payment is charged, students also no need to pay any utility bills and do not have to spend lots of money for transportation. They still have to use public transport whenever they are outing. But, the amount of the money that rarely using transport is different for those who live off-campus.
Last but not least, another difference is safety and security. If students are living on campus, they are protected by the college security guards that patrol the campus, as stated in the article, College Housing Guide written by Amy Brantley (n.d, para. 9). When students live outside the campus, the safety is not assured. It depends on the students themselves to be aware with their environment. According to the article Staying Safe Off Campus, nowadays, the crime rates level is getting higher, thus, it make students who live out of campus area be more risky to involve in crime. Outside campus safety and security is harder and difficult to be controlled and managed.
It is clear that, even though there are some similarities between living inside campus and outside campus, there are also have their own differences as well. It depends on the students’ choice which option that they more comfortable to handle with and what that they preferred most. Indeed, both living inside and outside campus has own benefited for every student, the most important thing is college students need to do well in their study to achieve succeed for their own future.
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