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Post by DeeMoney on Jul 12, 2024 13:46:50 GMT -8
This is a post from an alum whose son will be attending college in a year and as we look around am becoming very disappointed in what is being required by SDSU. So feel free to move this if needed, but I have to vent. The mandating of students to live their first two years on campus is ridiculous as is, its just a money grab disguised as a 'creating the whole student' nonsense. Making an adult live on campus to attend a public school is an overreach and shouldn't be allowed. But now I am finding out that freshmen are not allowed to have a car while living on campus?!?! How are they to drive to work? To drive to the beach? To drive home for the holidays? Not only is this an overreach but we are stunting the development as adults. ASININE! Well, if that's what they are requiring these days it is not good at all. I lived most of my first two years on campus back in the early '70s but would not have wanted to have been required to do so and no car would have been a deal breaker. Do they really have enough dorms, etc., to require that? It is the no car part that gets me, or at least that combined with the mandated living on campus. Some people, who would like to attend college, need to work. And to brush it off with a, 'just work on campus' or 'take the trolley' is somewhat insulting. What if the trolley don't go by where I am able to find a job? That plus many other potential issues could pop up: ie family emergency back home but student has to wait because they can't keep a car on campus?! This is just unreasonable. Make students live on campus, okay. Not allow freshman students to have cars on campus, okay. Combine the two, to where you basically have trapped freshman students who want to attend your school, not okay. |
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Post by rockymountainaztec on Jul 12, 2024 13:52:48 GMT -8
My daughter is going into her senior year at SDSU now and I believe was the first class to be required to live on campus both freshman and sophomore year. The 2nd year probably is a bit of a money grab but also has its benefits. Sophomore year you don’t need the meal plan and you have a wider range of housing choices. Still expensive but it is expensive even off campus especially if within walking distance. We live in Colorado now so didn’t mind the not having a car thing as we had to fly her back home then anyway.
You have take into consideration supply and demand also. SDSU is a very popular choice for college nowadays and even out-of-state tuition is a pretty good deal overall, comparatively speaking, at $20K a year. In-state tuition is a really good deal IMO. I’m just happy she went to SDSU and is loving it. Plus, her dad gets to visit his old stomping grounds, go to BB + football games and see old college friends. Expensive but worth it! Go Aztecs!
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Post by haleiwaaztec on Jul 12, 2024 13:58:03 GMT -8
Not sure if someone else mentioned it but if you are local, you don't have to live on campus. In fact, you may not be able to get a dorm even if you DO want to live on campus. So it is not as bad as it seems and as most people mentioned, pretty much all CSU and UC schools are requiring first year's live on campus and some do require living on campus for second year too.
(by local that is South of Hwy 56)
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Post by 94sdsu on Jul 12, 2024 15:06:19 GMT -8
Most colleges require freshman to live on campus. Also, most colleges have a "no car" for freshman policy. SDSU is not unique in either of these.
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Post by aztec1 on Jul 13, 2024 5:08:11 GMT -8
If a Freshman has a job, you can get a parking pass by submitting for an exception.
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Post by DeeMoney on Jul 14, 2024 8:36:53 GMT -8
If a Freshman has a job, you can get a parking pass by submitting for an exception. Thats cool, I guess the issue would be the difficulty of getting an off campus job without first having reliable transportation though. |
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