Students at universities often have a choice of places to live. They may choose to live in university dormitories, or they may choose to live in apartments in the community. Compare the advantages of living in university housing with the advantages of living in an apartment in the community. Where would you prefer to live? Give reasons for your preference. You should write at least 250 words.

University

education is the most important milestone of an individual's professional and personal growth. The time spent during

university

leaves a deep impact on most of the students. Students benefit from the professional relationship built during

this

time as well as the learnings they get from the mentors and fellow students. The living environment plays a key role for an individual

student

for the duration of their education. Broadly, there are two modes of residency a

student

can choose,

university

dormitories and apartments in a community. Both have their own positives and negatives. We will shed some light on both to strike a basic comparison. Most large universities facilitate dormitories for its students. While a few

mandate

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mandates

the students to live in dormitories, most keep it optional for the students to choose. With the

university

's perspective, students staying in hostels enable them to maintain discipline and make it easy for them to administer the students. It becomes easy for the

University

's administration to engage students for events, motivate students with different programs and

furthermore

it helps the

university

to keep an eye on the

student

's progress in non-academic activities too. With the

Student

's perspective, staying in the

University

hostel is convenient, since if the

university

campus is really large, a

student

would waste a lot of time in commute is staying at a far place. It

also

helps a

student

to have group study sessions and working groups to grow in academics and co-curricular activities. Since hostel accommodation is not suitable for many students because of

few negatives

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the few negatives

like ragging, harassment and lack of privacy, many students prefer to have their own arrangement. Students prefer to live in apartments in communities either sharing with a fellow

student

or living as a paying guest with a family.

This

has many advantages

such

as the students can tailor the room as per their demand and preference. It

also

helps students to live an affordable living and save the cost. Students get their privacy and space to study without getting disturbed by nuances. While it has advantages, it can

also

make a

student

lonely which can increase the stress resulting

into

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in

problems like depression. In a nutshell, every

student

can have their personal preferences and should decide what suits them best. Personally, I would prefer living in a hostel accommodation where I can learn new things, make new friends and build new bonds with beautiful experiences. As every individual is unique, their needs are unique,

University

Administration can work towards making the hostels suit to the students’ needs as much as possible. Students can use the experience

to

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for

the betterment of their career.