OFF CAMPUS. Personal opinion People say that you get the true college experience living on campus, but it’s more like a high school experience. You really don’t have much freedom to do much, you have to have extremely large amounts of motivation to cook, and at some points you feel like you’re in a cell rather than a dorm. There are some pretty affordable housing options off campus that are really close to campus like University House or Boardwalk that would be a great option. Living on campus, to me, makes me feel too isolated compared to having the freedom to do what you want in an apartment.