My daughter will attend UMich in the fall and while she lucked out and can walk to classes, parties, football games, I was surprised to learn that the campus is divided so that some kids are placed in a different part of campus where they can't, must rely on busses that stop running (late but apparently not late enough for some kids and not early enough for the full "tailgating" experience) and that this can affect their freshman year experience. While I knew my daughter would be fine no matter what I was surprised in doing the recent debriefing of kids who finished their freshman year, just how much they felt the "bad' dorms affected their experience. Moreover I saw facebook posting where kids were offering money to others to trade the good area for the bad.
Is this a common phenomenon on college campuses? I am NOT talking about dorms that "bad" because they are worse in terms of size, age, amenities, etc... But rather having some dorms allow kids walking access to campus and facilities and other kids not?
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