I am interested in joining the Air Force ROTC at NC State and I don't want to live on campus, does anyone know if it is required to live on campus.
@halle725 - Here ya go. Regardless of ROTC involvement, in 2017 NC State changed it's rules to require most freshman to live on campus. There are exceptions. Here is a link and content to a great article on the subject.
just fyi, some other schools now require the class of 2023 and beyond to live on campus for two years - like ERAU in Florida.
Most ROTC programs require you to be matriculated as a full time student - 12 or more credits (I don't know if there are exceptions - you can check). So if you're a full time student at NC State, per the article below, unless you qualify for one of those exceptions, get ready for dorm life for at-least a year.
Hope this helps you. If you qualify for an exception then please reach out to the ROO at NC State to confirm additional options.
Good luck!
Link:
http://www.technicianonline.com/news/article_488c5236-9f16-11e6-9263-b30693fe20d7.html
Article content: "
NC State will require almost all freshmen to live on campus starting fall 2017. According to University Housing, the reasoning behind this decision is that studies show that students who live on campus do better academically and are more engaged.*
To “advise, support and challenge students” are the goals Susan Grant, director of University Housing, outlined. Grant added that this would bring NC State more in line with similar policies at Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill and Appalachian State University.
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tudents who have transferred to NC State are exempt from the live-on requirement, as well as those who are military or veteran status, married, domestically partnered, with legally dependent children, over 21 years of age or not yet 17 by the start of classes,” stated an article from DASA, describing which students will be exempt from the requirement.
But, this does not include people living near NC State.
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No exceptions [will be] based on proximity,” Grant said.
This means that a freshman living in a nearby neighborhood would be required to live on campus the first year, despite possibly living within walking distance.
About 78 percent of freshmen live on campus, and given that there were around 4,400 new freshmen in fall 2015, it can be estimated that about 22 percent, or 950, more new residents will fill the halls of NC State next year. But University Housing is ready for them, with over 5,320 spaces available for each year. Notably, only 6 percent of graduate students are a part of the housing program.
First-year students living on campus are also required to have a meal plan with NC State Dining. NC State Dining is well prepared for the new influx of students with recent renovations made to the Atrium and new facilities at On the Oval. And according to Gilmore, “big plans for the dining halls coming up.”
As of this semester about 3,800 freshmen and over 9,000 students total, including freshmen, are on a meal plan. That would imply an increase in the number of meal plans by about 11 percent.
“All revenues go back into the program,” Gilmore said when asked what the new revenue from meal plan sales would fund. “The dining program is a self-sustaining program.”
Gilmore went on to talk about how NC State Dining gives back $1.2 million a year through scholarships and its 1,200 student employees.
“I don’t think NC State’s live-on-campus requirement will have significant impact on Campus Enterprises in general or dining in particular,” concluded Randy Lait, senior director of hospitality services with Campus Enterprises. “A high percentage of incoming freshmen have always chosen to live on campus. As a graduate of NC State, as a parent of two State grads, and as an employee of the university, I absolutely believe students are more successful academically and socially when they live on campus their first year. It gives students the opportunity to bond with the school in a more in-depth way, to meet other students following similar paths and to meet and appreciate people of a different path in life.”