When you get admission into school, one of the many next steps is where to stay while in school.
The good news is that most schools provide an accommodation called “hostels”. So most students don’t get stranded while in school.
Hostels on campus are buildings provided by a particular university. The hostel is a huge building with plenty of people, obviously of different kinds.
In the hostels, there are different rooms and students pair up to stay in each room. Most universities have their female and male hostels at different locations but still within the school campus.
Some schools have more than one hostel depending on the population of it’s students. In some schools, living in the hostel is completely optional while other schools make living in the hostel mandatory.
Most people have a terrible impression about living in the hostel. Like it’s so populated.
It will be dirty.
There will be less space.
I will have to do a lot of sharing, and so on.
Although that’s there in many schools, there are more advantages than you might have thought. Who knows, they might just overpower the disadvantages you have may heard of before reading this article.
As one who has stayed in school hostel, I decided to gift you this. I hope this post help you see some added advantage of living in the hostel on campus.
Why should I stay in the hostel?
Here are the advantages of living in the hostel in school.
1. Hostel accommodation is affordable
Most universities make the hostel ‘student friendly’ as much as possible, even with the price. The fee for hostel accommodation is way below that of acquiring an accommodation off campus.
With the plenty expenses that come with getting into school, having a place to stay at a very cheap rate will give you the capacity to spend for other things.
Savings some extra cash has never been a bad idea, living on campus can help you do that.
I wrote a post showing you how to save money at university. What comes from there can help you tidy other expenses.
2. Availability of basic amenities
School hostels are cheap but they still have the basic amenities a regular student needs.
There is steady power supply, availability for water and provisions of cleaners to help clean the hostel environment.
Each room is furnished for at most four students. Some schools even provide free Wi-Fi.
Truth is, they make things a bit easier for students living the hostel. Check out some of the things you should know about campus life.
3. There’s security
Hostels are secured. Almost nothing can go wrong there and if anything does get wrong, criminals are easily caught.
Most schools make available security surveillance on campus. Some schools even have the luxury of a police station on campus, like UNICAL.
The security on campus is tight. One of the safest place to stay while in school is definitely the hostel.
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4. Proximity to class
As we know, school hostels are usually inside the campus. Most are close to lecture venues and other centres like library and restaurant.
This mean you spend nothing going and coming from lectures.
Many students staying off campus are faced with plenty of bills to pay. One of such is the transportation to and from school. Living in the hostel enables you get to your class as early as possible.
In an instance where you have to make a 7 am class, staying in the hostel would give you easy advantage.
Moreover, the distance from the hostel to your class room is close compared to other students living outside the campus.
5. You get to know more people
School hostels have huge population. This means more people to socialize with.
Staying in the hostel provide a great avenue for you to meet a whole lot of young people like yourself from all walks of life.
You get to meet different people from different profession, with different characters. You get to learn a lot of things from what people have to say about themselves or their profession.
Socializing helps you learn plenty other positive things other than your normal classwork. Staying in the hostel gives you the chance to meet amazing people, and forge possible lifelong relationships.
We recently wrote a post on how to build healthy relationships in school and why you must. It contains all you should know about making the most of your relationship with people.
The hostel is definitely a place to socialize, because if you don’t talk to anyone, someone will talk to you.
Wrapping up
These are some of the advantages of staying in the hostel. Living in the hostel is a different experience with way more advantages than disadvantages.
Above all, its safe to stay in the hostel. Being in the hostel also help you get along with other people.
Therefore, its a place to learn and grow as much as you desire.
If you’d like to compare between staying in hostel and living off campus, check out our post living on-campus vs off-campus | all you need to know. It was written for you.
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EstherEmmanuel is a student, writer, beauty and fashion coach. She loves learning new things, sharing new ideas and listening to good music. She would love to take a trip around the world.
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