The services that dorms and dining halls provide are not luxuries yet, they are what the student has taken for granted throughout childhood. Freshmen entering c

The services that dorms and dining halls provide are not luxuries yet, they are what the student has taken for granted throughout childhood. Freshmen entering challenging academic programs have a lot of learning and adapting to do; they do not need to be thrown into the deep end on all fronts at the same time. Moving out in year 2 or 3 after getting used to the general framework and finding some allies is a reasonable system. Maybe students should learn to live independently before starting full time academic programs, but there is also an opportunity cost to delaying entry to their professional fields.