Partly because dorms will kick you out over longer breaks (winter and summer) and will expect you to leave for shorter breaks (thanksgiving, if you’re somewhere

Partly because dorms will kick you out over longer breaks (winter and summer) and will expect you to leave for shorter breaks (thanksgiving, if you’re somewhere with a weeklong break and spring break). Over winter break I had to turn in my room key to the desk and my access card was deactivated. Those who paid to stay thru winter had to move to a specified dorm. So yeah, you still have to depend on someone else for housing while in the dorms, at least how I experienced it.