Directions: In this question, you will be asked to give your opinion about a
familiar topic. After you hear the question, you will have 15 seconds to
prepare your response and 45 seconds to speak.
Some universities have a strict policy that freshman must live on campus in
dorms for their first year. Other universities have no policy like this and
allow students to decide where they would like live. Which policy do you
think is better for the first-year students and why? Use details and
examples in your response.
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At my college, it was a requirement that students live on
campus for their first year. As a freshman, I thought this
policy was horrible, as did lots and lots of my classmates.
It is the American way to be able to pick and choose as much
of your own life as you can, and I felt extremely limited by
this school policy. But now that I have lived on campus, I
think this is a great policy. I think the policy originally
has to do with making sure the dorms are filled up for
monetary reasons, but the fact is that it is really a great
experience for students who have never been to college
before. I got to meet so many of my classmates just by
living on campus. If I had lived in an apartment off campus,
I don’t think I would have enjoyed the rest of my college
years so much.