Living on campus

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Ok, so i am transffering to a state college in new york. Do people with aspergers in general have trouble living on campus?

I don't know about in general, but I can tell you about myself.

I live on campus at university (in the UK). There are quite a few different possible living states. I understand many US universities have dorms... I have no experience of this. What I do have experience of is living in flats. Once I lived alone for most of the year, another time I lived with 10 other guys (somewhat hellish) , and now live with an undetermined number of people. I've been there three months now and met one person, but I am sure there are at least 3 others.

There is some anxiety caused by living with other people, but if you're with the right people, then that anxiety is minimised.

Same as MisterSpock, I don't know about in general, but I can talk about my experience.

I currently live on campus in a dormitory, and I have two roommates. My roommates do know that I have Aspergers, and a little of what it means for me and how it effects me, but it would be up to you whether you tell your roommates or not. They are respectful girls, and we get along well, so it is not a big problem for us, but your situation might be different. Each college dormitory is different. Ours is not too bad, but can get loud at times.

Our campus is in the middle of a city, so it can be busy outside. There is always something going on if you want something to do, but it is also really easy to find a quiet spot to read, destress, or just be alone.

The hardest part about starting college for me was figuring it all out. There are many more people than at my high school, you have to go outside more, classes are run differently, and there is much less structure, which was difficult for me to adjust to. After adjust, college can be really fun and great, and will be good!

Good luck transferring to your new school!

I'll provide my own personal opinion. Living in dorms, for me, was an absolute nightmare. The worst part for me is that you basically share a 20x20 box with a roommate, and have absolutely no privacy whatsoever. Plus, two of my three roommates were really crazy...and in the dorms you are around them almost constantly so if you don't like each other it isn't enjoyable in the least. One of them actually used to sleep till 3pm every day then stay up until 7am playing video games lol, it made it really hard to sleep.

Living on-campus in an apartment though, where you get your own room, is really nice. I never had a problem with that and actually really enjoyed it, since you are already really close to classes and such.

Living in a dorm costs twice as much as a studio apartment, whether you're by yourself or with a roomate. Don't like on campus unless you absolutely want or have to.

I used to live on campus but I transferred to a college near my home so now I commute everyday. Living in the dorms was hard for me because i was not as social as everyone else. I got really good grades and they would reward us for these things in the dorms and everyone would think that if you got good grades and didn't talk to anyone that you were stuck up. So people treated me like s**t cause I rarely left my dorm. Little did they know I was terrified to talk to them. All my friends were girls, typical, and I was socially isolated. Even at my new school I barely have any friends except for the one that I was friends with in high school that still like to talk to me. I have like 2 friends in college and I'm trying, but struggling to make more. People still think I'm stuck up cause I get really good grades and rarely talk to them. Once again, I'm just afraid to talk to people. Honestly it f*****g sucks. I can speak with people on a professional basis, in what I call formula speech but when people start getting close I get uncomfortable. Maybe being a physician isn't the best idea? lol I might just end up doing radiology instead so I don't have to interact with people...and plus they make $400,000 a year...unfortunately I might not have a wife to share that with unless she's a gold-digger lol