Stuck Here

Piedmont College has many regulations regarding student housing on campus. These rules bind and hinder students in many of the decisions that should be made by the student. Students that receive any form of scholarship money from the school are required to live on campus and participate in a meal plan. Because of this many students are forced to live on campus because of not being able to pay the rising tuition costs.
Athletes and people who are under the age of 21 are also required to live on campus. This rule is robbing students of an option to get life experience by living on their own. The meal plan is also mandatory and the only option for students to eat on campus. This rule is taking options as well because if a student wants to eat they have one option on campus. Another policy of Piedmont College is dorm room visitation. At Piedmont, all opposite gender guests are to visit between 12 pm and 12 am. While some students find this outrageous and strict, I must remind them of two of the surrounding college’s visitation policies. At North Georgia Tech, ALL visitors must be out by 10 pm and at Taccoa Fall College no person of the opposite sex is allowed in the dorms. So in comparison to surrounding schools Piedmont is almost lenient. In conclusion, while the scholarship students are stuck at Piedmont College, they should take advantage of what visitation rights they have.