Nearly 450 students living in hotels as ASU dorms full 

Just curious why ASU is accepting dorm students when it doesn't have enough dorm space? Couldn't be because they are greedy.

This is no mistake. Almost 500 students?? These schools are purposely over enrolling. The same thing happened at my Univeristy back in 2007. I had a friend living in a nearby hotel the whole first semester before on campus housing became available.

I remember this happened my freshman year in 2019. ASU accepting so many students without proper housing just adds to the already insane housing crisis in the Phoenix metro area.

The private bathroom and AC is worth it's weight in gold alone!

They accepted too many students and too many of them chose to go there. They need to reevaluate their calculation for acceptance/ enrollment ratio.

i had to stay at a hotel for part of my freshmen year. while it was nicer as far as the bathroom, beds, etc, it made it harder and more inconvenient to get to classes. my hotel was “close” to campus but still far to walk. there was a bus, but the schedule was wacky for classes. it also wasn’t convenient as far as food and meal plans since my meal plans were for use at places on campus.

My school did the same exact thing, accepted way more students than they had housing for to the point where many were homeless and trying to find their own housing and room with each other…

The University I went to only gives international students a priority for housing. Why? Because of the money. They dont care if you are a freshman or from Alaska. They will completely reject and make you find your own housing. It took me one month to find an apartment and it wasn't cheap, it costs a lot for a student, and finding other responsible students to pay bills on time is also a challenge.

If you can and want a campus experience, explore going abroad. It was less than $15k (US) a year to send my son to the UK for university. Wasn’t Oxford or Cambridge, but there are plenty of good smaller schools without the prestige price tag. The EU countries also have some of the same. And housing can be inexpensive if you look hard enough. Public transit is great for getting places. My son has had a wonderful international experience, meeting friends from many countries. He doesn’t regret not going to a state university, and his US friends are a little envious.

You can't make a mistake almost 500 times...

As long as the price is the same as a dorm, a hotel is wayyyyyyy better

When I lived in a dorm room I always thought a hotel room would be an upgrade, you get a bathroom to yourself for one thing

To avoid this, join the early start program at ASU. There's still a possibility that you might not get your assigned dorm right away, but if you want to live in the dorms I suggest doing that.

When i went to school in NC back in 2014, our apartment complex was not ready. I lived in a hotel for over 1 year. The good thing is we got weekly stippens for 150 bucks, and every 3 months got 500 bucks.

This is a serious issue with colleges. They accepted more students than they can handle. I went to a college in NJ where this happened. It's nothing new with colleges. They are seriously mismanaged.

Why are they accepting more students than they can house? Unfair to students

Given their reputation as a top party school, makes sense why there isn’t enough space

This actually happened to me back in my freshman year of college a few years back and I gotta be honest, I actually really liked it lol. They eventually moved me to the dorm but the hotel room was so much larger and more comfortable than the dorm, and I was in Tooker which is considered one of the nicest dorms lol

This seems like a room upgrade at no charge. Maybe they have to walk a bit more though? This is an unacceptable situation though. The amount of ASU ads I get is unbelievable and they can't even keep up...

IF THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS CONTACT THE COLLEGE THEY CAN REQUEST SHUTTLE BUSES OR VANS FOR THE STUDENTS TO GET TO THE CAMPUS FROM THE HOTELS. ALSO WITH THE CAMPUS MEAL PLANS THEY CAN ASK THE COLLEGE TO SWAP OUT HALF THEIR PLAN AND IN EXCHANGE GIVE THEM EITHER GIFT CARDS OR FOOD VOUCHERS FOR THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE COLLEGE WILL DO THIS.

How would they let this happen? It just shows greed, and poor management, stop accepting students if you don't have the space. I'd be bouncing off the walls if I paid room and board to find out I'm not actually not gonna have the convenience of being so close to my campus but in a hotel.

I would love that. Preferably without a roommate.

I opted out on going to a college in person because I dislike the minimal space, Sharing showers amongst many, and what I heard it’s not ideal. If I had an option for hotel space , that might have interested me some years ago 😂

ASU need to expand their campuses IN THE WEST SIDE OF PHOENIX!!! I’m a senior rn in high school and one of the few officer for the city ground, I can tell you that we Goodyear, verrado, and some of buckeye have enough areas for massive college area, and its mostly near the Far East and close west from the I 10. Come on education directors and OCS directors we have space!!!

Put them in mirebella kick out the grannies

Not a housing shortage, it’s a funding shortage. The federal government spends less and less on education, including public university dollars. So, increasingly universities must increase enrollment to make up for the shortfall. I don’t know much about forecasting budgets but my guess is these schools aren’t able to predict what funding they’ll receive with enough notice to build additional dormitories. Still, not a good way to operate a university. Also, tell your politicians to support education funding!

When that 4 year out of state tuition kicks in, The dorm situation is going to be the least of their worries.

I stayed one night in my dorm and was like, this isn't for me.

i was a freshman during covid so campus was basically empty that year, but this year compared to 2021, i have noticed that campus is just packed. there are people absolutely everywhere, and you can tell that this is the year everybody really is either coming back to campus or coming to campus for the first time. we are seriously overpopulated. the tempe campus alone has over 55,000 students, with 75,000 in person students total and over 130,000 enrolled in either in person or fully online degrees. asu not being able to house freshman when they come to campus is a huge issue, especially when our enrollment numbers are so high as it is. i get they send out so many acceptances to meet an enrollment quota, but they need to understand that it is really possible to exceed expectations, and accidentally take more students than you can handle. more and more students are choosing our programs because of our top business school, incredible research programs and opportunities, we are highly ranked in sustainability and #1 in innovation. asu is really making a name for themselves as a tier 1 research institution. phoenix offers great opportunities for those students as well, with the mayo clinic opening in scottsdale, as well as banner health, who hire college students as medical scribes all the time. we have a good tech industry who offer great internships, as well as we have a ton of sports (NHL, NBA, NFL, WNBA, MLB) and many opportunities for sports journalism and other sports related professions. asu isn't just the "shitty state school" anymore, and they need to realize that because accepting so many students is going to end up doing more harm than good if they keep having housing issues like they have over the last few years. as a student here, and as a tour guide, there is a lot more to be said than just the housing problem. this needs to be addressed and fixed before it gets worse. you might say this is overdramatic, but all problems like this start small and blow out of control.

beats living in your car at UCSB

88% acceptance rate???? practically a giant community college

Pretty sure hotels are a little bigger than dorms

Why is ASU accepting that much

Shouldn't they also get house cleaning as they are paying for a hotel room?

Lol it’s growing like crazy because ASU has become a party school

This happened to TSU in Houston, over 2,000 students had to be put into extra college apartments when they were supposed to be in dorms

Housing is expensive and living in a hotel room is the way to go! 😍😍❤️

Trust me, that hotel room is 10 times nicer than any dorm on campus. No reason to complain.

Actually living in hotel is way better than living in cracky ASU dorm. You get your own bed and your room got cleaned often.

those tuitions are just too juicy to turn away. Clearly this university cares more about the money than their students.

My college also overbooked students so they turned all the double rooms into triples....that was an experience. Wish we had had the chance to live in a hotel instead!

I bet that RU-vid guy who films pickup chick videos has something to do with ASU’s popularity.

Living in a hotel is probably better than dorm rooms.

That hotel is nicer than what your dorm would be.

Every university does this. Hundreds of students drop by month 2 so they always overbook.

Building more dorms is not the answer. ASU needs to lower the acceptance rate.

This is ridiculous why put 1st year students in a hotel when there isn’t dorms available this is ridiculous for them I honestly think Arizona state can do a little bit better on the admissions part

As a senior in asu who has seen both the 2019 and 2022 dorm shortage, if you’re a freshman and seeing this, I recommend looking around at nearby apartments, while you don’t get the dorm life, usually the overall price is more worth than dorm+meal plan, when I did the math back in sophomore year it was about equal in pricing for a one bed one bath + groceries as it was with a dorm+meal plan. As well as being much more comfortable.

Suffolk did this back in the day in Boston. Don’t know if they still do

I wished my college offered hotel housing. Housing is a big problem over here in ca as well. The neighborhood near my college is so expensive where apartments go for $3000+/month for a single bedroom. Literally hundreds of students here got waitlisted for on campus housing and they told us only weeks before school starts that we should look for off campus places. Luckily I searched for off campus housing when it was a little cheaper early in the summer. My school also said that housing for 2nd years was guaranteed when we were first years and suddenly on their website said they were not offering that anymore. And for off campus apartments its incredibly hard to find a guarantor that makes enough so that your security deposit isn't 2 months worth of rent which many college students can not afford.

Okay but a hotel, with a pool and free breakfast every day???? As well as access to a gym??? Sounds better than a dorm room where you have to share showers with everyone in the dorm on the same floor.

Glad I'm an online student

This can’t be legal. Almost 500 students? Come on

Universities need to get rid of all the people who are going there to party instead of getting an education. Those people should also be excluded from any student loan forgiveness.

a hotel room does not cost as much as a dorm room. they should find their own hotel room or find a room to rent.

they're being charged the same as a dorm?

Hotel probably way better than any of the dorms

The hotels are so nice compared to dorms. What’s the problem here? Is the commute to campus far?

As a current college freshman, living in a hotel doesn’t sound so bad to me tbh, as long as I have my own bed.

Hated dorm life. I'd rather be in a hotel--even with a roommate.

*maybe increase the enrollment standards? and not just accept anyone who knows how to write their name as a standard of enrollment.*

These students are too calm,,,, I would be fuming and yelling at the camera

I understand the frustration and disappointment of paying for your education and expecting a dorm room, but i wouldn’t mind living in a hotel for the meantime 😌

A hotel is way nicer than a dorm!

Yearly. This happens yearly.

I think it’s cause Kyle

Hope all of you are ready to get hustled for that piece of paper. Once the economic slow down happens, there will be too much competition

Lmao “moving into dorms and wanting to meet new ppl.” You’d be surprised how much degeneracy live in those dorms. Trust me. I’d take the hotel with my own bathroom, one roommate, and laundry that’s only a few steps away any time over a shitty dorm building

Thats awesome as heck, who wud complain! As long as its not far as heck away from the school, id trade my door room for that luxury all day

The way they confidently said “still the same price as living on campus” I hope the money the people in charge made was worth the anger these kids are gonna give them one day

Unique experience? Schools partnering with hotels has been happening for years. It was the same at my school in the early 2000s. It’s a complete money grab

man that really sucks. they shouldn't make them pay for a hotel room, especially considering a lot of asu students are out of state students and the cost is more expensive.

ASU is a despicable school

pretty sure they charge more for student housing when you to a college vs renting an apartment. sounds like a scam

really need to lower acceptance rate.

Hotels sound nice. At ucsc we get parking lots to live in, since there’s no hotels anywhere near campus.

woooooo, but get ready for those student loans when you have to pay them back. Just advice not trying to troll. Being in debt for student loans that sometimes take years to payback sucks hardcore.

It's because theyve quickly increased class sizes but not hired enough teachers and dorm building because the first requires paying teachers and second requires a few months of construction of wait more costs for universities

That’s the whole point of college is to live in the dorms to meet new people and potentially meeting your future wife I would have been piss and ask for a damn refund

As far as dorms are concerned, a hotel is better. I understand its not the freshman experience many kids dream of, but it's not the end of the world. I started school during covid and it was weird but it was what it was and we all moved on.

It should be illegal to require freshman to live on campus, this is just one example why. My friend was required to when her parents lived walking distance away from campus. It's extortionary. I literally waited to go to asu until I was "too old for dorms" - what they literally told me. I was 19 at the time and just got an apartment with people on an on campus roommate finding board.

Rather live in hotel than dorms! Dorms are like Covid

no student or child should have to live in a hotel. so sad.

2 new dorms not enough. Build like 6-8 new ones. 15 stories tall each

Aren’t hotels like mad expensive tho? $100 a night is like $3000 a month

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS… College kids HAVE to live in hotels with all the creature comforts available to men, cause on-campus housing is full-BOO-HOOO! 🤦🏻‍♂️

This happened at UC Merced last year as well👎🏽

All the money they take from students every year, and they don't have money to make more housing? Smells like greed

Why go out of state and deal with this mess? You are all adults now figure it out.

Most students get into several schools, so it's a guessing game how many to accept so that semester isn't half empty.

they caught me looking gross on my way home to do laundry 😔

But at least they're first in innovation 😆

This happened last year too. I had a whole two-person dorm and bathroom to myself while people were living in hotels hahaha

That’s nice. UCSC accepts more students than it can take and instead of hotels about 7,000 students are homeless.

Some factors: 1. School wants fund 2. Graduation rate is low

You are ignoring all the good sides about not living in the dorm.

I love how the news anchors can barely contain their laughter as they report on the collapse of their country.

same thing is happening at Colorado State University

Same thing happened to UCSB

They basically need a student to drop out to get into a dorm.