The dorms aren't as bad as you make them out to be. The experience was great as you get to meet new people in your class. A lot of the problems that you say about the dorms are MUCH worse off campus. The dorms are truely the lesser of two evils. My only real complaint was the 1st floor had bug problems, and the internet was super slow, not to say the internet was fast off campus, but it doesn't shut off as often.

As for the cleaning guys getting $50 bucks to get back your deposit, you'll be begging for that system once you move off campus. As when you move out of solutions apartments, you'll be hoping to get most of your $1200 deposit back, let alone $1150.

Take it from a person who's experienced both.