Interestingly, in different universities have different traditions of providing accommodation to students. In some first-year students have priority in getting a separate room. Others on the contrary, a freshman had never settled in a single room. It is believed that a freshman at first supposed to live in the same room with the Canadians. Such a trend, for example, existed at the University of McMaster. In the third high schools, all students who apply for places in the hostel, have the same rights regardless of the duration of training. In other words, the principle: "who first stood up to and slippers. Many universities may offer different types of residence: regular rooms, apartments c increased comfort and townhouses. For ordinary rooms with basic facilities are included in the total cost, but in most cases it will take an additional monthly fee for telephone, cable television and the Internet. Depending on the university, as may be granted so-called meal-plan or plan of nutrition. As a rule, students living in rooms in the residence must subscribe to a plan of nutrition. In the classic terms of food found, how many times a week, eats a student, often a student can choose how many times a week to feed him. System slows down the book value of allows students per year to save considerably on food. This arrangement offers greater flexibility, and in some cases, unused credits may be restored at the end of the year.