Edited sentence: A larger proportion of students live in surrounding suburbs, and private city centre apartment complexes.As a result of this a large part of the students who live on campus at Melbourne University come from areas outside Melbourne particularly rural regions, interstate and overseas.As well as accommodation, the colleges provide tutorials for their students (although unlike the Oxbridge colleges, the tutorials are purely extra assistance and do not form a fundamental part of any university course).During this time they are often occupied by conference, sporting and retreat groups.Many  unscrupulous business ventures involve starting many large apartments which are aimed at International students who are desperate to find scarce accommodation and have to sign contracts that make it near impossible to move out as is the case in many urban campuses.Many International students were staying in an affiliated housing area,College Square (Melbourne),run by the YMCA.Melbourne university has also been criticized for segregation in accommodation facilities with the bulk of Australian students living in suburbs or in residential colleges, whereas international students tend to be scattered in various apartments near the university, possibly reducing interaction.Most of the colleges only provide residence for students within the academic semester and encourage their students to find alternatives or return home during the summer and winter vacation periods.Much like students of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Victoria University, both located near the centre of Melbourne, most students catch public transport, as parking is expensive and scarce.The college community is viewed by many students as a helpful stepping stone to living independently particularly by those who have never lived in a big city before or who lack support networks within Melbourne due to the distance from their home town.The colleges also accommodate a large number of students from inner-city private schools.The colleges provide accommodation to about 2000 students , which is a small fraction of the university's total student population.These facilities have been criticized for not providing satisfactory internet connections and treatment towards foreign students.These students despite having families who live within a commutable distance of the University of Melbourne will choose to attend college as  a means of expanding their social circle within the occasionally daunting university, to access the additional academic assistance offered by the colleges, as well as the standard stepping stone to independence