I am a landlord and many applicants have a similar story. They are still taking classes they neither want nor need so that they can further delay the date when they need to start paying.
One was applying to rent a 3 bedroom house for herself as a single individual knowing that I do not allow roommates or any subletting.
Why hunker down and rent a bedroom in a house and cook your own meals or eat from the dollar menu when you can have a really cushy college life on borrowed money.
America has lost the concept of starving student.