Arrive before orientation--Where to live?

ConnieKang
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:25:06 +0000

My friend and I will arrive in NYC on Aug.24, the day before pre-orientation (COOP), but we don’t yet know where to spend the night. I checked some budget hotels on the Upper West, but $120 for just one night seemed too much for me. Hostels wouldn’t be too good a choice either, since we carry a lot of baggages and quite a bit of cash.
(I’m a girl and my friend is a guy, and we need separate rooms…)

I wonder if anyone can recommend a cheap, clean and safe hotel, if that’s the only way. Or are there be frat houses that open before school starts and would spare us two extra beds?
Thanks!