Mother's concerns about Cal

alongcamepeter
Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:34:01 +0000

it’s time for someone to defend apartment living!

I just found signed an application for an apt for 2 bedroom 1 bathroom for $1300 on grant and dwight. it’s pretty close!

it averages out to $750 per room. that leaves $550 per month for other expenses to match dorm cost.

with a little accounting creativity, along with converting the living room into a private room, it brings down the price to about $425 a person!

now now, “having someone live in the living room is just inconvenient.” Would it be more convenient than sharing a room with 1 or 2 other people? a restroom with the entire hall? no kitchen?

What about the social life? There’s plenty of ways to make friends at a UC Campus! Join student organizations! Talk to people in your class! If you need to sleep with someone to make friends with them, we’ve got a problem.

Dorm life? Make some friends who live in dorms, crash there a couple nights throughout the year, hang out with them during the day in their dorms, i’m sure he’ll get the jist of dorm life. Sure its not the same, but if he decides in his second year he wants to try it, he can.