<p>Hi,
My daughter is a freshman in Tisch and she attends the Strasberg Studio, which is also in the Union Square/East Village location. She lives in the Third Avenue North dorm and it is just a couple block walk to her studio. It has been most convenient, and in my opinion part of the reason her grades were so good her first semester at Tisch. She is beginning to look for an off campus apartment for next year, as many of the sophomores end up in dorms far from Union Square and she wants to stay in that neighborhood or the East Village. The lottery system is not always favorable for the sophomores. Also, for what we have paid for her Third Avenue North apartment, she can get into a nice apartment with a roommate and have much more room. I couldn’t believe how small their apartment is; she has been lucky to have good roomates this year. It depends on the lottery system. She has decided to spend the summer in NYC and has a close friend who also is in Strasberg that will be sharing an apartment with her. </p>
<p>It is a little nervewracking trying to rent an apartment halfway across the country, but she does not want to be stuck down in the financial district or Chinatown and having to commute so far to her studio. Luckily both our daughter and her roommate-to-be have fathers who are attorneys and can check out the leases and make sure they work with reputable real estate brokers.</p>
<p>I’ll let you know how it goes.</p>
<p>Theatredivasmom</p>