<p>I’m with CollinsFactor on this one. My husband and I looked at several of the apartment complexes that rent to students (Garnet River Walk, Aspyre, etc…). And let me state up front that this was for my third child (a boy) so we weren’t even being super picky - we’ve been through this at other schools with our other kids. Just tons of horror stories, though, at many of these “student apartment complexes.” Complex swimming pools that were shut down and green for weeks at a time during the summer months, puke in the common hallways, shuttles so unreliable that you couldn’t count on them to get you to class, utility bills out the roof because of thin walls and no insulation, deposits not returned for minor issues, maintenace requests like non-working stoves that take weeks to repair, parking garages with no empty spots so you end up parking on the street anyway, etc… My son ended up renting a small, cute brick house with hardwood floors, two bedrooms, and a nice kitchen and den in the Rosewood area (three miles from campus) with one of his buddies. It is clean, they have a grill in the backyard, and they are surrounded by other students. Yes, he has to drive to class (and the parking garage closest to the Engineering building is not cheap), but he couldn’t have counted on those shuttles from the apartment complexes anyway. He is comfortable and happy and staying put for next year. YMMV.</p>