On transportation, housing and work

Sulaymanshah
Sat, 12 May 2007 03:18:59 +0000

Are there dorms at Madison at which I could stay year round? Perhaps the private dorms? How much more does the average private dorm cost than a Residential Hall dorm? Let’s compare rates for singe-person rooms.

I currently work at a Best Buy near my home in Minnesota. When I start college in the fall, however, I would like to transfer to one of the Best Buys in Madison and work there full time during college, since I would be receiving tuition reimbursement. Anyway, I know that the closest Best Buy to the Madison campus is about 8-9 miles away. Well, would it be possible for me to use public transportation to get there and back nearly every day? How much would it cost me?

I would really like to keep my job at Best Buy, since I could be receiving tuition reimbursement for up to 15K a year. However, would you recommend that I switch to a job on campus? Full time pay at BBY would be about $10.50 an hour…I’m assuming the pay for the average on-campus job is about the same? Tuition reimbursement would be great, but including transportation costs…I’m just not sure. I would easily switch to a campus job if could supervise a computer lab or something.

Thanks.