Students must move after Freshman year?

takeitallin
Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:37:14 +0000

Our daughter transferred to an OOS (opposite coast) as a sophomore, and by the time she made her decision, on-campus housing was gone. She got on the college website, which had link for off-campus housing thru which she could look for roommates. She ended up with 3 other girls in an apartment one block off campus- never physically looked at the apartment (or the roommates for that matter) before she arrived for classes. She did take a virtual tour of the apt., and talked to all of the girls prior to signing the lease. Couldn’t have turned out much better than it did- she is rooming again next year with one of the same girls in the same building but a different apt. Even though off-campus apts. require year-round leases, it is still cheaper than the dorms, and saves her having to store her stuff or bring it home. Most campuses have similar posting sites- you just have to be a little adventurous. After that 1st year, students typically find places to live for the up-coming year while they are at school, so there is no guess-work.