<p>Can anyone tell me about their experience living at 92Y Residence in New York City?</p>
<p>Chedva,</p>
<p>This is the Skype generation. She can see the roommate (and the space!) before she travels there. Craigslist and college classifieds might be great resources with this added technology. I think the legitimacy of ads can be nailed down with some good questions and inquiries (even references). Facebook pages can also be a part of the discovery process.</p>
<p>Forgot to add…With Google Earth, DD can also check out the neighborhood, and even “drive” down the street!</p>
<p>Ok cc parents…so we’ve got some of the housing options down;</p>
<p>any of your lovely rising senior daughters looking for a roomie? </p>
<p>My daughter is choosing between two paid internships and NOT ONE of her friends can afford to live in the city; she would live home and commute (and will if she can’t find anyone to live with), but is concerned about exhaustion/extra hours/ etc…</p>
<p>PM me if any takers…we do not want her living alone…and neither does she!!!</p>
<p>my child is looking for housing for the summer and these posts are good but seem old. Any new posts in regard to housing options- NYU, Columbia, New School, or EHS? Thanks</p>
<p>there was a similar thread last spring and the student ended up at the 92nd Str Y and the mother posted it was perfect.</p>
<p>We are waiting to see if our D gets an internship in Manhattan which she is interviewing for the first week of April but we thought internships were without pay. If there is some remuneration involved, the cost of the room will not be quite so hard to swallow. It would be nice to find something for under $1000 a month if there is no income. Three months adds up fast with expenses. I checked most places and they are at minimum $1250 per month and go up from there.</p>
<p>The 92nd Street YMHA is a great choice…but you probably need to contact them really soon for this summer!</p>
<p>Sometimes you can find people attempting to sublet on airbnb although they really shouldn’t use the site that way. It’s meant for overnights. If she checks off “shared room” or “private room” she’ll dial up affordable situations and can preview pictures. Check the calendar function to see if they have availability.</p>
<p>It’s a community with feedback, #‘s of uses, and other peoples’ reviews. She can read a person’s autobiographic profile and get a sense if she’d like to work with them on the sublet.</p>
<p>It’s time-consuming to find a sublet, but at least it’s transparent. The site skims a fee.</p>
<p>For anyone reading this message, I would not recommend NYU housing because they do not respect residents’ privacy. I have lived in Gramercy Green during the summer of 2013 for my internship. The issue with NYU housing rules is that RAs are allowed to enter the students’ suites or rooms for “maintenance” without letting the resident know in the first place. They can post a sign on the front door but is not required. I called the Office of Housing to make sure, and they confirmed it. This made me very uncomfortable as I sometimes have personal things lying in my suite that I don’t wish the RA that I’ve never met to see. Why? Because I don’t expect anyone to be coming into my suite without letting me know, that is all.</p>
<p>dryerase, assuming you signed an agreement when you moved in, was there anything about RA’s (or anyone) having access to the room? I believe this is pretty standard in college-owned housing.</p>