<p>You have to find an apartment. If you want a lot of friends, let it be known you are looking to sublet someone’s slot for the summer. (But then you may lose some of them when you let it be known that you don’t intend to cover 100% of their rent and utilities or give them any security deposit.) There are more places available than there are people to take them, but not so many more that you can totally dictate terms. </p>
<p>When my son sublet his spot one summer, I think the terms were full rent, but only for the period occupied (7 weeks), not the whole summer, and my son covered all the utilities. So basically, he got half of his summer cost covered, which was fine, because that meant that he was paying less for the full year than he would have paid for three quarters in a dorm.</p>
<p>They use the dorms for other things during the summer.</p>