Thank you for finding that out!
I just wanna jump in and say to be very careful with the whole total vs. per bedroom thing. $599 for a 2-bed sounds like it's per person. Anything higher than that for a 2-bed sounds like it'd be total (so divide by two). I always call to be sure, though. Renting can be tricky and landlords don't always have your best interests at heart.
Word of mouth from my friend living at the village: "3 pets. not including caged or tanked animals." But if you called their office and they said 2 pets, then I'd probably trust the employee. And leases can change depending on if you were grandfathered into a more lax lease wrt pet policy.
But they are caged so I'm not expecting to have go through much fuss when counting number of pets. 
You're going to have a really hard time finding anything affordable with that many animals. I have 3 cats and a dog myself and I live a half hour away in a rent to own because that was our only option for housing. Not many people will want to live with that many pets that aren't theirs (I tried to find a roommate). Unless you want to go the home buying route, you'll probably only be able to bring 2-3 of your animals with you.I'm kinda in a tricky situation. I have 4 cats and two dogs at home and can't decide which pets to bring with me! I didn't know if my dogs would be too high maintenance my first year as they are both pretty active. I was hoping to find a place that is rather lenient about pets so my husband can bring the dogs to visit when he does
I have rented in the past during undergrad so I understand that rental agencies do not typically allow more than 3 pets. I was just contemplating which pets I should bring as I do not know how much time I will be able to dedicate to my two dogs while in school. I guess I was wondering if it was even feasible to take care of a dog properly during my first year. I also do not want to separate my dogs. My husband is more than likely going to stay in our current home, so which ever pets I cannot bring will be well taken care of by him.
So where do you recommend living?
There's plenty of people who have dogs while in vet school, myself included. It does, however, get really tough to be home more the closer to 4th year you get. I'm lucky enough to have a yard that I let my dog go burn off some energy in, but if you have 2 little hyper dogs and you plan on being active in clubs/working then it might be best for them to stay with your husband. I'm having a lot of difficulty trying to balance taking care of him and school, clubs, and work. Hopefully this helps a little more.I have rented in the past during undergrad so I understand that rental agencies do not typically allow more than 3 pets. I was just contemplating which pets I should bring as I do not know how much time I will be able to dedicate to my two dogs while in school. I guess I was wondering if it was even feasible to take care of a dog properly during my first year. I also do not want to separate my dogs. My husband is more than likely going to stay in our current home, so which ever pets I cannot bring will be well taken care of by him.
It costs like another 15k for the last year's tuition for the year in Chicago to finish the degree. Otherwise, you don't pay for the MPH unless you take summer classes.
I am not sure, though several leasing agents told me the apartments fill up quickly. Many of them are having incentives now as far as 0 down or no security deposit. It seems ideal to secure something sooner rather than later for financial reasons and also because some apartments have limited availability.
I'm not vegetarian or vegan, but we do have a vegetarian restaurant called The Red Herring I've heard is really good up near main campus. During lunch lectures there's always vegetarian offers, though not everything is vegan. I have no idea about the cafeteria because I always bring my own lunch. I will tell you it's probably cheaper to bring your own lunch than to continuously buy from the cafeteria.Any other vegetarian/vegans thinking of attending or currently attending U of I? Might seem petty but I am curious what kind of food options there are in the vetmed cafeteria or locally? Feel free to PM me
I havent gotten mine either. I'm gonna call them right meow.1. Has anyone still not received their official letters? I have not. :/
2. Is there an official Facebook group for the Class of 2019?
3. I'm looking for multiple roommates to live with at either The Village or a rental home closer to campus, if anyone else is looking and/or has living ideas, feel free to message me. I'm male (lol) and I plan on owning a dog and/or maybe a turtle.
Any other vegetarian/vegans thinking of attending or currently attending U of I? Might seem petty but I am curious what kind of food options there are in the vetmed cafeteria or locally? Feel free to PM me
It's not free but I know you can get Hill's food 50% off and I think Purina is the same amount. You have to sign up for it and it take about 2 weeks for your order to come in.Free pet food for students?
I emailed them! I just asked them to send me a PDF file of all the documents I need (as they should do, anyway, lol) and they did.
Last January 2014, I bought a refurbished summer 2013 edition Macbook Air for like $950. So if you're just looking for a simple, low-key, strictly school/internet browsing laptop, then I would highly suggest looking into refurbished Macs. A macbook pro might be better for vet school, but I got the Air last year because I travel a lot and wanted something extremely light. It's a great computer for school, but not if you're into gaming.
I've been at my place since I moved here. People usually stay unless they have problems with landlord/roommates.
A lot of people either find a job over the summer or they do an internship somewhere. If it's not in town then I think people usually sublease their apartment for the summer. I plan on working over the summer so I can continue to pay rent.
