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There's 3 major housing areas near BUSM directly which are better and more convenient then living on the main campus. The main campus is a 20 minute shuttle ride away. Not worth it to live out that far.
So the 3 main places at current are
1. harrison court. Directly across the street from campus on harrison avenue.
2. James court. Next door to Harrison court
3. 601 or 610 albany. Forget which order the numbers are. but its called one of those 2 names.
The 3rd one is the newest of these and where a lot of people I know live including one of my good friends in the class of 2014.
Harrison court is a mix of advanced standing and 4 year DMD students, med students, dental residents, SPH students, GMS students, and once in a while a medical resident. But this is kinda like a dorm yet more like an apartment. The hallways look like dorms and keys are like dorm keys but its essentially 1-3 bedroom apartments. I split a 1 bedroom apartment with a dental resident when i was there. I lived in the living room and her in the bedroom but the way it was set up it was easy to do as long as person in living room puts up a curtain blocking it off from dining and kitchen area.
That reduced cost a ton.
James court is more expensive but nicer and newer. It looks like a luxury hotel in there and has a parking garage that those who have cars can use. The albany apartments are the same way.
These are all pretty expensive but if you split with people in a decent way you could make it more affordable. however a 1 bedroom at James court was 1850 last year and a one bedroom at harrison was 1840. I'd rather take the James court one in that situation if I was living alone for the fact that it also comes with a gym on site and some other facilities that harrison doesn't have.
I wouldn't live near main campus if you can help it. Its just inconvenient in my opinion. I do know a GMS kid though who will be attending BU who lived on main campus and was ok with it. But i believe he is moving closer to campus next year as well.
The only downside is that living by campus you are a bit aways from where there's more to do compared to living in a place like near copley square. But most places are easily accessible in the city.
With most places in boston we found that most students split 1 bedroom apartments 2 ways or 2 bedroom apartments 3 ways or whatever to make for cheaper cost. Like another person I knew who lived at Harrison court lived with 2 med students and she was in a living room that was enclosed enough to be separate from main living room. So it was like having 3 rooms. She reduced it to 789 per month because of it. So you just gotta look for roommates willing to split an apartment this way if you want to reduce it to 3 digit figures. Good luck.
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