thanks for the information. were the small bedrooms big enough for a double bed, desk, book case, dresser?
Hey, sorry I won't be able to give a big detailed response today, but just to follow up on the housing stuff and give an example of me and my roommates, the bedrooms are definitely big enough for those things, and they're by far the biggest of the NYC medical school apartments. I live in one of the two bedroom (really 3 bedroom) apartments and have the normal sized room (not the big converted room). I have a full sized bed, a TV stand, dresser, bookcase, desk, a small corner section of a sofa, and a floor rug, plus the built in closet. It doesn't feel cluttered at all and there's plenty of wall space to hang stuff too. My roommate with the other normal size room has a full bed, a desk, bookcase, minifridge, and then he saved the longest wall to line with low two tier shelves. Our kitchen comfortably fits a 4 person round table with chairs. Some of the people with the pushed out kitchen put in a love seat/small sofa, but I'm still not sure how comfortable that is.
And Powerincarnate, you're definitely not going to have the same amount of room as a one bedroom since you may or may not have the living room space and sharing the common areas with two other people. If you are looking fro storage, there's tons of good places in the Bronx (it's like the hub of self storage for Manhattan haha). I personally used StorageDeluxe which was really clean and temperature controlled, but seriously there are tons here that have various low rates with a free month or two. Definitely shop around if you have the time/option. And there are people who move out, but like you said, they usually wait until after first year to get to know people and the area, and you don't even need to go that far. Most of the students who move go to the city. like the upper west side, and some go to Co-op city which you can get really nice places for pretty cheap, and there are occasionally advertisements for open apartments in the lobbies here.
Congrats to everyone who's in and good luck to everyone still holding on. Hope to see you guys next year!