Hey everyone! As match day for medical school is right around the corner, I just wanted to bring to your attention a potential housing opportunity offered through Phi Chi at UTMB. We are a co-ed fraternity with 30+ medical students ranging from first years to fourth years. A huge benefit to living at Phi Chi is the fellowship and community you will develop with everyone here. The upperclassmen offer personal, valuable advice and you have that support system with you all throughout medical school, so you never feel alone or out of place. If there is ever a question you might have, for example, on how you should study for the new board exams, you will have people here guiding you every step of the way so you do not feel like you are in the dark. We consider each other family and are there for each other through the rigors of medical school. Along with this, you develop your group of friends who you can sit with in class, hang out with outside of class, and most importantly connect with. We all care for each other at Phi Chi and want to continue that community atmosphere for years to come. You will not regret becoming a Phi Chi.
There are a ton of additional benefits as well.
· You get your own room
private room with your own
private bathroom.
· We offer
10 fresh and healthy meals a week included with your rent which are prepared daily by our in house chef (lunch and dinner M-F). There is a weekly menu sent out with everything that will be cooked that week so you have an idea on what you can expect. If you have special dietary restrictions (going on a paleo diet), or just do not like something in particular (I hate cilantro), you can let our chef know and he will make special accommodations for you. And if you are at clinic or if you can’t make it that day for lunch or dinner, you can let someone at the house know and a Tupperware will be packed up for you so you can eat whenever you get back.
·
All bills paid (water, electricity, washer/dryer, internet, cable, trash, you name it) are included in your rent.
· All of the amenities such as our
pool, hot tub, theater room, and house library are included as well.
· Riding a bike can get you to
campus in around 5 minutes. The local bank, grocery store, and Whataburger are all
1-2 minute walking distance from Phi Chi and the field house is about
3-4 minutes if you walk. For most of your transportation needs, a bike and a lock will do, which we can keep locked up inside the main house.
· We are
pet friendly.
Rooms at Phi Chi start at $420 a month and different room options are available such as double rooms for more space or rooms with a full kitchen. We always have more applications than spots available so make sure you apply early. I cannot think of a better deal in Galveston compared to this. There is an interview process as well. If you are already pre-matched to UTMB and know for sure that this is where you want to attend medical school, I recommend putting in an application if Phi Chi sounds like the place for you. Come match day and you know you want to attend medical school at UTMB, you are welcome to do the same. Even if you are not sure where you might want to live here in Galveston, I still recommend putting in an application if you are at least considering Phi Chi. Good luck to all future first years. I wish you all luck on match day and hope to see you at UTMB. For more information with housing at Phi Chi, please visit our website at
http://www.phichizeta.com/housing
To ask about the application process, please email us at
[email protected]
