RadioactiveDino, hi and thanks! I'll have to start my hunt as well.. it's hard because I currently live far away and do not have time to take tours. I would def appreciate it if you kept me updated! I do want to live very close to the pharm. buildings on campus though, so it's not a far driving in the morning. Keep me posted!
I'm open to other ideas from anyone else as well! 🙂
Hi Skean, I've been looking into the housing situation in Big Rapids a lot lately, and am planning to tour a few of the apartment complexes soon. I've seen quite a few mixed reviews on this site:
http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/MI-Big-Rapids.html
I used it as a starting point to narrow down my choices. Part of the problem I am seeing is that a large portion of the town is undergrad students, and there is a lot of noise/partying. Many of the complexes are rented by the room with a shared living area. Hopefully I'll be able to provide some better information after I visit Big Rapids again.
good idea with the map!
I heard about the townhouses from a coworker who works at the pharmacy where I do and currently goes to Ferris for pharmacy school. We are planning on living together, hopefully. Which will be nice since she will be a P2 and I know she is serious about school and will know what it's like to need to study. She said that the the townhouses are approximately a 7 min walk from the pharmacy building. I was worried about noise too with it being a place where people can live with families and children--but she told me it's extremely quiet and i don't have to worry about it being loud. It's 514 per person per month which I think is fairly cheap after living in East Lansing where apartments can be 100-200 more than that per month and really far from campus.
I am not sure how to put it on that map but the address for the townhouses are on Finch Ct, Big Rapids MI....you can see how close they are!
hm, 514 per person in a single room or sharing the room? is it a 2 bedroom apartment?
in a single room.
ferris only allows roommates of the same sex to room together in an apartment, and even then their policy is one person per bedroom.
if you do a 2 bedroom townhouse, each person gets their own bedroom which are upstairs, have to share the bathroom, living room area (on the first floor with the kitchen) and the laundry area (in the basement). so you share all the living space with one another just get your own bedroom.
i believe for the 3 bedroom townhouses they may be a little cheaper. not quite sure.
also like i said earlier, for both 2 and 3 bedroom townhouses cable, internet, heat, water, has dishwasher, of course a fridge (microwave is not included), pretty much everything is included at the 514 rate....except there is no air conditioning-which was no big deal for me since i'm not living there over the summers.
How cheap are the apartment? Also, is dorm a better choice since you dont even have to drive?
o lol. didnt know ferris Univ has this same sex roommate policy. so the apartments are owned by ferris? 😳 or are you talking about dorms? cuz i like dorms.
I'm thinking about touring Venlo/Tioga, and Hillcrest when I visit campus, as well as some houses. The P4's I talked to during my interview recommended Venlo, and discouraged UPS. The UPS website makes them look rather nice, but I'm really not interested in renting a single room split with four others. This is the map I've plotted so far in my apartment hunt (below). I need to be moved in prior to Summer semester, so I'm really feeling the crunch.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=....492344&spn=0.10039,0.154324&t=h&z=13&vpsrc=6
The P4's I talked with had mostly complained about noise levels. From what I have been reading that seems to be the biggest issue all around town. That they are a lot of undergrads who spend their time partying/drinking. I'm sure it varies from year to year, and depending on what building you are in, and your direct neighbors. I think that is part of why I'm now learning towards renting a house with some friends. I wish I knew some people who lived up there who could give me reliable information on where to(not to) live.
The P4's I talked with had mostly complained about noise levels. From what I have been reading that seems to be the biggest issue all around town. That they are a lot of undergrads who spend their time partying/drinking. I'm sure it varies from year to year, and depending on what building you are in, and your direct neighbors. I think that is part of why I'm now learning towards renting a house with some friends. I wish I knew some people who lived up there who could give me reliable information on where to(not to) live.
For those keeping track and still on the hunt, you can eliminate Village Green Apt and Country Place Apt as both are low income housing for non-students.
I don't have any information about the dorms or university townhouses, though I did read somewhere that there is one designated as quiet.
It is 3/24. I applied like 6 months ago. I haven't heard anything from them yet. No interview request, but also no denial or anything. Anyone in the same boat?
I lived in North Bond Hall this year. It is not exclusively a pharmacy dorm, but it is for students twenty and up. They are single rooms which is really nice, you share the bathroom with your suitemate. I thought that it was pretty quiet, and it is literally right across the street from the College of Pharmacy! Ask Housing about the junior/senior incentive, they take off about $1,000 a semester to make it the same price as a regular dorm (having a roommate). Hope this helps!
Has anyone else received their Ferris Pharmacy packet yet? Mine came in the mail today. 🙂 It has information on all the things we need to complete before the start of the program.
Did you guys have really high G.P.A's? Will a 3.0 gpa in undergrad suffice? What is needed to have a good chance to be accepted to FSU pharmacy school? What do they look for in an interview?
lol don't expect to hear anything till January because that is when their interview process begins
