Housing options

[HeronsBeak]

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This thread is probably a little optimistic, but I'm looking at housing situations as I start to look through schools to apply to. I think I would prefer something like a school owned "nice" apartment to live in due to the convenience, but was wondering how those worked. Can you usually stay in those past the first year? I ask because it seems like the ones I have looked at have about a class and a half worth of rooms, so unless most people want to move off campus it would seem like they have to tell you to find somewhere else to live in order to make room for new students. Anyone have some insight?

 

[WhizoMD]

housing is highly variable, to the point where there is no point in thinking about it until you get interviewed/accepted. A lot of the on campus housing available is overpriced and lower quality compared to what you can get off campus. Your best source will be students at the schools you interview at.

 

[Mazdave]

This thread is probably a little optimistic, but I'm looking at housing situations as I start to look through schools to apply to. I think I would prefer something like a school owned "nice" apartment to live in due to the convenience, but was wondering how those worked. Can you usually stay in those past the first year? I ask because it seems like the ones I have looked at have about a class and a half worth of rooms, so unless most people want to move off campus it would seem like they have to tell you to find somewhere else to live in order to make room for new students. Anyone have some insight?

Yeah, it's definitely too early to be worrying about this.

I would imagine the situation varies from school to school but at least at my school, the situation is pretty much like any other apartment rental, except that the landlord you're leasing from is the school instead of a person or leasing company. You won't get evicted to make room for new students if you want to stay during second year or beyond; the number of apartments they have available for incoming students depends on who wants to move out.

A lot of people who choose the university-owned housing for convenience during first and second year will move somewhere else for third year because you're no longer going to the medical school building every day and since we do rotations at hospitals in several different areas of the city there are a bunch of neighborhoods that become more or less equally convenient for what you're doing day to day.

 

[HeronsBeak]

Okay, thank you both for the help! I'll put that on the back burner for now and focus on other things.