I am in similar situation, and have no clue at all about the housing in East Lansing for DO students. Can anyone suggest which one would be a nice place to live close to Fee Hall? How do we go about reserving it, taking a virtual tour, rent information etc. Thanks
If you know for sure you'll be in East Lansing, definitely start looking as housing close to Fee (and campus in general) is going to be harder to find. Students start signing leases in October, so you can imagine that the pickings are a little slimmer now--though not impossible to find!
The most popular places for med and grad students in general--these are all the closest to Fee:
Berrytree: single bedrooms are probably all gone by now--not sure about the 2BR units, but they are probably mostly leased. Still worth checking out. The units are older though.
The Hamptons: Newer and nice units, expensive. Uncertain on what is available.
Waterbury: Still being built, but will be open by August. I think these are all 3 and 4BR units. They look like they'll be very nice.
Glenwood: also close to Fee (a little closer than the first three). A number of med students live here. It's an older complex--I hear the units smell a little lol but I've never been.
The four above are owned by DTN--they have a little bit of a monopoly going on in the area, imo.
The Lodges: New as of August 2011. Very nice, expensive. They don't have any singles left...I doubt if they have any 2BR. They are running low on 3 and 4 BRs as well--they may be out already, or there may be some students seeking roommates. The complex is very close to Fee and also has a free bus that goes to campus (doesn't stop by Fee though) and will go down Grand River (where all the bars and stores are
) until 2 am on the weekends. I chose to live here, actually. Seems like a solid mix of undergrads and grad students.
Some other places a little farther away--all within a 15 minute or less drive:
The following Eyde properties give med students a free parking pass in their lot across from Fee. A number of students from this year's incoming class will be living at Club Meridian in Okemos. The other two Eyde properties are Central Park and Somerset Park--not so familiar with them though.
There are plenty of others--if I had trouble finding places that close to campus I'd check out the newer apartments near Eastwood Town Center. It's not far from campus (10 min drive when traffic is decent) and you'd be near a number of grocery stores, restaurants, and retail shops.
Hope this helps
I know MSUCOM has had some kind of survey the different area apartment complexes that they collected from students in the past--you may want to contact them to see if they have a listing of them. Also check out the roommate matching they have on the site. Lastly--search for the MSUCOM c/o 2016 group on FB. There are some people still looking for roommates. Good luck!
So after writing all of that....I found the survey link I was talking about.
http://www.com.msu.edu/admissions/20102011HousingInfo.pdf