How did you find one with a lease so far out in advance?? Most places are only on the market for less than a month! Let me know if you have any recommendations on place you've found!
SOUTH JERSEY, I'm telling you! 20 minute drive into the city, can easily take either public transit or get a commuter parking pass, and you get TONS more space for way less money! I lived in Collingswood/Oaklyn and Haddonfield and Cherry Hill at different points, all easy commutes! They're all also very popular with folks who commute into the city for work, my best friend's dad did it for 30 years & my dad still does when he has appointments there!
What about the commute to New Bolton? Also I thought parking was almost impossible for Penn?
It’ll be possibly hard for New Bolton, but from what I’ve heard you aren’t there a ton for the first 3 years, and then for 4th year you have to find close housing for large animal rotations anyway (it’s 45 min outside the city). It also only adds around 15 min to get to NBC if you work around rush hour traffic (and it’s moreso a problem in the evening than morning, there’s a lot of volume in the mornings but traffic runs fast). STREET parking on a daily basis around your apartment sucks (and trying to get a spot near an apartment in the evening was usually the issue), but I never had a problem finding parking for classes on campus. I usually found either a street spot near 34th & Spruce or parked in one of the garages/lots I mentioned above. I didn’t investigate it very hard, but I’m 99% sure there’s a more economical parking pass available for full time students.
My concern with South Jersey is the physical distance is a lot further than anywhere you could live in the city and drive, so if there’s an accident or just extra traffic, your 20 min commute can easily turn into 40min or 1hr. Esp with parking in the city etc. How often is the commute actually 20 mins? Is the traffic better than it would be if you lived in NoLib or Grad Hospital?
Plus the current first years under the new curriculum have been going to New Bolton more than they did under the previous curriculum if you want to factor that in.
I don’t necessarily know what PennVet students do typically, but from my experience this will depend on where in the city you live & what your parking situation is. If you have a guaranteed parking spot at home & live farther than walking distance, 100% drive. I never had any kind of decent parking situation, so I used my car as little as possible. I had no issues with buses being slow, but trains/subway can definitely be a bit slower late night/early morning, and the subway stations can be dicey up by Penn late at night. Walking within the confines of the Penn Police route is pretty safe (my good friend actually did a criminology thesis on the differences inside & outside their routes), but outside it can occasionally be not great.
I believe the first week of April!
did you call or email?
I emailed!
I'm planning to reject my IS seat! Just waiting for financial aid info from another school! Best of luck to you <3
just did yesterday! hope you hear some good news soon!
I declined my OOS seat end of last week. Good luck to everyone!
My guess is it might take them a bit longer than other schools since I think they required mail in confirmation and deposit and you had to contact them by email if you were declining their seats. Other schools have an online thing where someone declines their seat and it just triggers the next person on the waitlist. I’m guessing bc penn doesn’t do it this way it could take a few days. I could be wrong tho!
