off-campus housing advice / roommate

[johnspirit]

I would appreciate any advice on finding off-campus housing. I'm a late wait-list admittee (like last friday 8/29/05) and am trying to keep cost down, have generally been warned off of living on campus, and will probably have no trouble getting permission as I'm older (54), and a strong student, not in the alternate program. I'm looking for something simple, place to sleep and cooking facilities, quiet, on bus route or within walking/biking distance. I'm arriving next Thursday night (Aug 11). What should I do when I arrive? Are there internet resources for searching other than this forum?

Also, I am open to living with other off-campus people if I can have my own room and we're compatible. I'm older, very studious and disciplined, don't want to be around TV's, smoking or substantial drinking, rise at 5:00 am and to bed at 10:00 pm, into yoga, running twice a day, reasonably mellow without being a vegetable. Coed's OK. Let me know.

Thanks

[rokshana]

I would appreciate any advice on finding off-campus housing. I'm a late wait-list admittee (like last friday 8/29/05) and am trying to keep cost down, have generally been warned off of living on campus, and will probably have no trouble getting permission as I'm older (54), and a strong student, not in the alternate program. I'm looking for something simple, place to sleep and cooking facilities, quiet, on bus route or within walking/biking distance. I'm arriving next Thursday night (Aug 11). What should I do when I arrive? Are there internet resources for searching other than this forum?

Also, I am open to living with other off-campus people if I can have my own room and we're compatible. I'm older, very studious and disciplined, don't want to be around TV's, smoking or substantial drinking, rise at 5:00 am and to bed at 10:00 pm, into yoga, running twice a day, reasonably mellow without being a vegetable. Coed's OK. Let me know.

Thanks
Before you start looking, have you talked to housing, because usually 1st termers have to live on campus the 1st term, unless you have a spouse or a pet that you are bringing with you. Check with them 1st before you make plans to live off campus (age is not a reason they take as a valid reason to live off campus).

[jaywalk81]

ditto to what rokshana said

[Buttons]

I would appreciate any advice on finding off-campus housing. I'm a late wait-list admittee (like last friday 8/29/05) and am trying to keep cost down, have generally been warned off of living on campus, and will probably have no trouble getting permission as I'm older (54), and a strong student, not in the alternate program. I'm looking for something simple, place to sleep and cooking facilities, quiet, on bus route or within walking/biking distance. I'm arriving next Thursday night (Aug 11). What should I do when I arrive? Are there internet resources for searching other than this forum?

Also, I am open to living with other off-campus people if I can have my own room and we're compatible. I'm older, very studious and disciplined, don't want to be around TV's, smoking or substantial drinking, rise at 5:00 am and to bed at 10:00 pm, into yoga, running twice a day, reasonably mellow without being a vegetable. Coed's OK. Let me know.

Thanks

If you'd rather live off-campus I don't think housing will take issue with it. They have info on off-campus housing opportunities. I live off campus and love it. Do a search for previous threads on housing options and I'm sure you'll find all the info you'll need.

[rokshana]

If you'd rather live off-campus I don't think housing will take issue with it. They have info on off-campus housing opportunities. I live off campus and love it. Do a search for previous threads on housing options and I'm sure you'll find all the info you'll need.

Maybe after Ivan, housing is more lax about having all 1st termers live in campus housing, but I begged and pled to live off campus and they basically said no(oh I could live off campus, but I had to pay for the campus housing as well)-now I know that if you can find someone to take your housing spac, provided they have NO housing contract, then you can get out of your contract- but john you will want to check with housing 1st.

[GonnaBaMD7]

They have hinted to me that if a first-termer wants to live off campus then an easy way to do it is by saying you have a pet. They told me that even a goldfish counts as a pet so I took that to mean that they don't really mind if you live off campus.