<p>Does anyone know of a forum like this one but is only open for registered Columbia students where you can post roommate openings, apartment shares, etc? Im' in desperate need of an apartment/roommates for this fall.</p>
<p>You could try craigslist manhattan maybe...</p>
<p>Might be lured to an apartment where they jump and rob you though. Not really kidding, either.</p>
<p>Craigslist has worked flawlessly for everyone I know who has tried it. In my personal case we had 3 people going in for a 4BR, Craigslisted for the 4th roommate... and got 33 responses. 31 of them were total crackpots in one way or another. One was a pretty cool CU grad student. The other was a totally awesome and chill recent Princeton grad working at a nonprofit at teachers' college. It's tough to put your faith in the random people on the internet but you can filter pretty well.</p>
<p>As far as I know there is nothing (aside from Facebook networking) that you can do to stay within the Columbia "family".</p>
<p>There is an "Off-Campus Housing Assistance Office" run by the university.</p>