<p>My son was plans to transfer in September (Transfer offer in HS so he is elsewhere freshman year but
still interested in Cornell).</p>
<p>Per Cornell housing site, they will give transfers housing, but they admit for juniors/seniors on campus housing
is rare after the lottery. Not sure most juniors want to be in a dorm anyway, but here is the dilemna :</p>
<p>I have heard that offcampus housing rents over a year in advance.
As an incoming soph transfer, not having those freshman year friends from the dorms, seems
difficult to establish roommate connections for off campus housing that must be rented before you set
foot on campus soph year. How to transfers handle this ?</p>
<p>I am considering just renting a single (studio/1BR) for his junior year, as during the summer before he meets
other students. I think he has the type of personality he would prefer the privacy of a single, but with a committed
lease in hand, kind of eliminates other housing/roommate alternative that may arise, such as trying your luck in the
lottery if you do prefer to stay on campus. </p>
<p>Suggestions ?</p>
<p>1) Rush and get a decent place when we have our pick of locations vs wait ?</p>
<p>2) North campus vs college town ? For a kid who wants convenience and a quiet place to sleep ?
Are most apartments on north campus walkable or have convenient busing ?
I have heard collegetown is convenient, and the "Cornell experience" but a bit more noisy for
undergrad off campus partying. Is north campus more for grad students ?</p>
<p>My son was a sophomore transfer to Cornell. He received a housing questionnaire, and was placed in a suite with 4 other transfer students. The West Campus dorms, plus Collegetown dorms are available to transfers – although you don’t get to specify a dorm IIRC. Knowing the campus and the choices, it was fairly easy to figure out what to ask for on the questionnaire in order to be on West with most of the transfers. He entered in Fall 2012 and just graduated, so YMMV!</p>
<p>North Campus is freshmen. Collegetown tends to be juniors and seniors. Lots of sophomores live off campus in the West area. West is walkable to Collegetown. </p>
<p>As a Sophomore transfer he can live on West or in Collegetown in Shelton or Casadilla. There may be some single rooms available in Suites in West. It will probably be better for him socially to choose these options then to live alone in a studio. My son was a soph transfer and chose to live in Collegetown. Did not want to be on a meal plan. He lived in Shelton court and moved into a fraternity house in the spring. </p>
<p>I agree he should live ideally in West and meet other sophs there, with roommates or in single but in West if possible.
What I was concerned about was the fact I hear people get off campus housing 1 year in advance.
So his first month on campus, he should be looking for where he’ll move junior year ?<br>
I looked at Ithaca rentals online and this seems to validate what I heard, that in Oct 2014 most Sep 2015 rentals are gone already ! </p>
<p>And if so, what do you look for ? When I asked about North Campus, I saw housing north of the freshman
dorms for rent, again thinking about junior year. Wondering how that compares to Collegetown for a junior/senior.</p>
<p>There is amazing pressure to commit to a lease for the following year in September/October. Your son should be keeping his eyes and ears open, making friends, and thinking about junior year housing. In other words, getting the lay of the land, literally. In all likelihood there will still be availability in November/December/January. I don’t think my sons actually signed leases until December. (Parent of 2 grads 2010 and 2014)</p>
<p>My son joined a fraternity as a soph transfer and lived in the house his jr. year. I agree that there is housing always available. The new complex college town terrace has added a lot of additional off campus housing.</p>
