<p>@kat41911: do you live close enough to the campus to walk/take the tcat?</p>
<p>I live a 3 min walk from central campus and I pay about 650 for everything.</p>
<p>D2 is sharing a perfectly decent/ average apartment in collegetown for about 600/ month for rent & utilities. I think they’e getting a slight discount because their group rented the whole house, or something, but only like 5-10%. It’s not much above Stewart so yes there is some walking involved, big whoop, certainly no need to take a bus. (Or at least there wasn’t when I lived just down the block). Her food allowance is about $240 per month.</p>
<p>If you can find enough people you know/like to rent a whole house, I’d recommend it, it becomes a fun place then, almost like a mini-fraternity if you will. Also the experience of living in your own apartment is different and IMO superior to living yet again in a dorm room.</p>
<p>@monydad: thanks for the helpful info. im 23 and lived on my own since i was 18 (my own apartment, had a job and worked full time to pay the bills) so i def. understand the perks of living off-campus and on your own. but, i really like on-campus. my dorm in becker is awesome.</p>
<p>My comments went to #19 above, which had $$ numbers that do not match what D2 is asking us to pay. I thought others might benefit from a different perspective than #19, whether you do or not. BTW her apartment is furnished.</p>
<p>@monydad: I wasn’t trying to be rude, I really did appreciate your post.</p>
<p>@hyperlite: I do live within walking distance, 2 min from the engineering quad actually.</p>
<p>The coops are also an economical choice. Getting in can be a real problem though, by the time you find you didn’t make it via the “mosey” it is past the point where you should have gotten a collegetown lease. Some spots open up later, but by then most people would hae made other arrangements.</p>