<p>Anyone know what on-campus housing options are available for juniors and seniors? My daughter is considering JMU, but we have heard some negative stories about off-campus housing in Harrisonburg, so were wondering what options (if any) are available for those students who wish to live on-campus for all 4 years. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.</p>
<p>My son graduated May 2012, and I don’t know of any of his friends who lived on campus junior or senior year. He lived at Pheasant Run for two years, and it was a good experience for him.</p>
<p>Other than one student, who I think I remember living on campus as a junior… I am not sure where… upperclassmen I know who have lived on campus as juniors/ seniors are RAs, or the few students I know of who lived on campus as juniors in the somewhat recent (and limited) on-campus student apartment option.</p>
<p>I am not sure, but there may be sisters in sororities who live on campus as juniors/seniors since I believe sororities have houses on campus?</p>
<p>Almost all juniors and seniors and about 1/2 the sophomores at JMU live off campus. There is a wide range of off campus housing options at different price points, varying distances from campus, and with different amenities. Most of these complexes rent almost exclusively to students and seem to be run as privately owned (or corporate) student apartment complexes. The city bus system goes to these complexes (and is the campus bus system) and is free to students. I have not heard any of my students have negative experiences living off campus.</p>
<p>I went to Syracuse and lived in campus run student apartments 2nd semester sophomore year and all of junior year. Senior year I lived in an off campus apartment. The living experience was identical, and the cost was less in the off campus apartment. </p>
<p>I personally disliked living in the dorms and was thrilled to move into an apartment option. It seems that even my students at JMU who like (or are indifferent about) living in the dorms are happy to move off campus as sophomores or juniors. It is sometime also less expensive than on campus.</p>
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<p>I’m not sure what you’ve heard about JMU off-campus housing. My son will be a freshman there this year so I don’t personally know much about it; however, my coworker has a daughter that is in her senior year and has been off-campus for quite awhile. She has also put one kid through Virginia Tech and one kid through Radford, and by far according to her, the JMU off-campus housing has been much nicer than at any of these other two campuses.</p>
<p>Junior and Seniors live in the same housing as sophomores. (Chandler, White, Logan, Rockingham and others). Your daughter needs to get an on-campus housing contract in order to do this. Also, housing around JMU is very much catered to the student. Many of the complexes around the university are very nice and very affordable (many around 300-400 a month with “club houses” that include pools and gyms). The only negative is that some of them are far away-and that they can be loud on the weekends because of parties. Some complexes even offer single room apartments (copper is one of them). There is only one part of off-campus housing I have heard negative things about, but not many students choose to live in that area. In terms of what buildings your daughter might want to live on if she chooses on campus-the quad buildings are usually air conditioned and close to the math building/ foreign language/ English/ psychology. Chandler is not air conditioned and is next to Showker (business school). East campus buildings have ac and are next to ISAT/ HHS/ Phys Chem-so science type things. Village is in the middle- but most upperclassmen in the village chose suites with people of six so your daughter may feel left out living with a bunch of girls that are already best friends. Also, village has no A/C. Lastly, Rockingham is an old motel JMU bought. It has ac but is not really near any thing “on campus.” Other “on-campus” housing includes sorority houses-but usually only sorority members are allowed to live in those houses</p>