<p>I'm looking for information & opinions about the housing @ UR while I fill out my preference form. </p>
<p>I am a 22yr old transfer, so somewhat non-trad and will either be looking for a single room or going off campus. Considering that, how should I rank my choices?</p>
<p>Would you be willing to have a single bedroom within a larger suite or apt?</p>
<p>There are very few singles, if any, available in the traditional halls (Burton, Lovejoy, Tiernan, etc). The Phase has suites which contain both singles and doubles, but getting a single bedroom within the suite will be subject to negotiation with the roommates. Suites have shared common areas and bathrooms.</p>
<p>Southside (Valentine, de Kiewiet, Maisonettes) has 2 and 3 bedroom apartments and some single rooms without kitchens. About a 15-20 minute walk from campus. Riverview has 2 and 4 bedroom apts–about 10 minutes from campus via a footbridge across the river. All the apartments have individual (single) bedrooms with shared bathrooms, kitchens and common areas.</p>
<p>Don’t know anything about the availability or pricing of off-campus housing. ResLife maintains a database of off campus housing ([About</a> Off Campus Living : Residential Life : University of Rochester](<a href=“http://www.rochester.edu/reslife/non/index.html]About”>Overview of Off-Campus Housing : Off-Campus Housing : Office for Residential Life & Housing Services : University of Rochester)), but I’m not sure how useful it is.</p>
<p>A single room in a suite would be great. The ones you mentioned above that have few single rooms are Freshman only (I believe) now so I do not have to worry about that as a transfer. Hopefully I can secure an apartment. Thanks for that info - the reslife packet they sent me is geared almost completely towards freshman and not transfers so I am not working with very much here.</p>
<p>Actually Burton, Lovejoy, and Crosby are upperclass quad dorms. (My D lived in Lovejoy this past year as a soph.) </p>
<p>Gilbert, Hoening and Tiernan are freshman dorms.</p>
<p>For more detail info about which dorms have what, try:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.rochester.edu/reslife/files/Newspaper_1011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.rochester.edu/reslife/files/Newspaper_1011.pdf</a></p>
<p>It has descriptions of all the upperclassmen housing options.</p>
<p>WOWM, they should put your posts together into an FAQ. You are the best source of information I’ve seen about a school on any CC board.</p>
<p>LOL! Thanks. I’m a librarian so answering questions is what I do…</p>
<p>mdtransfer… If you are transferring into Rochester in the fall, housing will be very limited. You may want to contact the housing office to determine what your options are.</p>