<p>S has decided to attend Marquette, we have already sent in our deposit. He ranked his housing choices and he is excited about attending in the fall. While he was reviewing the housing options I couldn't help but notice there were no housing choices listed for upperclassmen. Is that because there is no housing provided for upperclassmen or they just don't bother listing it in the brochure for incoming freshmen?</p>
<p>Juniors and seniors are expected to live off-campus unless they work as RA’s (resident advisors - that is what they were known when I was a student). But there are enough housing opportunities for housing around campus to meet demand. Actually it ends up being cheaper living off-campus. My S will start living off-campus next year. Nothing to worry about as he will end up living with his best friends. Just view it as another experience to help them become independent.</p>
<p>Thanks. I am fine with him living off campus, it will be a good experience. And cheaper I can live with. ;-)</p>
<p>There are also a few Marquette-owned apartments (I live in one currently). Very convenient / affordable; payment is handled like that of a dorm (all at once in the beginning of the semester) and taken care of through Marquette’s bursar.</p>
<p>Son and almost all of his friends are moving to the same ‘apartment’ complex next year for junior/senior year. While they’ll be paying rent, virtually all of the residents are MU upperclass students, and it’s a block from campus.</p>
<p>All housing for rent is so close to campus it might as well be on campus.<br>
And as Lahaim points out, you can live in an apartment in Campustown and pay your rent to the bursar. Those units are furnished, too.</p>
<p>Back in the day I lived for two years at the corner of 24th and Wells and had a group of friends living in an old house on Wells between 26th and 27th. The fraternity houses at that time were all mostly between 27th and 33rd on Wells, Kilbourn or State…my fraternity’s house was at 30th and State St in what was once a grand Prairie style mansion. I lived there when I attended summer school one year then moved to the apartment I mentioned when classes began.</p>
<p>My guess is that today with demographic shifts, most students aren’t living that far west or north anymore…plus we didn’t have university owned apartments…the only ones that existed were for married grad students…let alone university owned and that convenient.</p>