<p>I'm trying to hurry & pick an off campus dorm to live at but I need help & advice! I'm looking at the cambridge or the tradition? Which is more reasonable price wise? & How much is housing on campus? I just want to compare prices.... Someone please help me!</p>
<p>Traditions is probably less expensive. The only way they compare price wise to the on campus dorms is if you do the 2 bedroom, 4 students route (2 per bedroom) and compare to the most expensive on-campus dorm.
You can go to the TAMU web site and see the prices of the dorms
If you are choosing between Traditions & Cambridge - I would keep in mind that Traditions is an easy walk to campus and Cambridge will be a ride on the shuttle bus.</p>
<p>Ok. I hope this isn’t like a stupid question but it says if you get a two bedroom its $970 a month. Is that per person?</p>
<p>yes it is per person - and that would include a meal plan, and electricity, cable tv, etc
it is probably 10 month lease as well.</p>
<p>considering an on campus dorm at the most expensive is about 5000 a year - and add on a meal plan that is close to $3,000 a year and you are paying about 1700 a year more for that off campus dorm</p>
<p>Ugh , this sucks.
& from there website it doesn’t look like you can get a one bedroom and share. No?
Do you have any other suggestions for housing?</p>
<p>this is a good compare document
<a href=“http://www.livethetradition.com/media_library/1353/4be0e7cf7ece8784.pdf[/url]”>http://www.livethetradition.com/media_library/1353/4be0e7cf7ece8784.pdf</a></p>
<p>All the private dorms offer double room/bunk bed options</p>
<p>I can get double rooms? So i can get a two bedroom & share a room & cut the 960 in half?</p>
<p>I cant find that Traditions has a double occupancy plan. I thought they did, we visited there in Nov 08.<br>
So maybe you should look at Callaway house or Cambridge for the double occupancy bedroom plan – which is cheaper.
Call Traditions and ask -
'cause no, they wont cut the 960 in half. They have their plans and they fill them easily.</p>
<p>cambridge double occupancy for one bedroom is full & double occupancy for 4 bedroom is still pretty expensive…
Callaway has it but they don’t have prices online
& traditions doesn’t say
so looks like I’ll be making lots of calls tomorrow
thanks for your help :)</p>
<p>I’m living at callaway next year, in a 2 bedroom shared. Before I decided where I wanted to live, I made a spreadsheet of the costs at the tradition, cambridge, callaway, and on campus dorms. I’m not home right now, but I’ll post the info when I am. If I remember correctly, callaway was the cheapest of the off campus dorms.</p>
<p>I called each place & so far the cambridge looks cheapest…
I wanted a one bedroom shared at the cambridge but they’re full so the next cheapest is a 2 bedroom shared which is $957 a month…
The tradition 2 bedroom is $960 a month but they dont have shared rooms so I’d have my own room…
& the callaway house has all their regular housing already on a waiting list so all i could look at was the villas which is about $1,000 a month…
Ugh they all seem SO expensive…</p>
<p>but you have to keep in mind sadiemay2010, all the options you are looking at include meals/food plans, tv, internet, water, electricity, furnished, and are a pretty complete package. The Traditions and Callaway Villas are within walking distance.</p>
<p>That’s true…
Its just that I won’t have much parental help so everything will be paid for through financial aid & loans 
I guess I’ll be at the traditions…</p>
<p>The Traditions is nice. There are cheaper ways to go if look for them. Much cheaper.</p>
<p>Yeah like houses & apartments
But then I won’t have a meal plan & most people looking for room mates are upper classmen & like 23
I’m only 17
& i kinda want to experience living on campus & living at a private dorm is as close as I’ll be able to get</p>
<p>Join the Corps and you are guaranteed on campus housing :)</p>
<p>What about the woodlands?
I was searching the internet & came across them…
They seem cheapest at like $580 a month
But from their site they don’t seem like they have a meal plan
Anybody know or have comments?</p>
<p>So… cambridge is 960 something a month, and is that for one person, or is that for the whole apt? Do we get to split the 960 with 3 or 2 other people? I have two friends who are going to be roommates, and we need something CHEAP but not in a creepy location…</p>
<p>$960 is for one person
& no. The cambridge only has 1 room efficiency apartments that you share a room & its still like 800 a month
& they have 4 bed room shared but they’re still pretty expensive too.
The one bedroom shared is as cheap as they get with about 800</p>
<p>sadiemay2010 - Do you know if we pay a 12 month contract or is it based on a monthly basis? Like…we’re not going to be in College Station for all 12 months if we plan on returning to our hometown over the summer…</p>