OFF Campus Housing

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>Do a lot of students move off campus? If they do, is it to apartments or houses? How easy is it to find off campus housing?</p>

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<p>DD recently signed a lease for next fall-but the move in date is July 01. She said that it seemed like all the good places had lots of interests, and not so good places-well, you get the drift. She said it was an “apt” in a house with 3 levels. Each level had 3 or 4 bedrooms and a kitchen on each level. Personally I am having a hard time envisioning what she is talking about-but the picture looks like a regular house from the exterior.
I hope this helps-APOL</p>

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<p>Like this:
<a href=“http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-zfJ6W42_Rw/SVeLxyRHbqI/AAAAAAAAABs/YA7XIlSHOHA/s640/Winter%20Break%202008%20001.JPG[/url]”>http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-zfJ6W42_Rw/SVeLxyRHbqI/AAAAAAAAABs/YA7XIlSHOHA/s640/Winter%20Break%202008%20001.JPG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>NYerr,</p>

<p>Availability depends on how much you are willing to pay for rent obviously. I am sure most rentals are in apartment buildings, not houses. Quite a few high-rise luxury apt buildings were built in the downtown area in the past 15 years. Sometime craigslist listings may give a rough idea.</p>

<p><a href=“http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/apa/1138751658.html[/url]”>http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/apa/1138751658.html&lt;/a&gt; is nice and close to the campus but not cheap (1050/month)</p>

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<p>Lots of juniors and seniors with a smattering of sophomores move into shares. Housing stock is very diverse from cheap walk ups that shake you out of bed every time the El rolls by to high rise condos with picture perfect views sweeping across Lake Michigan and downtown Chicago. Even before the downturn in the economy and overbuilding in Evanston, there were a ton of options out there. Now there are more and they’re much more affordable. Especially if you come from the coasts, the area will seem a veritable bargain. As Sam Lee points out, there are entire houses that rent out within walking/biking distance of campus, but the largest availability lies in low-rise buildings and garden apt style offerings to the west and south.</p>

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<p>Typically, students go:</p>

<p>Freshman: Dorm
Sophomore: Some dorm; some sorority/fraternity; few off campus
Junior: Some sorority/fraternity; most off campus
Senior: Almost all off campus</p>

<p>There are PLENTY of off-campus options that essentially feel like you life on campus (shorter walks than living in Willard, to say the least). Many students in big groups (8-10) go in on a house together, and it’s just like living in a big 2 or 3 floor house, except with all your friends. Others do apartments in smaller groups of 2-4. Anyway, through Craigslist, on-campus advertising and word of mouth it’s (IMHO) very very easy to find reasonable off-campus housing. And our new ASG president included an “off campus resource center” in his platform, so hopefully there will be even more options in the years to come.</p>

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<p>That was all VERY helpful information since he wants to definitely live in a house at some point. (hopefully with 8 of his closest friends). His B lives off campus in a 2 family at another school (7 ppl altogether). that school has an off-campus office and lists everything for the students, landlords are approved and follow the school’s guidelines. NU should follow suit, since it protects the students from bad landlords. Its been a big positive part of his college experience. It was hard to tell if it was popular and affordable in Evanston.</p>