<p>I got tired of reading the back and forth between Cadmiumred and everyone else, so I thought it was time to start a new thread devoted strictly to the trials and tribulations of being an AU parent. Let’s leave the egg creams, briskets and Gtown strip clubs out of it, and act like adults, shall we?</p>
<p>Well Good Luck!
Hope it works out the way you hope!</p>
<p>hahahaha…good luck!! and I mean that with kindness…</p>
<p>Thanks hello5. S is moving off campus for spring semester - he and two buds are moving into the Park View apts nearby. Anyone know anything about this place - fleatrap? palace? something in between?</p>
<p>Can’t help you out, but I’ll be lurking with interest. S has already mentioned off campus for next year, but, we’ll see!</p>
<p>Hoverdad,
how do the finances compare to living in the dorms? DC seems so very expensive.</p>
<p>I have a few questions about off campus too…</p>
<p>Does AU own apartments or apartment-like places so kids can be out of the dorm but not out in “landlordville”? Do most places require a 12 month lease or a more student-friendly 10 month lease? Any ideas on what kind of rents are charged? If one is out of the dorm, can one still be on the dinning/Eaglebuck program? I know dinning hall swipes don’t carry over to the next semester, but do Eaglebucks?? If so, is there any kind of limit or restrictions?</p>
<p>Thanks for any input!!</p>
<p>S’s share of the rent is approx $800. Figure another $200-$300 for food. Say $1200/month. AU charges $6500 per semester (4 months) for room and board. Appears that off campus has the advantage. And, no nosy RAs-priceless!</p>
<p>I know that this year AU is using the “Berkshires” apartments down the street on Mass? ave. for dorm housing.</p>
<p>Aren’t Centennial and Nebraskas dorms both suite style?</p>
<p>My son and his 2 roommates are getting along so well they are talking about rooming together in a suite in Centennial next year, with one other of their friends. Even though my son is much messier than his roomies and he is on a much later schedule than one of his roomies who has 8am classes almost everyday, they seem to like him enough to work out their differences.</p>
<p>4200 Cathedral Ave- nice, $1300 a month for big one bedroom-nice front desk.</p>
<p>Must sublet or live in over summer= dorms are less</p>
<p>Good to see you C-red. S intends to stay in DC over the summer and take a class, get a job and perhaps an internship as well.</p>
<p>Hoverdad, how big is the apartment that your son and friends are renting</p>
<p>It’s a two bedroom with a den that can be made into a third bedroom. Rent is $2300/month. It’s about a mile from the AU campus, and on a bus route in the event of inclement weather.</p>
<p>CR,
Is your daughter moving out of her dorm at the end of the semester?</p>
<p>while we are on the subject of off-campus housing, is it common knowledge that junior and seniors move off-campus? is there any opportunity (ignoring cost) to stay on-campus if one wishes to?</p>
<p>I’d say its about 70-30 off campus versus on campus for upper classmen. There are obvious bonuses to living off campus, but there is just something you can’t beat about being a 3 minute walk from your dorm if it starts snowing. Most rooms cost in the 700-950$ range, and obviously you can find stuff higher than that if you really want to. But yeah, it’s completely possible to stay on campus as an upper classman – and there’s an actual incentive now that they have build Nebraska hall with its single rooms and full size beds.</p>
<p>My son and his friends are torn about staying on campus vs. moving off campus next year. They feel it’s easier to be good student on campus–more connected, library right there if they feel like slacking off; and they don’t have to cook. On the other hand, off campus might be less expensive and they are attracted by the independence (no RAs–although S is very good friends with his RA).</p>
<p>my guess is that he and friends will try to stay on campus in the more apartment like dorms next year but no decisions yet</p>
<p>^^boysX3: will he have the option though? is it easy to do what you want either way? or is it hard to get housing on campus as an upperclassman? (or I guess a soph?)</p>