University of San Francisco housing?

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<p>I'm considering applying to USF. My stats are way, way above the averages for the school, so I'm pretty sure I'd get accepted. The only thing that concerns me, though, is the fact that housing is not guaranteed all 4 years. I live in Michigan, don't have any relatives in the SF bay area, and do not come from money by any means. As a broke college student I DEFINITELY don't feel like I could navigate the San Francisco housing market-- I've been browsing apartment listings and it's quite frankly terrifying. </p>

<p>What I really want to know is, would it be dangerous for me to attend the school in light of the fact that I'd be pretty much entirely dependent on living in dorms? Do schools that don't guarantee housing really kick students out on the street if they don't have room for them? If so, what do people even do in that situation? All the other schools I'm applying to do guarantee housing, so I really have no idea what the deal is here.</p>

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<p>Sf is the land of roommates. The only thing scary is the price. After the first year I bet you wouldn’t choose to live in the dorms. You will be entirely equipped to get a room, room share etc. everyone does it.</p>

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<p>Would I even be able to get a job that’d pay a fraction of my rent? Especially having to compete with Stanford students and the like? Maybe I just have a skewed idea of how ruthlessly competitive SF really is. </p>

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<p>You have checked out USF’s off-campus website haven’t you? Students post rooms/apartments available, etc. After you meet other students, you will be able to work out your housing situation (if you can’t continue to live on campus). <a href=“http://www.usfca.edu/offcampushousing/”>http://www.usfca.edu/offcampushousing/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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USF guarantees you Freshman year of housing and most likely Sophomore year as well (esp if your a male as there are more females than males). But junior year and senior year most likely you have to live off campus, UNLESS you are an athlete or are part of a living learning community, which is an option for you. At USF they have St. Ignatius Institute and other programs. I recommend living off campus for at least one year or two. It is fun to live in a different community and get away from the dorms. I understand your hesitation. But the mkt is manageable…and crazy. But you just need to go in with a group of friends and preferably share a room to bring the price down! You can definitely navigate it if you prepare in advance and have roommates.Living off campus in SF is what all the juniors and seniors do at USF.

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Have you tried the Net Price Calculator for USF? They are not known for generous financial aid.

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As others have noted, you shouldn’t have any trouble finding a roommate to share a place near campus. Most students are done with dorms after a year or two. As you’ve seen on the web, the price will be absurd.

If your stats are really good, you should look into Santa Clara and St Mary’s - both are known to be generous to well qualified applicants and the weather is a lot better.

Good luck.

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have you run the Net Price Calculator? USF isn’t known for good financial aid, even merit. Try to choose a living-learning community (honors?) to start with, it’ll make things easier for finding friends, then you can all move out together and share an apartment off campus junior-senior year.
I second NCalRent regarding Santa Clara and St Mary’s, and I’d add Chapman, LMU, and Whittier for southern california.