<p>how does housing work for juniors/seniors? Is on campus housing garunteed, even though a lot of people live off? in the south 40?</p>
<p>I'm not sure how I'd feel about living off campus, just wondering what the situation is</p>
<p>You are guaranteed a place in the dorms as long as you don’t move out. I think many (most?) upperclassmen choose to move off campus. There are many apartments available for rent in the area, some as close or closer than dorms to the campus.</p>
<p>For on campus, there’s housing for some juniors on the 40, and in the north side there’s the village, lopata, millbrook, and village east. There’s also university owned apartments off campus (just north).</p>
<p>So long as you stay with reslife, you are guaranteed university owned housing all 4 years. It may not be your first choice, but that’s life.</p>
<p>I’m actually moving off campus (out of reslife), and am really excited about that. It’s SOOOO much cheaper.</p>
<p>Is safety an issue with off campus housing? I know there have been some incidents, although they all seem to occur with people alone late at night</p>
<p>^there have been some incidents, but overall it’s very safe, and lately WashU has been increasing the availability of buses to apartments off campus. Some apartments are in safer areas than others, though, so that’s something to consider when you’re looking for an apartment.</p>
<p>As Don_Quixote said, all of the incidents have been with people alone and late at night. While it’s certainly not their fault for whatever happened (I would never suggest such a thing), I personally would never walk alone that late unless I was walking through campus.
I would say the same for any city or rural area, not just St. Louis.</p>