See link below. This may be what you’re looking for.
http://www.studlife.com/housing/?1
Congrats on your S selection.
@ChicagoSportsFn thank you and congrats to your child too. This looks helpful.
I have storage questions for the experienced parents out there. Utrucking seems very expensive. So I think we will do self storage. Is 5x5 ( smallest) unit enough? When do you rent storage? All the places I looked at only book a week ahead. How important is it to have climate control until? She doesn’t have any electronics to store.
My husband and I are concerned about the location of WashU - all the riots and recent controversy in Missouri make us wonder if this is the safest environment. Is it a safe area? We have not had the opportunity to visit and probably won’t be able to.
Its very safe. My D has been there 2 years now. She knows where the bad parts of town are and avoids that. It’s not close by either. Every city has a bad part. That’s normal. The campus is great and very safe. Like a bubble and they have their own police department too. WashU is located in or right by a very upscale town called Clayton. It should have that as their address! Not sure why it doesn’t? 
If you have any questions please feel free to send me a PM.
Our D was admitted and we couldn’t be happier. We used to live in St. Louis and love the University City area where the campus is located. It is a diverse community that offers a “city” feel but also has Forest Park with the museums and zoo across the street (which are all free or were when we lived there). Clayton is fine - but more of a business district then anything else and a more suburban feel. The Loop area in U-City is great - with a little grit - but as long as the kids are aware of their surroundings they will be fine. Our D is coming from a large metropolitan area so will be perfectly comfortable both on and off campus. The riots took place Northeast of U-City - quite a distance away so I wouldn’t worry about that.
What are the best - safest, clean, comfortable and lowest cost places to stay near Washu?
A woman was shot today on the campus. Beside Mallinckrodt Center.
Yes, that’s sad. My D texted me and told me she was safe. Nothing like this has happened in 2 years she’s been on campus. However, I’m very impressed with how WashU handled it. They have all the students notified via email/text - that’s part of their emergency system. So they all knew what to do right away.
The most recent thing I read was that it was a road rage shooting and the person shot was inside a car, shot in the arm by someone in another car. No students were involved.
@Sophmore1 There are a number of places to stay in or near Clayton, which pretty much backs up to campus. .
@Sophmore1 Where to stay depends on how many of you there are and when you are going. If only two and sharing a bed works, you can’t beat the Knight Center right on campus. Very nice amenities and good rates. It books up fast though. I’ve stayed there when visiting my daughter and took the metro from the airport, walked to the hotel, etc. Super easy. Some really like the Moonrise Hotel in the Loop. I’ve never stayed there, because it also books up quickly and is pricey. We have stayed a couple of times in a Hampton Inn and a new Home2Suites by Hilton (because we always try to do Hilton properties for points) that are on the edge of Forest Park near the Science Center and just across I-64 from the WashU Medical Campus/Central West End. They have great WashU rates, so be sure to ask for that. Home2Suites rooms are spacious if you have more than just a couple of people. You will need a car to get to Danforth campus from there, but it’s a quick trip.
@momworried To answer your question about UTrucking and storage: When my D was a freshman, we sent three large boxes out via UTrucking. It worked out great - the boxes were actually in her room on move in day - no dragging them by us (of course we dragged suitcases we brought by plane and stuff we picked up locally at BB&B and Target). At the end of her freshman year, she got a storage unit with two other kids. Almost all of the kids do storage over the summer since not too many people live nearby. It was cheaper than shipping and cheaper than me flying out to help her bring stuff home. This was several years ago, but I think the cost was about $30 a month for three months (mid-May thorough late August). She did this every summer and even did storage when she studied abroad spring semester junior year. I think it was climate controlled but I told her not to store any liquids like shampoo - stuff like that she could not bring home by plane so I think she just finished what she could and tossed the rest. I thought it was very economical.
Each August, either my DH or I went back with her and helped her move back onto campus. I would say the only downside to this approach is that she did not do much paring down at the end of the each year and completely filled our old minivan when my DH went to drive her back home after graduation.
PAO2008 why can't she store liquids?
@momworried I don’t think anyone said she could not store liquids. I was just kind of worried what condition they would be in after spending the summer in a storage unit. I can ask her what she actually did, this is just my recollection. Another tip - Amazon Prime. I was able to ship her things like hair conditioner directly from Amazon with Prime’s two day shipping. Made things easy.
Does anyone know if Bear Bucks works over the summer or is it only available during the school year? Thanks.
Hello everyone! After a year of prayers, wishing, hoping, tears, and hard work, my daughter made it and was accepted to her dream school! We are so proud and excited but have so many questions! I’ll be reading this thread to hopefully get any tips for a successful beginning at WashU. My main concern right now is which dorm and roommate she will get. I’m so hopeful she’ll get a roommate that is a lot like she is. But one of our favorite things about WashU is that we think she’s found “her people” at this fabulous place!
@2020girl Congratulations to you D! The dorms at WashU are all pretty nice and I think they do a good job of matching roommates so I would try not to worry about that. WashU is very good at sharing information. There is a lot of helpful information on the First Year Center webpage. Here is the link: http://firstyear.wustl.edu/Pages/home.aspx
Thank you!