Briarwood is pretty much the **** for college students, but I'm growing out of my apartment. so ready for a house.

Live on campus in a northside dorm. You'll love it!

on campus is okay. overpriced too... but whatever. if you live at c-way house/ villas/ cambridge.. be prepared for people to assume your daddy bought you a ferrari

callaway is sinking, villas is overpriced and sheetily built, and if you're going to live in the cambridge, just find a regular apartment. cambridge isn't any closer to campus than the apartments around it, and you'd have your own place with without some RA looking over your shoulder.

Did anyone else hear about the break in that happened at the Villas last night?

[This message has been edited by guadalupeag (edited 11/30/2007 9:15a).]

I also vote for the Trad at Northgate

On campus vs off campus is a personal decision. I never lived on campus and made plenty of friends. It's all about the effort you put into meeting people.

As far as your three choices, you may want to do a little more digging. I made the mistake of living in a really nice/expensive apartment complex for two years and really regret it. It was a ton of fun, but I blew a lot of money on an overpriced place. Plus, I can't tell you how many times I came out in the morning to find that some drunk had crashed into a car in the parking lot or hit a building. Sucked having to worry about some idiot plowing into my nice new truck in the parking lot. My senior year I found a cheap duplex and it was great. $550/month for a 2 bed/2 bath place kicked ass. Bigger rooms, private parking, and you didn't have to worry about people all around you making noise (just one side).

A friend's little brother is '10 and he lived in Traditions his freshman year. He liked it, but said that it was waaay to expensive for what he got and the amount of time he spent in his place. My buddy wound up buying a house a block from campus and is renting it to his brother and two friends. They said it's infinitely better because you're truly on your own.

Depending on your financial situation, you may look at buying a house. As long as you can keep the other two rooms rented, you'll barely pay anything a month AND you'll be able to sell it when you graduate. Say you buy a $120K house (easy to find), figure your note will be ~$1,000 a month (including taxes and insurance). You should be able to rent out two rooms for $600 total so you'd only be paying $400/month plus bills (which would be split 3 ways). In four or five years the house would be worth more AND you'd have decent equity in it.

[This message has been edited by Emeril (edited 11/30/2007 9:39a).]

Just don't live in Melrose.

FHK complex. There is no better dorm.

[This message has been edited by xhippieliberalx (edited 11/30/2007 10:27a).]

i lived in FHK the first semester of my freshman year

i didn't like it much

but to each his own

On campus first year south side.
Meet people.
Get a house with said people.
Apartments are teh suck.
Houses kick ass.
Oh and Congratulations on getting accepted.
I heard all the places mentioned by OP were big drug rings.
hth

[This message has been edited by MEENag09 (edited 11/30/2007 10:35a).]

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hahahaha!!! can't wait!!!!

AGree with hip. If you absolutely can't be bothered to live on campus, the fancy apartments are just a waste of money, plain & simple.

Second the avoid Melrose.

live on campus

we wrote F*** C-Way in duct tape on the hallway wall one time (about 5 foot x 10 foot)

took our frond door off the hinges and tried to replace it with someone elses because we put a hole through it

we also put some golf balls through the hallway walls

tied ropes on opposing doors and let the roid-rage dude rip the handles off

survived the great flood

had parties on the "balcony"

hoisted kegs up using a pulley system

a friend repelled off the parking garage

played poker on a poker table in the elevators

broke in to the kitchens late at night because we were hungry and they told us that there would always be food available (their security camera system is really crappy)

got one of the head guys fired



what I am trying to say is that we had a GREAT time there and I would still not suggest anyone else live there

Briarwood