Probably the biggest knock on Purdue - freshmen are guaranteed housing. After that.....well..................

Any colleges/universities with a pulse have housing issues. Good warm up for life's greater housing crisis.

The largest cities within 30 minutes of UMass Amherst are Springfield, Holyoke, and Chicopee. I would encourage anyone reading this thread to check out rent prices in those cities (or read their Wikipedia articles or census profiles) if you want to fully understand the ridiculousness of PP's claim.

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Anonymous wrote:UMass Amherst

Could you expand on that?

https://offcampushousing.umass.edu/housing Have a gander at these prices. The town is run by 70 year olds who hate students and want the place to look like it did when they were children. They get mad both when private developers try building apartments in town and when the university tries building dorms on its own land. It's horrid

You could also have a gander at rent prices in the surrounding area, which are among the lowest in the entire country.

Do you know anything about the area? You're not getting low rents in Northampton, Sunderland, or anywhere within 30 minutes of campus without qualifying for "affordable housing" (which students typically are not eligible for)

Do I know anything? I grew up there. Are you seriously insinuating that Western Mass is an expensive, high-rent area?????

A lot of us went to college in the 90s when there were a fewer kids pursuing higher ed. Our generation gave birth to a generation much higher larger than our own. It was much more common to stay on campus b/c there was plenty of space. It's not the norm anymore. It took my awhile to get used to the idea of moving off campus after freshman year, but if I had eliminated schools that didn't have housing for 4 years, my kid would have had to toss out all their favorite schools. Freshman looking in the fall is also normal, it's not a weird thing about certain schools. That said, there is also, at some schools, the idea that you need to secure in the fall, but it's just not true. My kid is in one of the schools mentioned and they heard about a rush for housing. However, there is still plenty of housing stock and a lot of parents report getting better rates in April than those that (illegally) locked in in November. My kid is only looking at the high rises.

My niece was killed along with two of her roommates when her off campus group house went up in flames. Many rental properties in college towns are not adequately inspected and don’t have sprinkler systems. Be careful and ensure your kid’s off campus housing has working smoke detectors and a clear path to escape.

Sounds like it's a problem in California

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Anonymous wrote:UMass Amherst

Could you expand on that?

https://offcampushousing.umass.edu/housing Have a gander at these prices. The town is run by 70 year olds who hate students and want the place to look like it did when they were children. They get mad both when private developers try building apartments in town and when the university tries building dorms on its own land. It's horrid

You could also have a gander at rent prices in the surrounding area, which are among the lowest in the entire country.

Do you know anything about the area? You're not getting low rents in Northampton, Sunderland, or anywhere within 30 minutes of campus without qualifying for "affordable housing" (which students typically are not eligible for)

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Anonymous wrote:A good question to ask when touring schools or when reps visit.

I was surprised how few upperclassmen at U Mich live on campus. When you have huge universities, they just don’t have a lot of housing stock relative to the size of the student population

Most upperclassmen don't live on campus in general - unless it's a tiny SLAC.

Not true. Most of the ivies have on campus housing all 4 years.

Maybe half of the ivies. I know that the ones that guarantee 4 years of on-campus housing are Harvard, Princeton, Columbia (not sure if this will continue with the increasing class size) and I believe Brown.

Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell and UPenn guarantee only 2 years.

Right. Not all if the Ivies offer four year housing. Harvard and Yale do because og the original “house” system they
both started. At Yale, you go right into your @house” and often live there all four years. At Harvard, all freshman go into
Harvard yard then deject their houses for tears 2, 3, and 4.

Wrong. Harvard guarantees 4 years of housing (my DC attends). Princeton does too. Yale definitely does NOT guarantee 4 years of housing.

https://housing.yale.edu/undergraduate-housing/yale-college-undergraduate-regulations

I’m an alum and was surprised to learn this on the tour (and it’s confirmed elsewhere). I was also surprised and saddened to learn that about half (can’t remember if it’s 40% or 60%) of juniors and seniors now live off campus. This really changes the residential college experience that drew me to Yale. But it’s also part of the reason that Yale was able to increase its class size (starting with class of 2029).

Anonymous wrote:UC Santa Barbara has (or had) students living in cars. Completely unacceptable.

So has UC Santa Cruz. There’s a YouTube video where a student explained how to do it.

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Anonymous wrote:UC Santa Cruz and UC Santa Barbara are the worst.

And Berkeley.

At least at Cal, the East Bay is urban with lots of transit. There is lots of housing. At UC Santa Cruz and UCSB, there’s hardly anything.

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Anonymous wrote:UMass Amherst

Could you expand on that?

https://offcampushousing.umass.edu/housing Have a gander at these prices. The town is run by 70 year olds who hate students and want the place to look like it did when they were children. They get mad both when private developers try building apartments in town and when the university tries building dorms on its own land. It's horrid

You could also have a gander at rent prices in the surrounding area, which are among the lowest in the entire country.

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Anonymous wrote:A good question to ask when touring schools or when reps visit.

I was surprised how few upperclassmen at U Mich live on campus. When you have huge universities, they just don’t have a lot of housing stock relative to the size of the student population

Most upperclassmen don't live on campus in general - unless it's a tiny SLAC.

Not true. Most of the ivies have on campus housing all 4 years.

Maybe half of the ivies. I know that the ones that guarantee 4 years of on-campus housing are Harvard, Princeton, Columbia (not sure if this will continue with the increasing class size) and I believe Brown.

Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell and UPenn guarantee only 2 years.

Right. Not all if the Ivies offer four year housing. Harvard and Yale do because og the original “house” system they
both started. At Yale, you go right into your @house” and often live there all four years. At Harvard, all freshman go into
Harvard yard then deject their houses for tears 2, 3, and 4.

I can’t remember if it was Franklin &Marsgall or Dickinson. But on one of those tours, they said they were told to tell tour participants that the portables (trailers) were temporary—year after year.

Anonymous wrote:UC Santa Cruz and UC Santa Barbara are the worst.

Also, Occidental. My friend was one of 3 in a double. Her desk was in the closet. 😯