And with that search come real estate agents classifieds and a lot of legwork. Real estate agents have a bunch of apartments that they just absolutely need to rent. They want you to take them, and will try to talk you into just about anything. They also take their cut, usually requiring anywhere from half to a full month s rent. The legwork and frustration just have to be experienced.
Roommates are a whole different thing.
You often become closer to your chosen roommates, but friends can suddenly become enemies because of small habits that drive the others mad. And when the year ends with you at each others throats, you can t blame anyone but yourselves. When you are living on campus it is so easy to believe that life in an apartment would be easier. But there are times when I ve thought longingly of being able to run to my room to grab something in between classes or even be able to take advantage of ResNet. And if you don t have the money for on-campus housing right up front, there s always the possibility of a payment plan.