Virginia Commonwealth University
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Students at VCU usually decide to find off-campus housing after freshman year not only because it is hard to get on campus housing but because they can also decide who they want to live with. Students often decide to find a place to live with the friends they made freshman year. This can turn out good or bad. It can seem more expensive to live off campus with multiple bills to be paid, but usually it works out to be about the same as on-campus housing.
 

The apartment complexes around campus look dumpy from the outside and aren’t much better on the inside. Most places
for rent are houses surrounding campus that people have bought and split up into 3 or 4 apartments each. Bugs, mice,
and noisy neighbors are the biggest complaints of students living off campus. The owners of off-campus apartments, usually called slum lords, tend to stay away from their properties and do as little work as possible knowing that they will rent out to a needy student anyway. The further out from campus you go, the better the places you will find, but this may cause you to drive or bike into campus, which isn’t always possible. Students need to really research their off-campus housing options before they move in. There are a lot of students looking for places, so the competition is high.

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Off-Campus Housing at Virginia Commonwealth University

tkeyah11

Occupational Therapy '14

2.3

C

Living Off-Campus Can Be Pretty Expensive

Well, this is big city so the pricing shouldn't be much of a surprise but the are plenty of halls and dorms to accommodate students.

May 27, 2012

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invisibleboy60

Dentistry '12

3.5

B

Preferred on-Campus

I preferred students to live on-campus, because of the living cost and safety. I bet if you live at VCU dormitories only once, it will be the best time of your life.

May 15, 2012

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henshawmw

Anthropology and Archaeology '12

3.1

B-

City Living

Living in the city can be dangerous, and some of the off-campus housing is kind of expensive, or have crazy requirements like making three times the rent or something. If you go a little farther out of the city, its gets cheaper.

Apr 05, 2012

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