mom2rtk
Invented the term "Characterpalooza"
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Never mind my DD, I want to go to college! What school is that? Add my DD to the "prison cell" dorm crew.
Forget the dorm room. I just want a meal plan!
Never mind my DD, I want to go to college! What school is that? Add my DD to the "prison cell" dorm crew.
I am at some of the posts on DD's dorm! No, it's not the Hilton, although DH and I joke and call it "The Suite Life..." like the old Disney TV show where Zach and Cody live in a ritzy hotel. DD is going to UNM. I have to admit though that before this newer dorm and new off-campus housing (apartments and cottages) were built within the last few years, this school was ranked dead last in dorm quality by the Princeton Review in 2011. Good thing things have changed.
If you think DD's dorm is nice, take a look at this off-campus housing community close to her school. Talk about college kids living in the lap of luxury for $600 a month!
http://www.thecottagesofnm.com/cottages/photos/
We felt it was best for DD to live on campus for the first year or two. Maybe by her junior year she will move to the cottages or to an apartment. For now, I think of it like staying on-site at Disney vs off-site. Off-site gives you more space, but when you stay on-site, you get the full experience. Also,the environment is more controlled when living on campus as opposed to the off-campus housing which can be a huge party 24/7.
Best of luck with all of the upcoming move-ins! It was a fun but exhausting day!
WOWSERS!!! Those cottages are AMAZING! I can't believe they're only $600 a month. I want to move in there. And I can't believe how much DD's college charges for room & board compared to other schools. DD's housing contract for the year is $11,298! Fortunately, she got a scholarship which covers housing and tuition or I'd be quite upset seeing these luxury accommodations for much less.
Wow, that is nuts! Are the dorms at least really nice?
And tomorrow is the big pack up. Friday is move in day for my sons college - 4 hours away from us.
He will be in a simple 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom dorm room - each room has 2 people in it so it's 4 boys to a bathroom.
Hope it will work out well.
He never contacted his room mate so we have no idea what this other boy is planning on bringing - and doesn't have contact info for the boys in the other room either so they could end up bringing way too much stuff for that one bathroom (4 shower curtains and garbage cans). LOL
And my son hasn't looked into books for his classes either. It's going to be interesting when school starts on Monday that's for sure.
WOWSERS!!! Those cottages are AMAZING! I can't believe they're only $600 a month. I want to move in there. And I can't believe how much DD's college charges for room & board compared to other schools. DD's housing contract for the year is $11,298! Fortunately, she got a scholarship which covers housing and tuition or I'd be quite upset seeing these luxury accommodations for much less.
That's $600/mo PER PERSON. I have a good friend who works for the company that builds and manages them. Each resident has a separate lease, even though the apartments are shared.
I would happily pay $600/mo PER PERSON. DD's housing contract works out to just over $1,400/mo PER PERSON and her place looks like a prison compared to the cottages.
That's an insane amount of money for a college dorm . Is this by any chance at a big city (i.e. NYC) school in the heart of the city where real estate goes for top dollar?
That's an insane amount of money for a college dorm . Is this by any chance at a big city (i.e. NYC) school in the heart of the city where real estate goes for top dollar?
That's $600/mo PER PERSON. I have a good friend who works for the company that builds and manages them. Each resident has a separate lease, even though the apartments are shared.
Yes, $600 per person, not per house. I assumed everyone knew that, but I should have clarified. Each cottage has 5 or 6 bedrooms and each private bedroom has a private full bathroom. They have granite countertops and stainless steel appliances, too. It costs $30 extra to rent bedroom furniture. I think living room furniture is included in the price.
Gina, this might very well be the same company. I looks up their communities online and there's one at Texas A&M!
DD's dorm is $4999.00 for a 10 month lease. The food plan is pricey though -- $1900 a semester for the freshman required plan which is all you can eat and it!'s open 24/7
The school really got us on books though! The professors require custom books you can't rent online and if bought used, one still has to buy the online code which when added to the used price (if one can find a used custom version) costs almost as much as buying the book and code new. Some professors may say the code isn't needed, but I didn't want to risk her not having her books. The used ones were all sold out anyway. I should have bought them sooner. The man at the off-campus bookstore where we bought the books and saved some money compared to the on-campus bookstore said that the books freshman have to buy usually are custom books, but that goes away in subsequent years as the class sizes get smaller. I think it's a way for the school to just make more money with these custom book requirements.