{"id":36527,"date":"2018-05-01T13:37:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T17:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/?p=36527"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:04:20","slug":"graduate-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/graduate-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Living On-Campus at BU (Kat T.)<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Once you\u2019ve been accepted to grad school, everything starts piling on – the decisions, the fears, and, of course, the excitement! \u00a0When I moved to Boston, I was very unfamiliar with the area and overwhelmed by the options. After several not so fruitful google searches for \u201ccheap apartments in Boston,\u201d I decided that living in graduate housing for my first year was the way to go. Overall, my housing decision turned out for the best, but there were definitely \u201cpros\u201d and some \u201ccons\u201d that became more apparent as time went on.<\/p>\n

On the \u201cpro\u201d side: I was just a hop, skip, and a jump from the social work building. This meant rolling out of bed for those all-too-early 8AM classes and still claiming my seat front and center. Another \u201cpro\u201d to this shared living space was the opportunity to meet students in other graduate programs at Boston University. Many of the other students on my floor are in the Engineering program and I would not have had the chance to connect with them if I wasn\u2019t in graduate housing. Finally, the maintenance staff for the building work tirelessly and are available 24-hours. This ended up being essential when I locked myself out of my building while doing laundry around the corner. They came to the rescue within 20 minutes!<\/p>\n

Over time, the \u201ccons\u201d for me became apparent. When I moved here, I knew it would be a struggle to understand the train at first, so all I wanted was to live cheaply and be close to school. That worked for a while. However, after a year of living in what is essentially a dorm, I realized that sharing a kitchen and bathroom and having limited space of my own, wasn\u2019t ideal. Since I like to think of myself as an amateur chef, the kitchen situation left much to be desired.<\/p>\n

I learned a lot this first year, including about my own priorities and needs when it comes to living situations.\u00a0 Graduate housing was just right for my first year, but for year two, I\u2019m going to branch out and try something new off-campus.

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