Same here
Hello~ I'll be a new PHD student in IOE starting 2010 Fall. I'm also looking at housing information these days. Here are some of my thoughts, and hope you guys would give me some suggestions~~ thx!
Since IOE is in north campus, and I won't have a car in the first few months, I think Northwood or Willowtree are good for me ... within walking distance from the department and the shopping center... but some ppl complain about the housing quality there......
If I want to live in Northwood, I'll have to apply after official admissions, and either find a roommate myself or wait to assign one. I hear the application for Northwood can be tough, what are the chances that I, a single international 1st year PHD be accepted in application? And, if a roommate is assigned to me, there might be problems in conflicting living habits or else...
If Willowtree~ I think I should start looking now~ It's better to live with a student already there rather than starting a place on my own, right?