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I am freaking out. Good offer from one school. Waiting for another 2 schools (one wait listed and one that has just been impossibly late this year). They both say I will be notified by April 13th, and I have until the 15th to accept my first offer. So... deciding the next 5-6 years of my life basically in a day. Awesome.

Thanks. Will do. I am making my final decision by the end of this week. April 15th is my deadline!

Yes thanks! I saw that thread as well. One thing is for sure, everyone who leaves Hawaii seems to miss it Looking forward to accepting the offer more and more. The detailed info I received here today will help greatly in figuring out the housing thing... many thanks to all.

Thank you! So helpful... exactly what I needed. I am on the cusp of accepting this offer and excited to spend the next 5 year in Hawaii... and yes, the Astrophysics department is excellent. I'm thrilled. I may have more questions for you. I really appreciate your help here. Thanks again.

Hey I am taking a shot at this again- bumping up my former post. Any and all info about housing in Honolulu welcome. I know about Craigslist, but would appreciate info about which neighborhoods to live in, any other online sources for roommates, etc. I am going in blind here! Has anyone taken a shot at emailing current grad students in their department about how they managed it? Or discussing housing with their adviser? So far the discussion has been all about astrophysics... but this being Hawaii and a rather unique situation (can't just pack up the U-Haul and go...), I thought I might ask some more practical questions. Thanks for any ideas.

Thanks to both of you- if I accept the offer I think I will contact some other grad students in the department and ask them how they dealt with it. Anything on Craig's List can be risky to organize from afar. I am hoping to just find a furnished room (hopefully in a place with other grad students) for my first year while I get my bearings. Definitely a challenge...

I am considering an offer from UH Manoa for this fall. Does anyone here have any recent info regarding housing, biking distance from campus (not taking a car to start), where to search, how the on-campus grad student housing is for the first year, basically anything at all! Thanks for your input- trying to evaluate my final decision!