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So you\u2019re going to Boston University? Congratulations! After I submitted my enrollment deposit I know the next thing on my mind was, where am I going to live and whom am I going to live with? Housing selection can be somewhat of a stressful process so it\u2019s helpful to know a little bit about the perks of living in each housing offered.<\/p>\n
West:<\/strong><\/p>\n Cough. West is best. Cough. This year I lived in Rich Hall located in West Campus. Even though I knew COM would be on the other side of campus, I still had West as my first choice. I wanted to be able to go to class and then get away from the chaos, which is exactly what West lets me do. West is great because it\u2019s located right next to Fit-Rec, Agannis Area, Nickerson Field and Case Gym. The dining hall is arguably the best at BU. The only downfall is it\u2019s about a 15 minute walk to most classes, but there\u2019s a free BU shuttle and two T stops at West so when the cold comes you don\u2019t have to walk. Plus, exercise is great anyway!<\/p>\n Warren:<\/strong><\/p>\n Warren is a great choice if you want to wake up ten minutes before class starts and make it on time. It\u2019s mainly freshmen and each floor has a common room so it\u2019s easy to bond with your floor. The dining hall is located on the fourth floor so there are some days where you will never have to leave the building if you don\u2019t want to!<\/p>\n The Towers, Danielson, 575 Commonwealth Avenue<\/strong><\/p>\n These are also places where freshmen typically stay and are a lot like West and Warren except for a little bit smaller. 575 Commonwealth Ave tends to have more triples and Danielson has bigger rooms. The great thing if you live here is that there will be a new student center in East Campus with a huge, amazing dining hall. Even though I\u2019ll be living in West again I will definitely be coming to eat there when I can!<\/p>\n You\u2019re probably thinking, ok I chose where to live, how do I choose whom to live with?<\/strong><\/p>\n BU lets you request a roommate or you can also choose random. Personally, coming from California I didn\u2019t know anyone coming to BU and didn\u2019t want to rely on Facebook or Roomsurf to pair me up with a roommate (Although I know a lot of people who did and it\u2019s great option!) I chose to have a random roommate and don\u2019t regret it at all. I know on one end of the spectrum it could have been the worst or the best, but luckily it has worked out and we are rooming again together next year!<\/p>\n Overall, if housing comes around and you don\u2019t get your first or second choice I promise you it\u2019s not the end of the world (that\u2019s December 21, 2012 ;)). You will make friends and have a great experience as long as you want to. BU is what you make it and housing is just one aspect of the BU experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So you\u2019re going to Boston University? Congratulations! After I submitted my enrollment deposit I know the next thing on my mind was, where am I going to live and whom am I going to live with? Housing selection can be somewhat of a stressful process so it\u2019s helpful to know a little bit about the … Continue reading Alexa: Looking for a Place to Live?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7281,7270],"tags":[7821,7822,6953,7319,7317,7312],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":590,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions\/590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}