Re: WUSTL Class of 2019
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:22 am
Visiting the school and STL tomorrow - so pumped!! Is anyone in town?
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WUSTL 2L here. I have a few friends that live downtown and metro to school/the Loop area for classes. If you did have a car, you would have to deal with commuting and parking which would be imo annoying. Then again, while alot of people do live in CWE, and it is where or near most Bar Reviews are, living on/near the Loop has its definite perks. It's close to school, and if you have an hour to spare, forget something, or desperately need a nap between classes, you can get to and from super easily. I love living close to school for that reason. You can also easily walk/bike from the Loop area to school if you don't have a car, and if you do, parking is hardly an issue. But full disclosure: they're adding a trolley system on the loop and I don't know what that will mean in terms of convenient accessibility, at least for people with cars. Hope that helps.alice1990 wrote:How is downtown not even an option in the poll? Like NOBODY ever lives there? I'm so clueless about where to look but it looks like downtown you can get a pretty swanky place for very little money! Can anyone from the area shed some light on this?
I'm seconding all of the above in regard to the loop. Can't beat it in terms of convenience. I have a car and I never use it because I walk to school, and there's a shit ton to do around here. Also relatively easy to get to all the hot spots in town and closeish to two metro link stops (one of which is kind of not in the greatest area but nothing too crazy). I would imagine the trolley is going to mess things up worse than it already has though. Might be the single worst public transit idea ever conceived of.Sprout wrote:WUSTL 2L here. I have a few friends that live downtown and metro to school/the Loop area for classes. If you did have a car, you would have to deal with commuting and parking which would be imo annoying. Then again, while alot of people do live in CWE, and it is where or near most Bar Reviews are, living on/near the Loop has its definite perks. It's close to school, and if you have an hour to spare, forget something, or desperately need a nap between classes, you can get to and from super easily. I love living close to school for that reason. You can also easily walk/bike from the Loop area to school if you don't have a car, and if you do, parking is hardly an issue. But full disclosure: they're adding a trolley system on the loop and I don't know what that will mean in terms of convenient accessibility, at least for people with cars. Hope that helps.alice1990 wrote:How is downtown not even an option in the poll? Like NOBODY ever lives there? I'm so clueless about where to look but it looks like downtown you can get a pretty swanky place for very little money! Can anyone from the area shed some light on this?
TL,DR: if you want to live somewhere cheap(ish), spacious, yet trendy and pretty convenient, go with CWE instead of downtown.
Honestly after visiting over the weekend I understand why - totally gonna live in the Loop! LOVED the school and loved the city!w00kash wrote:I'm seconding all of the above in regard to the loop. Can't beat it in terms of convenience. I have a car and I never use it because I walk to school, and there's a shit ton to do around here. Also relatively easy to get to all the hot spots in town and closeish to two metro link stops (one of which is kind of not in the greatest area but nothing too crazy). I would imagine the trolley is going to mess things up worse than it already has though. Might be the single worst public transit idea ever conceived of.Sprout wrote:WUSTL 2L here. I have a few friends that live downtown and metro to school/the Loop area for classes. If you did have a car, you would have to deal with commuting and parking which would be imo annoying. Then again, while alot of people do live in CWE, and it is where or near most Bar Reviews are, living on/near the Loop has its definite perks. It's close to school, and if you have an hour to spare, forget something, or desperately need a nap between classes, you can get to and from super easily. I love living close to school for that reason. You can also easily walk/bike from the Loop area to school if you don't have a car, and if you do, parking is hardly an issue. But full disclosure: they're adding a trolley system on the loop and I don't know what that will mean in terms of convenient accessibility, at least for people with cars. Hope that helps.alice1990 wrote:How is downtown not even an option in the poll? Like NOBODY ever lives there? I'm so clueless about where to look but it looks like downtown you can get a pretty swanky place for very little money! Can anyone from the area shed some light on this?
TL,DR: if you want to live somewhere cheap(ish), spacious, yet trendy and pretty convenient, go with CWE instead of downtown.
Welcome.Petrichor wrote:looks like i will be attending, withdrew from all other schools and waitlists after scholarship negotiations went nowhere.
Have a link for the group? I couldn't find it.WooWooWashU wrote:Just made the Facebook group public. I didn't realize it wasn't public when I started it. I'm already in STL, living in the CWE. If anybody needs building/bar recs in the area, ask away.
I'll be setting up a few Facebook events over the summer for those of us that are already in STL. Any suggestions? I'm thinking maybe city museum, KBBQ on the loop, and/or a few choice bars in the CWE.
Congrats to all you current 1Ls lurking- last day of 1L exams was today.
I asked admissions about housing earlier this week. I was told it's still too early to search for August, probably have to wait at least until June. I was also told they'll have a housing concierge to help 0Ls out who should be available starting next week. For those coming to WUSTL from more distant states and for whom traveling to look at apartments would be difficult, they said their housing concierge will look at apartments on your behalf.guybourdin wrote:People talking about moving - are you getting a July 1 or August 1? I was planning on August and just haven't seen much available yet.
Just sent mine as well. Pumped.darkchildnana wrote:Just submitted my second deposit! Can't wait to meet you guys in the fall!
I was able to get a place locked down in April for a mid-August move-in. They had two separate properties. All 1-bedrooms or studios. Nothing in the rooms impressed me a whole lot, but the people were friendly and helpful.tsujimoto74 wrote:I asked admissions about housing earlier this week. I was told it's still too early to search for August, probably have to wait at least until June. I was also told they'll have a housing concierge to help 0Ls out who should be available starting next week. For those coming to WUSTL from more distant states and for whom traveling to look at apartments would be difficult, they said their housing concierge will look at apartments on your behalf.guybourdin wrote:People talking about moving - are you getting a July 1 or August 1? I was planning on August and just haven't seen much available yet.
Suggestions on specific complexes?PeanutsNJam wrote:PSA for those of you hunting for apartments: do not rent from TIA Properties (Guy's name is AJ). He is unethical, lazy, and just a terrible landlord.
Most people I know here dislike their landlords. St. Louis landlords are pretty bad. There's not much good out there.splitterfromhell wrote:Suggestions on specific complexes?PeanutsNJam wrote:PSA for those of you hunting for apartments: do not rent from TIA Properties (Guy's name is AJ). He is unethical, lazy, and just a terrible landlord.
The ideal area IMO would be Demun, just south of Wash U and across the street from Forest Park. Aside from those major benefits, it's close to a gas station, close to the highway, close to a large shopping complex that everybody goes to (Galleria), close to both Target and Walmart (where Chi-fil-A can be found), and is a very safe neighborhood. Re: specific complexes there, I'm not sure, but if you're in that area you can't go wrong. I personally think it's hands down the best location.splitterfromhell wrote:Suggestions on specific complexes?PeanutsNJam wrote:PSA for those of you hunting for apartments: do not rent from TIA Properties (Guy's name is AJ). He is unethical, lazy, and just a terrible landlord.