Univ of Utah, $5K/semester offer to Alumni

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  1. AsianStew

    AsianStew Moderator Staff Member

    Wow! $5K/semester for Alumni to rent extra rooms to students! If a semester is 3 months, that's 1666/month, if it's 4 months, then you're at 1250/month.

    Ouch, I didn't know so many people would be on a waitlist to get into student housing! Come to think of it, I remember people used to be in shared accommodations but with a private room.

    Interesting though, I think they would get some traction and hopefully alleviate some of the wait for student housing. I wonder if two students per room would be too much? Use Bunkbeds!

    When we were young, we bus to school, back in the old days, people biked to school, nowadays it's living at school... I know what can help, students are like sardines, stuff them into rooms! (or not, back to the drawing board I go)

    Link: The University of Utah says it will pay alumni $5,000 per semester to rent any extra rooms to students as the waiting list for campus housing tops 3,500 (msn.com)
     
    AsianStew, Jul 27, 2022
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  2. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Around here, renting rooms to Uni students has always been a thing. 25-30 years ago, you leased a room for 7-8 mos (academic year) for around $125 / mo - that's $1,000 for a full academic year. Looks like prices have gone up a bit! 60 years ago, you could get a real nice room, anywhere in town - cheap. I had one - with a big fireplace (strictly ornamental at that point) and a nice mural done by the previous tenant - an up-and-coming artist. Cost me $10 a week. Lived there for quite a while, until I got married. Big old stone house -- all gone years and years ago. for a strip mall.
     
    Johann, Jul 27, 2022
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  3. nomaduser

    nomaduser Active Member

    Why would anybody want to live there? I HATED my dorm room :(
    It was too noisy. You can hear kids partying at 3:00 AM ....
     
    nomaduser, Jul 27, 2022
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  4. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Right, dorms seem to be the pits at a lot of places. My son lived in a dorm for a year, though - around 1993. They usually call that "in residence" around here. His experience was fine. There was peace enough to study etc. Big bathroom and shower areas etc. Clean, bright etc. Wasn't a bad deal at all. Cost was reasonable. Bit of a pain - the residence was on a different campus maybe 7-8 miles away from his classes, but my son had his trusty old VW, so no real prob. He was only 25 miles away from his hometown and could keep his weekend job, so everything worked for him. That VW was amazing! So was my son. He still is.

    I'm sure dorms don't work this well for everybody, though!
     
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    Johann, Jul 27, 2022
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  5. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    I tried the dorm thing. I thought it would help me come out of my shell. It did not. I'm happily married now though so it all worked out!

    Parking and housing are two major supply issues on most campuses and I'm not sure why. Do they only build for the enrollment they have and expect to expand later but never do? Or does the exclusivity of it help the school in some other way (e.g. by raising the parking prices until the number of people who can afford the passes matches the number of spots in the lot.)
     
    Dustin, Jul 27, 2022
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