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Hi everyone,
I was accepted to a program about 2 hours away, and I am currently on 2 waitlists for programs in my home city.
I'd obviously much prefer to stay in the city where I live, but I have not heard back from the programs that waitlisted me. One starts in June, and the other starts in August. Both accept people well into the summer months. The school I'm accepted at starts in July.
I'm trying to figure out whether I should secure housing now in the city where I'm accepted. The apartments recommended by students are filling up quickly, but I was able to find 1 or 2 with availability in July. For each apartment, there's an application fee and a security deposit that you forfeit if you don't attend.
I'm wondering if I should fork over the $300-400 to secure housing while waiting on schools from my hometown. If I don't get off those waitlists, I don't want to deal with the stress of finding housing at the last minute. If I do get off the waitlists, then I'd be pissing away a few hundred dollars. Not an insignificant amount of money.
Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks.
I was accepted to a program about 2 hours away, and I am currently on 2 waitlists for programs in my home city.
I'd obviously much prefer to stay in the city where I live, but I have not heard back from the programs that waitlisted me. One starts in June, and the other starts in August. Both accept people well into the summer months. The school I'm accepted at starts in July.
I'm trying to figure out whether I should secure housing now in the city where I'm accepted. The apartments recommended by students are filling up quickly, but I was able to find 1 or 2 with availability in July. For each apartment, there's an application fee and a security deposit that you forfeit if you don't attend.
I'm wondering if I should fork over the $300-400 to secure housing while waiting on schools from my hometown. If I don't get off those waitlists, I don't want to deal with the stress of finding housing at the last minute. If I do get off the waitlists, then I'd be pissing away a few hundred dollars. Not an insignificant amount of money.
Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks.