Spring Break
1,000 Denied Housing
Kala Kachmar
Issue date: 3/29/07 Section: News
"It's too much of a financial burden for me to pay tuition for both semesters. Even though I have no choice, my parents will only pay for on-campus housing," Jancewicz said. "I'll have to pay for my car insurance, gas, rent, good and other expenses that go along with living on my own."
Leask said living off campus will cost him more than if he was to live on campus. Leask's rent is $500 per month for 12 months, not including the costs of food, utilities, toiletries and gas.
Average room and board fees to live on campus total about $8,800 for the year, according to UConn's Office of the Bursar Web site.
"You end up paying more for housing, in my case anyway, because you have to sign long-term leases. Our lease is from June 2007 to July 2008," Leask said.
Eric Grindrod, a 4th-semester electrical engineering major who transferred from the University of Hartford, said he feels he will be alienated living off-campus because his friends were able to stay on campus.
"I feel like I'm being kicked off campus for no reason. I'm not a senior, and all my friends still live on campus," he said. "I'm being jipped out of one or two more years I would have liked to spend on campus."
Grindrod said he is not ready to live off-campus and will have to learn how to cook and have to get a job to pay for his own food in addition to his parents paying for rent.
"I'm also worried about not being able to find a roommate," he said. "I see flyers around campus that say 'roommate wanted' and I just hope I find someone so I don't have to end up paying all the rent.
"If students live on campus, they have easier access to the library, computer labs, professors' office hours and other student resources," Grindrod said.
Grindrod said it will be more inconvenient to meet with professors, especially with their constricted schedules.
According to Schipani, the number of students applying for housing has increased, but she would not say by how much.
"UConn should have had foresight to build more dorms as they saw the numbers of students applying increase," Jancewicz said.
Leask said living off campus will cost him more than if he was to live on campus. Leask's rent is $500 per month for 12 months, not including the costs of food, utilities, toiletries and gas.
Average room and board fees to live on campus total about $8,800 for the year, according to UConn's Office of the Bursar Web site.
"You end up paying more for housing, in my case anyway, because you have to sign long-term leases. Our lease is from June 2007 to July 2008," Leask said.
Eric Grindrod, a 4th-semester electrical engineering major who transferred from the University of Hartford, said he feels he will be alienated living off-campus because his friends were able to stay on campus.
"I feel like I'm being kicked off campus for no reason. I'm not a senior, and all my friends still live on campus," he said. "I'm being jipped out of one or two more years I would have liked to spend on campus."
Grindrod said he is not ready to live off-campus and will have to learn how to cook and have to get a job to pay for his own food in addition to his parents paying for rent.
"I'm also worried about not being able to find a roommate," he said. "I see flyers around campus that say 'roommate wanted' and I just hope I find someone so I don't have to end up paying all the rent.
"If students live on campus, they have easier access to the library, computer labs, professors' office hours and other student resources," Grindrod said.
Grindrod said it will be more inconvenient to meet with professors, especially with their constricted schedules.
According to Schipani, the number of students applying for housing has increased, but she would not say by how much.
"UConn should have had foresight to build more dorms as they saw the numbers of students applying increase," Jancewicz said.
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Rachel
posted 3/30/07 @ 7:18 AM EST
Ok, as a UConn Alumnus, let me tell everyone reading this article and who plans to write future articles about this same topic...this is nothing new and you should just expect it. (Continued…)
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