Chicago grad housing dilemma - Shelbyrne Forum

[Jas]

I want to know if anyone here has lived in, or known anyone who has lived in, Shelbyrne Hall at the University of Chicago. Is it nice? Any complaints? Bugs? Crappy appliances? Are there any appliances, or do you have to bring your own? Is it worth it to get the parking for $55/month? Thanks!

[Jas]

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[Jas]

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[manbearwig]

Dude. Chill out. First off, way more appropriate places to post this then in this section. Second off, this is a crazy specific question. Don't bump the thread twice in barely two hours especially in the early morning on a Saturday. Duh.

[northwood]

can you go visit the hall and talk to people who live there or perhaps check the place out for yourself? If not then call the school and ask for someone to help guide you to the answers you seek

[Oban]

I've only been inside the dorm once and never into a room, but i don't know why you'd want to live in a dorm in gradschool, just find an apartment.

[GMVarun]

While I am not going to Chicago for Law School, I did go to undergrad there. I have not lived in Shelbyrne, but if you can give me what you are paying for rent I can advise. If you are paying more than 750-800/month including utilities, it's absolutely not a good deal. Just to keep in mind, I had a sorta shabbier place, but had my own large room (in a 2 bedroom place) and paid 550/month including utilities and I have plenty of friends who paid less. You can get Regeants for around that, and Regeants apts are very nice and have a lot of grad students.

As per parking, my roommate and I had a car for 3 years and we never had a paid parking spot. You can always find close-by or relatively close street parking. Now, we occasionally got screwed (twice) by street cleaning, but if you are careful that too can be avoided. 55/month is not that bad, but then again I never paid for parking and don't see why you should. As far as daily commute to the law school, you would clearly not drive if you live relatively close to campus -- you can easily take a bus (172, 173, 174) which are all free for students, or walk depending on where you live.