After e-mailing one of the professors I was interested in working with in California only to have him kindly reply that he wasn’t focusing on my particular area this coming year, I realized that I had been putting too much emphasis on California. I have five other colleges that I am applying to and while three of them are not as desirable for me, they are all options. This morning I sat down to do a little research on one of my other options – Boston College.
How anyone can afford to live near Boston College is beyond me! I will find a way to make it work if it is the school I choose but making it work will be like a large lady trying to shove her size 13 foot in to a size 6 1/2 shoe. In North Carolina Buzz and I pay $1,000 a month in rent. We live in a two bedroom townhouse (approx. 1,200 sq ft) that allows us to have our 80lb Labrador. While the home isn’t ideal it is a home, a two bedroom, two and a half bath home that allows our fur kid to live with us – we wouldn’t have it any other way. Looking at apartments around Boston college this morning the prices ran the gamut from $1,000 for a studio apartment that didn’t allow dogs (NO THANK YOU) to $1500 a month for a two bed, one bath that allowed big dogs. We need a two bedroom home being that Buzz works from home and needs an office. We need somewhere that will allow a Labrador that weighs in at 80lbs because leaving my boy will NEVER be an option. We would like more than one bathroom – this is the ‘luxury’ we seek in a town where rent is an arm and a leg.
I remember asking Buzz when I was looking at Boston College, why their stipends were quite a bit higher than other schools – well, now we know. I know if it is the school I choose then we will figure out a way to make it work, 2 bedrooms, a Labrador Retriever and possibly two bathrooms and all but it concerns me. When I look at my other options – The University of Arizona for example, we could be living in a four bedroom, two bathroom, pet friendly, gorgeous house for just $1395 a month. I know it’s the difference between two drastically different cities but man, what a difference it is!
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oh my goodness apartments and any real estate in the general Boston area and NYC come with exorbitant price tags..it’s ridiculous but the colleges are so nice in Boston
The faculty at Boston is a good fit for me too but good Lord that pricetag!!!
it’s ridiculously expensive that’s why i have to wait one year before law school