It's been a while since I last sought advice here on my personal matters, but I thought I'd make good use of your opinion on this dilemma; which I must decide quickly.
I'm currently a college student, going to business school in Manhattan. I live in my own apartment with a roommate in Brooklyn. The lease is due to expire this summer, and I don't intend to extend it. My roommate is moving to Italy in a few weeks, and if I don't find another apartment for next year then I must dorm.
Dorm requests have to be submitted before my current semester ends, which is next week. If I don't request for a dorm ($6,600 per semester, which is roughly 4 months), then I will have no choice but to find a new apartment.
My current apartment is about $1500 per month including utility. There's no way I can find another apartment in or near Manhattan for any less than that and since I won't have a roommate next year; I will have to eat up all the costs myself. I did a quick search online for one bedroom apartments in Manhattan and it averages $1800 for the lower end.
By calculating the costs, it's obviously more sensible that I should dorm, but I'm also looking for a semi-permanent place of my own that I can settle through college and of course dorm, in that sense, would not be the most attractive offer to me.
If you were in my situation, what would you do?
I'm currently a college student, going to business school in Manhattan. I live in my own apartment with a roommate in Brooklyn. The lease is due to expire this summer, and I don't intend to extend it. My roommate is moving to Italy in a few weeks, and if I don't find another apartment for next year then I must dorm.
Dorm requests have to be submitted before my current semester ends, which is next week. If I don't request for a dorm ($6,600 per semester, which is roughly 4 months), then I will have no choice but to find a new apartment.
My current apartment is about $1500 per month including utility. There's no way I can find another apartment in or near Manhattan for any less than that and since I won't have a roommate next year; I will have to eat up all the costs myself. I did a quick search online for one bedroom apartments in Manhattan and it averages $1800 for the lower end.
By calculating the costs, it's obviously more sensible that I should dorm, but I'm also looking for a semi-permanent place of my own that I can settle through college and of course dorm, in that sense, would not be the most attractive offer to me.
If you were in my situation, what would you do?
