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My brother got an apartment before I did.

Date: 2006-02-04 09:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hedy.livejournal.com
((Is really not going to say anything about Troy. Really. Will not.))

Date: 2006-02-04 10:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sarah-p.livejournal.com
SERIOUSLY. Troy *scares* me.

(Despite the fact that I'm like...ten minutes away. Heh.)

Date: 2006-02-04 10:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hedy.livejournal.com
But Albany isn't scary!

Date: 2006-02-04 11:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hermionesviolin.livejournal.com
Yeah, Troy's kinda sketchy, but he says the apartment is just a couple blocks from campus.

Date: 2006-02-04 10:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hermionesviolin.livejournal.com
Well he says it's just a couple blocks from campus.

Date: 2006-02-04 11:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] offbalance.livejournal.com
When I was at SUNY Albany, locals I knew used to refer to it as the Troylet.

Date: 2006-02-05 01:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] paper-crystals.livejournal.com
I am thinking about going there. People keep telling me it is a party school. Can these parties be avoided? (I plan on living off campus.)

Date: 2006-02-05 04:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] offbalance.livejournal.com
Actually, no. There is a party gestapo that pounds on the doors of every student at night, and will drag the unwilling out and pour alcoholic beverages down their throats and force them to listen to loud techno music and laugh at dumb things that other drunks say. It's unavoidable. They come after you in the night!!

Of course the parties can be avoided. In fact, you'll have an easier time avoiding them on campus rather than off. The campus is dry, and the RAs (especially on the Freshman quads) are rather draconian, so the campus tends to be rather quiet in the evenings and weekends, when the students looking to have a good time head downtown to the bars with the not-so-strict ID policy and many, many, many frat parties. Although there are a few individuals who party with great frequency, the majority of the students keep it to the weekends in order to blow off steam, socialize and hang out with their friends.

I also resent the label of a 'party school.' Albany is a good school, even possibly an excellent school in some regards. The parties are there if you want them, but if you don't, they're easy enough to avoid. Just because people like to drink and/or have fun doesn't mean that they also don't like to go to class and get good grades. I managed to do both, and graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Date: 2006-02-05 02:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] paper-crystals.livejournal.com
Thanks. On that note do you know anything about their math department because that is what I am planning on majoring in.

Date: 2006-02-05 02:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] offbalance.livejournal.com
I'm allergic to Math, and avoid it at all costs. So, no.

Date: 2006-02-05 02:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] paper-crystals.livejournal.com
Damn. Okay. Thank you then.

Date: 2006-02-04 10:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lilithchilde.livejournal.com
*shrug* My brother learned to drive before I did.

Date: 2006-02-04 10:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hermionesviolin.livejournal.com
As did mine. I wasn't really making a value judgement, just commenting. When my brother first started looking for an apartment, he was saying he might well get an apartment before I did and we started thinking of it as like an unofficial contest.

Date: 2006-02-05 01:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] paper-crystals.livejournal.com
Is your brother paying for it?

Date: 2006-02-05 01:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hermionesviolin.livejournal.com
Most definitely. He and 3 friends are splitting the rent (for a 4-bedroom, I'm fairly certain). Rent in Troy, of course, is much cheaper than rent in Boston.

Date: 2006-02-05 01:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] paper-crystals.livejournal.com
I don't think I had that type of cash when I went to Smith. Not that freshman could live off campus.

Date: 2006-02-05 01:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hermionesviolin.livejournal.com
He worked a lot during high school and did work-study at RPI -- and they won't start paying for this apt. until June 1 -- though I remain somewhat impressed (though really more by the initiative than by anything else).

Date: 2006-02-05 01:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] paper-crystals.livejournal.com
Ahh. My parents wouldn't let me work during high school. I think I made $20 a week doing work study at Smith.

Date: 2006-02-05 01:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hermionesviolin.livejournal.com
Oh my parents were big supporters of us making our own money. He only worked during summers but he saved a good chunk of it. I think he does workstudy ~ 6-8 hrs/wk at RPI.

Date: 2006-02-05 01:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistlerose.livejournal.com
My brother did too. :-P

(Though my parents paid for that one, since he was still in college.)

He also got his drivers license before I did, and he's 2 1/2 years younger than I am.

Date: 2006-02-05 01:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hermionesviolin.livejournal.com
I turn 23 in July and have only had mild desires to learn to drive. My brother is 4 years younger and was always eager to learn to drive and did so as soon as he was legally able.

The agreement has always been that our parents will split the bill the college sends (tuition+room&board) but we are on our own for everything else (and also on our own for grad school should we choose to pursue that).

Date: 2006-02-05 02:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistlerose.livejournal.com
I was...24? I think? Yeah. I'd just turned 24 when I finally got my license. My brother, Dan, got his when he was...I want to say 21. Just entering his last year at SUNY Albany, anyway. My younger brother, Jon, is 20, and has no desire to drive or even learn to. Growing up in NY, I didn't really need a car, though it's essential now that I live in Minnesota.

College tuition is a messy subject in my family. I was a sophomore and Dan was just finishing high school when my parents decided to split. My first 3 years or so got paid for. I don't know about the rest. My parents barely spoke, and neither would tell me or my brothers anything. Dad's tried to saddle me with repaying student loans now and then, but I simply CAN'T. I don't have the money and he does. But I intend to take over the repayment as soon as I can. Dan's on his own with law school. Dad has to pay half of Jon's tuition until he turns 21, which he will in October. No idea if he'll continue to help pay. It's a mess. :-P

I always paid for my own books, clothes, and everything else. And for about a year and a half I paid rent and utilities. I really miss my autonomy. :(

Date: 2006-02-05 03:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hermionesviolin.livejournal.com
I grew up in a suburb of Boston without a car, but we lived close enough to schools, supermarkets, etc. that walking places wasn't a big deal (and my dad was a stay-at-home dad, so he could do mini grocery runs every day) and my parents were never big on going out to eat or out to dinner or whatever. We have a car and it can be very useful, but I want to live in the city (for assorted reasons of convenience) where I have no intention of having a car (and all the hassle of owning a car never appealed to me) so learning to drive is still a vague "That would be a useful skill to have, and yet . . . ."

My sympathies about your repayment mess.

Are you living with one of your parents now?

Date: 2006-02-05 05:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistlerose.livejournal.com
I live with my mother. My father and I don't talk at all. :-P

If I moved back to New York, I'd get rid of my car. If I moved to Boston...possibly. I lived in Newton for a summer, and had a pretty easy time getting around without a car, though walking would suck in the winter. :)

Date: 2006-02-05 05:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hermionesviolin.livejournal.com
Since I work at Harvard I'm looking for an apartment in the Harvard Square/Davis Square/Allston area -- somewhere where my commute will be significantly less than its current hour and a half :) And I love winter, so as long as there's not too much of the gross weather like tons of slush, I really have no problem walking in the winter :)

Date: 2006-02-05 05:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistlerose.livejournal.com
I love winter too, but I'm not a big fan of walking in snow. *g*

Hmm. I had a couple of friends who lived in that area for a little while. Their apartment was pretty cute. Parking was a small nightmare, though. They tended to just leave the car, except for major trips, because it was such a hassle. And anyway, they were pretty close to the T.

I think I could enjoy living in Boston. I've been there a few times.

Date: 2006-02-05 05:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hermionesviolin.livejournal.com
Yeah, I don't particularly envy people who have to drive in Boston and I would certainly never wanna have to park there. And Boston's public transportation system is imperfect, but you can get just about anywhere on it.

♥ Boston

Date: 2006-02-05 03:03 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lunabee34.livejournal.com
Congrats to him.

And good luck to you on finding a place.

Date: 2006-02-05 04:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hermionesviolin.livejournal.com
Thanks on both counts.

I've been too tired this week to look at apartment listings much, so I've gotta get back on that.

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