UBC Housing: 4BR?

[gusl]

I can check my place in the queue online. For a studio, 1BR, 2BR (my current choices), it's not looking very good.

But I could get a room right now, in a 4BR Thunderbird apartment, with 3 other Joe Randoms, i.e. "upper-year undergraduate and graduate students".

Advantages:
* location: next to CS building
* facilities: gym, etc.
* if I hate it, I only need to stay 4 months (just give 30-days-notice after the 3rd month).
* It's cheap: $580/month

Disadvantages:
* people
* people
* people

OTOH, groups of people can choose to live together. Each good person I convince to room with me is one less disadvantage.

Q: if I accept the 4BR, do I lose my place in line for the studio?
A: as soon as I accept an offer, I may be placed on an internal transfer waitlist ("usually much shorter than waitlist from the outside").

Generic waittimes cited, for this list:
* 1BR: 4-6 months
* studio: 4-8 months

Since Thunderbird studios are normally ~9-12 months and I've already waited 2, this is not "much shorter", IMHO.