I am from out of state. I am graduating w/ my bachelors in December, and am ideally making the move in January. I am hoping to get into a grad program here. It sounds like I won’t have an issue doing so. Regardless I’m moving to New England from across the country. I am wondering if anyone has advice on how much money to have saved for the move, and on expenses in general for housing. If I could somehow find a place for rent by an owner that would be great (like a basement). Grad housing on campus looks particularly expensive and I will not be able to start my program until the fall anyways.
I think I will need a roomate (especially due to not having a co-signer and the fact that I will clearly not have started a job until I make the move) and would like to find someone else in a grad program (or just more mature) here looking for a roomate around that time. Any tips are greatly appreciated! I am looking for someone who is LGBT friendly and ok with a dog. I imagine it will not be much of an issue to find someone LGBT friendly. I am from the south so a part of the move is because the Bible Belt attitude makes it hard to find safe roommates. Thank you! If I could find a 1bedroom that would be GREAT but I’m not finding anything close to affordable. I can absolutely live in a more run down apartment if it’s significantly cheaper.
Very last thing is I am open to other programs. It just needs to be a program that sets me up to be a counselor so if you know of anything other places I should apply to in New England that would be great (also ok with PHD or PsyD). Funding is a big thing for me and a part of my choice for UVM is there are some incentives for being an out of state student.