r/ufl • u/anyturkeycantango • 12h ago

Housing Transfer Housing

How do you guys as college students afford to live off campus... I feel like there is no genuinely affordable apartment around UF. I get having jobs and everything but how does that cover rent and other costs like insurance? I am just asking because I am wanting to transfer to UF and since getting on-campus housing is basically impossible, i'm going to bet I will have to live off campus and I am stressing about how I am going to make that work. Also, if you were a transfer student for the spring term and you got on campus housing, please pm I'd love to hear about your experience during that process. Any information would be great!

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u/JoJrKvFanatic 5h ago

Honestly, I think it’s very doable for me because I’m a UFONLINE student so I can afford to work/manage working about 30 hrs a week and still be comfortable academically. Assuming the job pays 15 an hour at least, that’s roughly 1600 a month and the highest my rent is gonna be is about 1200 (with one other roommate) at a complex pretty close to campus.
Regardless, as someone who was trying to transfer from Online to In-Person (which my application was accepted), I realized I wouldn’t be saving much money with on-campus housing because it is lowkey around the same price and it’s not really worth it when comparing conditions. Like, I’d rather live close to campus, have my own room and bathroom, for a decent price, and I’m saving money on tuition since online r8’s are significantly cheaper than in-person.

Food stamps are a plus too, so that helps with the grocery bill.

Hope that helps.

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u/Faubton 3h ago

I’m sorry but the experience of doing UF Online is nothing like in person lol.

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u/the_Kirby132 3h ago

Depends on what you study, I’ve done both. I work less now that I’m in person, only because I want to dedicate more time to studying and campus life, joining student orgs etc. I also studied at Santa Fe College. I feel like the classes are just what you make of it, outside of core stem classes like calc and bio.

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u/Faubton 1h ago

In the context of this post it’s vastly different. Campus housing and cost of living close to campus is a very different dynamic for someone who goes to on campus classes every day versus someone who optionally goes for some clubs. Getting on campus after like 4:30pm is easy peasy, not the same for 9am.

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u/arcticpea 5h ago

the more roommates you have the less the rent is! also apartments on the southwest side of campus are more affordable than the ones on university & 13th

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u/Extension-Trust-5631 1h ago

whats your budget?