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Residential Life: Off Campus Living

Foreclosures
and Off-Campus Student Housing: What Students Should Know
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Statement of Philosophy about Campus Living
Kalamazoo College affirms the educational benefits inherent in the residential undergraduate experience. Residential living is supportive of one's academic preparation and plays an integral role in one's experiential education, providing rich opportunities for involvement and development. Therefore, Kalamazoo College requires that all students, except seniors, to reside within the College's residential system and board at the College's dining center. Click here for the Kalamazoo College Assignment Policy in full.

Getting Started
So you've decided to move off campus! The idea of living on your own, with the ability to make your own rules is exciting, but with it comes a lot of added responsibilities.
Here are a few questions to think about before making the move:
• Are you Ready?
• Budget
• Deal Breakers
• Amenities
• Roommates
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Finding a Place
• Questions to ask of your potential landlord
• Questions to ask of previous tenants
• Housing search resources
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Signing your Lease and Moving in
• Reading over your lease
• Protect your security deposit
• Renter's Insurance
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Making the Most of your Off-Campus Experience
• Stay Connected
• Stay Safe
• Maintain good relationships with your Landlord and roommates
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Resources
Off-Campus Housing Checklist
Budget Worksheet
Off campus security tips

 
       
   

Note: Some links available to you through the Kalamazoo College Off Campus Living web site allow you to leave the College's site. Please be aware that the Internet sites available through these links, and the material that you may find there, are not under the control of the College. Therefore, the College can not and does not make any representation to you about these sites or the materials available there. The fact that the College has made these links available to you is not an endorsement or recommendation to you by the College of any of these sites or any material found there. The College is providing these links only as a resource to Kalamazoo College students.

 
   

 

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