Prospective Epicoders know that they must put in pre-class homework in order to gain admittance to Epicodus. What may be overlooked is that those coming from out of town will also need to do their homework on where they will stay. This is more difficult than you may think, because not all landlords and subletters are willing to admit out of towners, given the uncertainty surrounding personality differences, financial means and following through on one's intentions.
Coming from the east coast, I faced each of these issues. I ended up signing a lease with University Pointe, a housing unit geared largely to college students near Portland State University. It has benefits as well as drawbacks:
Great location: right next to school and max rail line north and south
Great views of downtown
Furnished
Furnished
Some interesting characters
Lease is 6 months
Decent pricing
Decent pricing
The bad:
Payment system is unreliable
Ultra-thin walls
Ultra-thin walls
Roommate Roulette
Moldy washers
Unsecured wireless. Seriously.
Unsecured wireless. Seriously.
Lease is kind of scary
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Hi, thanks for the post . i was researching reviews about Epicodus , i was accepted for the coming cohort in April 2015 , one concern of mine is the housing .i'm coming from the East Coast.i want to prepare myself and have an idea of the housing cost.
ReplyDeleteHi doobee! Just do your research. Our class started a google spreadsheet for students coming from out of town and filled it in with parameters and preferences. We all worked together and made moves fast. By the time class started, nearly everyone had a place. Good luck!
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