>If you ever attended grad. school, full or part-time, in New York City, I >would like know how you might have been creative when came to securing >shelter, especially if your school did not provide on-campus housing. > Orrie: I went to the Institute of Fine Arts in NYC from 1983-86. From 1983-84 I had a room-and-bath in someone else's VERY large apartment at 83rd and Columbus, costing me about $400 per month plus share of utilities. I had placed an index card on the student bulletin boards at NYU and Columbia advertising that I was seeking to share housing, and I got many offers to choose from. In 1985 I did an internship at the Getty and did the same thing--advertised at UCLA and USC that I was looking for a 6-month share. From 1985-86, when I got back to NYC, I rented my own 1-BR apartment in my own name for about $990/mo. and advertised for a roommate by placing notices on bulletin boards at NYU and Columbia. The roommate got the bedroom and we partitioned off the living room to house my bedroom area, and we split the rent in half. All of these situations were good for me because I had few material possessions, I was not particularly interested in being buddies with my roommates nor they with me, and I worked or studied constantly, away from the apartment. Also, I had an aunt in the city and if the roommate needed me gone for any reason I could always crash there. Hope this helps... Julia Muney Moore Indianapolis Art Center