Transferred to a university in San Diego not knowing anyone a few years back. Thought finding housing would be straightforward. It was not. Needed roommates fast with no network to pull from. Tried Facebook, Craigslist, the university housing spreadsheet, every roommate site I could find. All random, none of it built for students on a deadline.
Summer school I took over a lease from a guy on Instagram. Moved into a spot I had zero context on, bad location, rough commute to everything. Completely blind going in.
Second year I had roommates sorted but finding landlords who actually wanted student tenants was its own wall. Housing that should have been figured out months earlier turned into a last minute scramble again.
Every year thousands of students go through the exact same thing. Nobody has actually fixed it.
Curious if anyone else has dealt with this at SDSU — what was your experience finding housing and roommates?