Must-see Off-Cam­pus Apart­ments

While many stu­dents choose to live on-cam­pus dur­ing their years at Maryville, stu­dents also re­sort to off-cam­pus apart­ments as an op­tion as well.

Maryville stu­dents Mor­gan De­ters, Molly Go­dat and Danielle John­son have ex­pe­ri­enced both on and off cam­pus liv­ing.

“For my sec­ond year of col­lege, I moved off cam­pus with four other girls to save some money and have a lit­tle more of our own space,” said De­ters.

Ac­cord­ing to De­ters, she wanted to find a more af­ford­able op­tion and have more room for per­sonal space. De­ters also said that the cam­pus din­ing was con­ve­nient and de­li­cious, but be­ing able to cook on her own is a cheaper op­tion.

“We have en­joyed our time at Whis­per­ing Hills. It has been an af­ford­able op­tion that is still in close prox­im­ity to cam­pus. It is a sim­ple 10 minute drive and there are scenic back roads that we can drive to try and avoid traf­fic de­pend­ing on when we are try­ing to get to cam­pus. Through­out our years at Whis­per­ing Hills, more and more Maryville stu­dents have moved to the com­plex, so there are many peers that also live in close prox­im­ity that we can eas­ily meet up with to ei­ther hang out or study,” said De­ters.

An­other pro to liv­ing off-cam­pus for De­ters is be­ing able to be sep­a­rate school and “me-time”.

“I love be­ing able to make last­ing re­la­tion­ships with my room­mates and I love that I have a place where I can es­cape from the stresses of school. I’ll al­ways re­mem­ber the ex­pe­ri­ences and mem­o­ries made with my room­mates and oth­ers at the town­house. It has been my home away from home for the past four years,” said De­ters.

Go­dat and John­son are room­mates in an apart­ment com­plex called Ben­ning­ton Heights, which is about 10 min­utes from cam­pus. They both started at­tend­ing Maryville when they were Fresh­man in 2016. They also both were room­mates in Mou­ton Hall in their fresh­man year and de­cided that for the re­main­ing time at school they wanted to con­tinue to live to­gether off cam­pus.  

The sole rea­son for mov­ing off cam­pus for both Go­dat and John­son was be­cause they both wanted to save a lit­tle bit more money with liv­ing ex­penses.

“Some­times I miss the con­ve­nience of liv­ing on cam­pus. I pre­fer liv­ing off cam­pus be­cause it’s cheaper and I still can spend a lot of time on cam­pus with my friends, I just pay less,” said John­son.

For Go­dat, the in­de­pen­dent as­pect of liv­ing off-cam­pus is most ap­peal­ing.

“I like the peace and quiet. There’s also a dif­fer­ent sort of free­dom when you aren’t sur­rounded by a ton of peo­ple all the time,” said Go­dat.

If you’re look­ing for places that are cheap and close to cam­pus for the sum­mer and the re­main­ing time at Maryville. be sure to check these places out!