Finding College Student Housing at Chico State

hello! this is a video to help you find a dorm, apartment, or house in chico, california as a chico state student!
On Campus Housing Home Page www.csuchico.edu/housing/inde...
On Campus Housing Application (Opens April 7, 2020) www.csuchico.edu/housing/appl...
On Campus Housing Costs www.csuchico.edu/housing/cost...
Off Campus Connections www.csuchico.edu/offcampus/co...
Off Campus Resources: www.csuchico.edu/offcampus/re...
More Resources www.csuchico.edu/offcampus/an...
Chico Craigslist Houses/Apartments for Rent chico.craigslist.org/search/apa
Chico Craigslist Rooms for Rent chico.craigslist.org/search/roo?
please let me know if you have any other questions about finding housing in chico!

[@monckle1317]

Very helpful! Thank you I will be here in the fall can’t wait

[@chiptankgirl]

I went to Chico State from 2003 to 2007. It was really interesting to hear about how things have changed.

[@bethanymuwun7459]

thank you so much for making this video

[@abrilrios5519]

thank you so much for the video, this helped me so much! I can't wait to head up to chico soon! My only question would be since you lived in dorms before, how were you supposed to pay? like were you supposed to give payments per month or? thank you so much again Marnie, love your videos!

[@samanthaperry378]

I lived in UV last year and I was told by staff in the housing office that all UV rooms were being turned into doubles because of the Camp Fire. I was in the situation that you explained, I had four suite mates and I had my own room and had to share the bathroom and kitchen. Just wanted to give an FYI for people looking into UV housing, unless its changing for the upcoming school year. At least this school year all the rooms at UV were turned into doubles :/

[@marnie_jean]

Thanks for the update! It could be changing back, because fewer freshmen have been applying to Chico since the fire, but I don't know! They still list "single" as an option for Konkow, Whitney, and UV.

[@mars4379]

im only 16 and from england but i’ve always dreamed of going to college/university in america (wanted to experience american highschool too but that wasn’t an option) and chico seems like such a good college :,) hoping i might get the chance one day

[@samaraacevedo4742]

Did you get to go!!!!

[@gigabuster_87]

Thank God I have a place all to myself. It may not be close to campus, but I'll take it.

[@MuhammadAhmad-iw9yo]

Nice informative video.

[@SoHeartl3ss]

Will be attending this fall as a transfer student, when do you think is a good time to start looking/putting money down on an off campus apartment? Thanks for the vid!

[@janessasnova]

I just got accepted into CSU Chico and can't wait to go. Turning 23 in August so looking for something where I am not in the center of the chaos but not far away where I won't feel like I'm not getting enough social interaction (because I'm a social butterfly). Thank you for your video :-)

[@crazy-little-kitty]

its a horrible school and a shitty town full of gross homeless people and rude citizens. you will hate it here.

[@jackjeffery1518]

@@crazy-little-kitty someone had a bad day jesus

[@jackjeffery1518]

Try and live downtown preferably in the streets! (not the Aves)

[@CaliforniaGal]

I applied and have been accepted to Chico and I hope I get a room. I am transferring for spring of 2022.

[@frogiy9]

Can you do a video about college finances/ the difficulty of finding a job in Chico?

[@marnie_jean]

Gwyneth Mccallum yes!!

[@SaloniTilekar-rk5jr]

How can international students (Indians) find off-campus housing? I checked the resources available on the university website and did find couple of apartments on them, what's difficult is, how do i get in touch with the landlord before arriving in the US?

[@taylorjordan1482]

Is lassen hall floors co ed now ? and will they be the following year ?

[@melodylams4526]

Hi! I love watching you videos and was wondering would you suggest choosing a roommate? Iwant to live in Whitney but heard choosing to room with someone will give you a less likely chance to room in Whitney

[@marnie_jean]

i wouldn't recommend choosing a roommate for the dorms just because living with a stranger will encourage you to meet a bunch of new people. i know whitney has quite a few triples/quads so maybe that's why it gives you a less likely chance?

[@nicoleli9294]

HI! I am going on exchange to Chico next Fall. What are the available housing options for me? The exchange fact sheet says that UV is the only available option but that is super expensive. I am only gonna be there for 4 months and the cost of UV is like 5600USD.

[@marnie_jean]

www.csuchico.edu/iss/_assets/documents/19-20-housing-guide.pdf you've probably already looked at this or something like it, but trying to find a homestay could be more affordable! It is also possible that you could "sublet" someone's apartment, which is basically living in their place for the semester. There are Chico State students that go abroad and leave their apartments for six months, so maybe you could live in their place for the fall? Check craigslist or maybe email the Chico State Study Abroad/Exchange office about subletting a Chico student's apartment. Good luck!

[@BrittneyG663]

Hi I’m going to be a freshman this year!! I think you’ve mentioned the mini fridge and microwave situation but I couldn’t find it. Do they come with the room? Are we allowed to bring our own?

[@marnie_jean]

You’re allowed to bring your own or it’s a one time payment of like $90 (I think) to rent it for the year, which you and your roommate can split

[@shannonphaneuf3294]

how would you suggest finding some friends before you start school because I am thinking about attending chico in the dorms this fall as a freshmen & I heard on the dorm room application you can put a persons name if you wanted to dorm with them and if they put you too then you will most likely dorm with them and that is why i’m trying to meet some people before I have to start the application so how would you suggest that ?

[@marnie_jean]

SHANNON PHANEUF see if your class (class of 2024?) has a Facebook group- almost every class has one by the summer before freshman year! If not, there’s also a “Chico student housing 2020-2021” Facebook group, but most of those posts are about apartments/houses. I’d also check out the Chico subreddit (r/CSUC). You could also try talking to the university housing office. Good luck!!

[@maciedias]

do you know much about the post on nord? it seems luxury but for the $600 price range. i currently live in whitney and am looking for next fall and i haven't heard much about it and it seems like a good deal

[@marnie_jean]

i lived there my senior year!! i enjoyed having my own room + bathroom but it was $900/month. the amenities were all really nice though and i liked the added security of having key fobs to enter the building. my bf lived in the timbers and his rent was $500ish a month, 2bed 2bath and he only needed one roommate. not luxury but def more affordable

[@siddsharma6528]

Are any of the dorms less expensive than others? And does having a dorm mate change the price? I'm an incoming freshman and I'm trying to keep the cost down

[@marnie_jean]

Check the description of this video! I have a link (3rd one) to the cost. It varies slightly.

[@klevrwtf6252]

Soooo i have a question is there like apartments where i can choose to live with someone and we both pay out the rent or do we HAVE too pay the individual 400?

[@marnie_jean]

Instinct it depends on where you live, some places have you sign 1 lease so all of you are responsible for the full amount, others will have you sign an individual lease where you’re only responsible for your portion of the lease

[@dappyhays]

Hey girlie hopefully you respond because I couldn’t find your insta, but what have you heard about the campus walk Chico apartments?? The good and the bad if any

[@marnie_jean]

i didn't see this til now! the campus walk is cool because they have a pool and are a really short walk to campus. they're brand new as of 2018, and they're an example of the expensive places, where it costs like ~800 per month. they will also pair you with roommates so you don't need to find other people to live with. it's worth it if you can afford it, cause everything is all new and pretty nice. also there's absolutely NO parking for residents, like 20 spots for the whole complex.

[@idelle6380]

Is it weird to live in the dorms as an upperclassman? I'm a transfer student and never experienced living on campus but I don't think i'd necessarily fit in with incoming freshman. Do you know people who do this? And which dorm at Chico State would be the most suited for an upper classman?

[@marnie_jean]

Idelle Walters UV is full of other transfer students and you get a good mix of feeling like you like on campus in a dorm + independence of cooking yourself food!

[@idelle6380]

@@marnie_jean Thank you!

[@gladymartinez9694]

I know you said it's nice to have a car at university but can freshmen living on dorms have a car? I know some CSUs don't allow that but I cany find any info on chico state specifically

[@marnie_jean]

Glady Martinez yes! parking passes are close to $200 for the semester if i remember correctly. the parking was about two blocks from the dorms when i was a freshman.

[@TheDrizzle55]

When I lived at creekside, it was mostly greek sophomores. I'd see bros playing beer pong at like 11am on a Tuesday. The zoo and Pomona west were crazy too.

[@braedynguzman]

Are you allowed to live in the on campus dorms and then for your upperclassmen years live in the apartment style?

[@marnie_jean]

Yes! It’s not as common, but a junior lived down the hall from me and there are a lot of upperclassmen in UV and Konkow (apartment style dorms)

[@MrChrisPortilla]

I’m finally in Chico for work! What’s there to do here? Video suggestion: Nightlife in Chico

[@crazy-little-kitty]

bars, bars, bars and thats it.

[@MrChrisPortilla]

Crazy Little Kitty can’t go wrong with bars. Now we just gotta get them to reopen lol

[@aalyzafernandez7718]

hey, would you recommend taking a car to college for an incoming freshman? (specifically chico obviously lol)

[@marnie_jean]

I liked having a cat freshman year so on breaks I wouldn’t have to wait for my family to come and pick me up for thanksgiving/xmas/spring break/summer! I also made a lot of friends by suggesting we take my car to the mall, upper bidwell park, the flumes, etc.

[@aalyzafernandez7718]

Marnie Jean hey okay so let’s say you and a friend are both going to be students at chico... for the apartments, can you have other people that aren’t going to be students still live there with you guys?... or are apartments for only students? (the ones directed to students)

[@marnie_jean]

Aalyza Fernandez yeah anyone can live at the apartments! Just a lot of them have chico state/butte college students live there, so it’s super common.

[@pablomoser3204]

Hey I’m gonna be going to Chico next year, are all the dorms community bathroom?

[@marnie_jean]

lassen, shasta, whitney, definitely have communal bathrooms, sutter/mechoopda/esken i don't know (and can't find it online), konkow/UV have apartment style bathrooms where 2-4 people share one. communal bathrooms aren't that bad though, you get used to it really fast and it doesn't even seem weird or awkward.

[@samanthamisenhimer7773]

If I’m not a party person or someone who doesn’t drink do u think I would feel weird going there or peer pressure ?

[@marnie_jean]

You can come to chico and not party! There were plenty of other people I knew in the dorms/throughout college who didn’t drink and still had fun

[@samanthamisenhimer7773]

Marnie Jean okay thank you!

[@lauraanagnostopoulos146]

Little nervous commenting, for my son who is not even a student nor does he want to go to college which I am OK with as college is not everyone’s way to go. He’s thinking about moving with his girlfriend who wants to go to Butte County junior college, if he’s not attending any college would it be easy for him to get into housing or is there still a housing shortage, don’t they prefer to give their housing to students and not 19 year old kids that are just going to be working? Totally just wondering LOL

[@marnie_jean]

so long as he makes enough money or has a cosigner, he should be fine! at the end of the day they don’t really care as long as rent is being paid. i worked at home depot with quite a few people my age who weren’t pursuing a degree, their rent was often cheaper because they didn’t live within walking distance of the chico campus.

[@lauraanagnostopoulos146]

@@marnie_jean no cosigner, I believe the rent is like 900 per person, we’re trying to convince him to allow his girlfriend to do the college thing there since that is her path and he can focus on saving money here and figuring out what he wants to do with himself instead of following her around and distracting her from school I think they’re going to give that a try and see each other on the weekends, I truly wish her luck and really hope she stays safe

[@gabrielleprice4683]

What do you recommend for incoming transfers?

[@arizbethjimenez8249]

Gabrielle Price Hey Gabrielle! I’m also looking for advice for incoming transfers, kind of sucks that there isn’t that much information out there just for transfer students :/

[@CaliforniaGal]

I need transfer information about housing recommendations too, I'm transferring for spring of 2022.

[@djdudjiddj7490]

So im transferring and im moving alone how much should i save for an apartment?

[@marnie_jean]

1 bedrooms/studios are more expensive, so if you don’t want to find a roommate(s) to live in a 2br+ with, your rent will be between 800-1200/month

[@arizbethjimenez8249]

Are tapestries allowed in the dorms ?(:

[@sydneycox8277]

No :(

[@gigabuster_87]

Craig Hall aka The Social.

[@xxnerdy_lnleyxx9724]

This makes me a bit scared