DePaul MENP '10??

Congrats and welcome! I just started the program in the fall. Let me know if you have any questions.

Depends on what you're looking for and how old you are, really. Personally, I was gone all summer and had no time to look for housing so I applied to depaul's affiliated apartments, loftright. (1237west.com) Its nice because everything is included for you in one lump sum (i think the cheapest rent is $990 right now), from parking to internet. I was randomly placed with a bunch of Masters candidates. On the other hand, my friend lives in an apartment a couple of blocks down and loves it, while another girl got an apartment in Wrigleyville. A lot of people in the program have families and jobs, so they commute. If you don't look in the lincoln park area, I would search for apts close to the red and brown lines, since they take you straight to school.

Ahh...well Lincoln Park has some good deals if you look for them. Definitely Wrigleyville and Bucktown too. When I was looking, I tended to find relatively cheap apts in Lakeview. But really, I suggest you go to an advanced search and fill in what you can afford and just search that way.

budgenut, a girl in my cohort has two toddlers, and she hires a babysitter while her husband is at work and she is in school. i believe she went part time this year because she wants to get pregnant again. also, the (traditional) part time program is three years long. if you want to extend that, you can. its really up to you - as long as you take your research component in the last year and in order, you can technically take every other class (as long as you have its prereqs) at any point. the department does, however, have a planned out part time schedule, although they don't advertise it. It includes one or two classes a quarter, not counting the labs and clinicals that some classes have.