[nabs-l] Considering UT Dallas in Richardson

[Jewel]

If you have the funds available, I highly suggest doing something like
what I am doing. I'm going to be getting my transfer associate's,
also, and transferring to Louisiana Tech University. I found
information about the bus lines, the school, and of course the
Louisiana Center for the Blind, but have had a lot of difficulty
getting to *really* know the area. So, this summer, I'm going down
there to visit. It helps that I have family that lives about 2-3 hours
from Ruston, LA, but even if I didn't, I could have taken a flight
into a nearby airport and taken the GReyhound bus to Ruston. None of
my family is going to stay with us during our time in Ruston, however.
This is because we (myself and my boyfriend, who is also blind) want
to explore Ruston as if we were just moving there and had to get
around to the grocery store, to the university campus, to LCB, etc. I
scheduled a tour of the university campus for one of the days we'll be
there, and we'll tour LCB on another day as well. The rest of the time
(six days inclusively), we'll be exploring the town, talking to
residents, and going around with a real estate agent.

The best way to learn about a place is to be there and experience it
for yourself. I'm sure we'll have frustrations, and we'll keep those
frustrations in mind when we make *the* decision. But being there and
seeing the town for ourselves will allow us to make our own opinion of
the area, and it would be the same for you, most likely.

If it's at all feasible, save up for a trip to the campus' town and
see what you think of the area. People can tell you what they think
until they are blue in the face, but your opinion may be completely
different (for example, people told me I would hate the suburb of D.C.
that I lived in years ago, but I fell in love with it and still
sometimes wish I never left).

Just two cents from someone in the same boat,
Jewel

On 4/5/13, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu> wrote:
> The college should be able to provide information about housing in the
> area. Some colleges have family housing. I know San Diego State did. Also
> they would know of apartments with in walking distance.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Misty Dawn Bradley
> <mistydbradley at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> In another year, I will be completing my associates degree in social work
>> at my local community college, and I am planning to transfer to a
>> four-year
>> university for my bachelor degree. I hope to double-major in social work
>> and elementary education if possible. I am looking into the University of
>> Texas at Dallas, which is in Richardson, Texas. Has anyone on this list
>> lived near or ever attended this university? How is the public
>> transportation and renting of apartments off campus? I did some research
>> online, and some say that Richardson doesn't have as much in regards to
>> transportation except for perhaps the park and ride station for DART, so
>> that is why I am asking, because I keep getting mixed opinions on buses
>> and
>> housing. I also looked at DART's site, but they don't list things by
>> city,
>> so it was hard to tell. Also, is it difficult to find an apartment there?
>> I
>> won't be living on campus because I have a child, so on-campus dorms are
>> not really an option for me.
>> If Richardson is not a good place for what I am looking for, is there
>> another University of Texas campus in Dallas itself or another city in
>> the
>> Dallas/Fort Worth area that has more transportation? I looked into
>> Irving,
>> as they seem to have more transportation, but there doesn't seem to be a
>> University of Texas campus there, and the University of Dallas in Irving
>> is
>> a private university, and I am looking for public universities due to
>> lower
>> costs.
>> Thank you in advance for your help,
>> Misty
>>
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