Chances are, at some point during your Penn career, you will need to know a thing or two about subletting.
With planning and a little research, students can close the gap between Penn and downtown Philadelphia, opening a new frontier of living possibilities.
When I first told my mother I was considering moving off- campus this year, she was in denial. I’d spent my first two years at Penn in the College House System, and she thought there was no reason for that to change.
Ross Silver, a 1984 College and Wharton alumnus and partner in the legal firm Fried Frank’s New York office, offered some words of wisdom for students looking at off-campus properties.
I live with two roommates whom I chose, but we were randomly placed with a fourth — and she doesn't go to Penn.
When my only option seemed to be living with Mom and Dad in the ‘burbs and earning “regular” status on the SEPTA R5, I became my own personal real estate agent.