[AXOmom]

I'd be thrilled with $7000 a year. We paid slightly over $9000 at University of Oregon for a room slightly larger than my walk in closet which daughter shared with a roommate. The room had a sink (bathrooms/showers shared by the hall) and included 19 meals a week. The deluxe singles run upwards of $15,000.

By contrast we pay around $8000 (food included) for an almost new 3 floor townhouse she shares with 3 other girls about 3 blocks off campus. She's actually closer to most of her classes there.

Her sorority house runs between $5000 and $7000 (they just remodeled, so I think it is probably around $6000 something), which includes food. It's 1/2 a block from the library and most of her classes. Needless to say, given the option - there is no problem getting girls to live in.