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I lived at Campus Village Student Housing in Denver, Colorado, between February 2016 - July 2017. I mostly lived on the west wing side of the student housing buildings. However, before I decide to give my opinion on the pros and cons of living here along with what my real experiences was; I like to share some information about myself. I am still a current student at MSU Denver; I am a non-traditional age student in my 30s; I am a first generation college student; I moved to Denver two years ago and did not know anyone in the city or state. I am mostly an introvert; and I work a job as well.

If you are a younger student you might have a slightly different point of view on what I might have to say or you might have some similar feelings about campus village just like me. First, I like to say no student housing, apartment places, or even houses will be perfect. There will usually be about 850-900 people or more living at Campus Village in the Fall and Spring semesters. I never had a food plan so I can't say anything negative or good about the food at Campus Village. Also I can't complain about the parking fees because at the time I lived here I did not have a car that needed to be park.

The Pros: Living close to the campus is one of the key things about living here especially if you don't have a car. Also the place is near two light rail stations too. Downtown Denver is about a 15-20 minute walk away from Campus Village, and their is a B cycle station near the front entrance if anyone is interested in renting a bike cycle.

They do give people an opportunity to select your roommates if you are able to do it within a certain deadline. I never selected my roommates, but I got along with all the roommates I had while living there.

When I was there I did not have to pay for washing or drying my cloths in the laundry room. There is a small fitness room, an outdoors basketball court, and a gaming room.

All my RA's on my floors I lived on that I had was great and cool, and some Ra's I got to talk to sometimes at the front desk when I had questions was usually pretty cool and had a down to earth personality when I was living there. It was just one time I felt like an front desk worker may said something kind of cruel, but the guy was new doing the job, and was in the training stage.

I never felt in danger by anyone while I was living here.

If you are an easy to socialize person or is an outgoing type of person, and could be between the ages of 18-24 you probably would have a greater opportunity to meet people or be invited to parties here. Because of my age and lifestyle I usually did not participate in parties or did a lot of hanging out. However, I do know there are some partying that goes on at Campus Village Student Housing.

Cons: The cost of rent can be expensive for some people, it all depends on your personal financial situation and budget. I decided to move because I had to change my living situation. So I found a cheaper place to live at in Denver, Colorado. I am still here for those that might read this from Campus Village,and thought I would go back home to Nashville, Tennessee. Hell no!

There will be times you smell weed in the hallways or some other unusually odors as well but this is none of my business or job to do anything about it. Plus I am not trying to snitch on anyone! Before I left, there were a few big water leaks or breaks that had effected some people rooms and the hallways. After reading some of the reviews I notice this problem still may exist or it became a bigger problem even after my time of living at Campus Village.

I did notice multiple times some parking areas close to the parking gate entrance would get flooded with water easily for a short amount of time when it did rain heavy in the Spring or Summer months especially.

Even though this isn't Campus Village fought! Auraria Campus police will sterotype & assume stuff sometimes when you are walking or driving in the...

I have lived here for a little over a month, and there is almost nothing good to say about this place. So I have made a list of issues I have had so far in the last month. PROS: -Has air conditioning(although some other reviews complain about it breaking) -I'm less likely to be murdered living here than on the streets CONS: -I am still in a 6 person dorm room, paying around 1k a month to share a 4 person dorm with 5 other people is insane, especially when I can pay less than that to have a 2 person room at the auraria lofts or the regency (Regency also has free parking, it's $800 a year here) -I am REQUIRED to stay here, because I am a UCD freshman, which is ridiculous. -On MOVE IN DAY, the towel rod in my bathroom was broken on the floor, and the sink in the kitchen was clogged and the garbage disposal broken. -After a maintenance request it took over a week to get the sink fixed, and as of right now, my shower rod is still broken. (Also, a note. The maintenence man was extremely rude and blamed my entire room for breaking the sink that was broken the day we moved in. -A week ago the toilet in my bathroom stopped filling with water, a pretty big deal. A submitted a maintenance request with a HIGH priority, and at this moment, still have to use my other roommates toilet, so yes, if I have to take a dump at 2 A.M. my other roommates get to be woken up by me just so I can use their toilet. -The food in the cafeteria is on par with High-School lunch rooms. The hamburgers are burnt and curled up, and the pizza tastes like it came straight out of a Wal-mart freezer aisle. Meals DO NOT carry over from week to week. Go home on spring break? Enjoy losing all your meals YOU PAID FOR. -The staff are just students looking to make their resume look good. None of them know what they are doing and are extremely rude. The manager Aimee Leaming not only completely ignores certain emails but makes you jump through as many hoops as possible to do anything. -The location is terrible, stuck between two trains that lay on there horns for 10 second intervals at all hours of the night, and two light rails that go by every 4 min honking. -The "Cyber Cafe" is as small as a 7/11's bathroom, and offers "Free printing" which is a crappy printer plugged into 1 computer that you must bring your own paper for. -The appliances are ancient -The smoke alarms are so sensitive that if you have a window open you hear someones going off somewhere almost 24/7(Mine has gone off twice now, just from using a toaster that was clean) -The laundry room is a disaster. 15 OLD OLD dryers, and not even a month in, 9 of them are broken. Out of the about 10 washer machines that are also very old, 3 of them are down, and lord knows when those will be fixed. -People are constantly stopping you in the halls to tell you about some "Up-coming event" in the courtyard which is usually horribly done, or even worse, is just another religious groups excuse to try and cram "The word of God" down your throat and make you sign up for their emails and texts in exchange for free ice cream, which even if you are religious, is quite annoying. -If you enjoy having a toilet with no water, a broken sink on move-in day, waiting for hours to do laundry, the sound of train horns at all hours of the day and night, paying astronomical prices to live in cramped quarters and eat gross food because CVA knows you have to live here, then this is the place for you. However, if you are like any sane person and you don't enjoy any of those things, then do whatever you can to avoid this place. Tell UCD you live at home and move somewhere else, or live at home. Almost anything is...

Okay so heres the god honest truth.

So I moved in here start of the 2016-2017 school year. Since I was a freshmen at the time they made me get a meal plan which was alright. The only problem with that is the food isn't that good and the room you're already living in is expensive as it is and the meal plan adds an extra 2-300 dollars onto your already expensive rent and I didn't have the desire to eat in the dining room all the time so I was pretty much throwing money down the drain.

Since I applied late I didn't get much choice of room or roommates but I got paired up with some pretty decent people for the most part (and I know everyone wasn't so lucky.) When I first moved into the room I was assigned, it was honestly kinda gross and not what I expected. The vents were black and uncleaned and was nothing like the the room I had been showed when I was touring the place before. We told them our issues with the room and they fixed it that day which was surprising to me to be honest looking back on it because it was the last time anything got fixed in a timely matter over the entire year.

If you get an outdoor room like I had, you have to practically slam the door in the winter for it to actually close and lock correctly and sometimes it was almost impossible to open it. We told management about it three times but they never actually fixed it.

One of my friends who lived in another dorm fell and got a rug burn from the carpet which seemed harmless but then turned into an life threatening infection so who knew the last time the carpets have been cleaned. The second floor west wing flooded and they didn't actually fix it for some odd months.

The events they threw for the residents were pretty much a joke although i've heard they have gotten better since i've left but still.

My RA randomly disappeared half way through the year and My roommates and I were never notified. We were without hot water for a week here and there and I can't take cold showers so that was pretty miserable.

The train that passes through on an hourly basis is literally deafening and honestly I could have paid LESS money to live at a different campus housing option and would have been more comfortable.

Okay so TL;DR: Campus village is an overpriced dump however it is the closest option for getting to class. If you know you cant afford 1100-1300 a month for a place to live then I would try somewhere else because honestly its not worth it. I wouldn't say that my experience was completely awful only because I met some of the most important people in my life and also had some pretty big life changing experiences by living there now and I personally don't regret living there but you might. If you're looking for somewhat of an authentic college experience even though this is a commuter campus then this place is probably it but that doesn't mean this place is a good fit for YOU. Theres always the regency or the lofts or even living at home if you have that option. The last thing I have to say is if you're having money issues, CVA is NOT willing to help you out. I was struggling paying the last 2k of my rent and also didn't have anywhere to live after CVA and I tried to communicate that to them and tried to work out some kind of plan to pay and also ask for a little more time to figure out my living situation but come check out day and all I get is a "sorry no" and a very rude conversation with the lady from the...