JSG Prospective Student Weekend 2005
 
Apartment Locating Services and Websites:
 
http://www.forrent.com/
http://www.austinapartmentstore.com/
http://www.apartmentlocating.com/
http://www.aaalocators.com/
 
* Marion Marshall comes highly recommended and will do her best to find exactly what you want. She works for Apartment Finders Service (http://www.ausapt.com/):
 
 Marion Marshall            Telephone: 512-322-9556
 2109 Rio Grande            Fax: 512-482-9282
 Austin TX 78705            Email: mmarshall@ausapt.com
 
An idea of good housing prices:
 
Efficiencies 400 -500
one bedroom 450-650
two bedroom 600-1000
 
South Austin (Riverside/Oltorf) – low to medium expensive
Near campus – medium to high expensive
Terry Town (Central West Austin) – medium to high expensive
North Austin/Round Rock – medium to high expensive
 
GSEC:
 
website: http://www.geo.utexas.edu/geosec
 
* GSEC is a graduate student organization with the purpose of representing the graduate student body of the Jackson School of Geosciences. In addition, GSEC hosts several events throughout the year for the graduate students, faculty, and staff. For example, GSEC hosts: BEvERages in the Park, Halloween Party, Thanksgiving Gathering, Prospective Student Weekends, etc.
 
Austin local newspapers:
 
Austin American Statesman online:
http://www.statesman.com/
 
Austin Chronicle online:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/
 
Bus routes (including UT shuttle routes): 
 
http://www.capmetro.org/rout.asp
 
Campus parking and permit prices: 
 
http://www.utexas.edu/parking/parking/
 
Listings of Austin events, recreation, nightlife, and classifieds:
 
http://www.austin360.com/
http://austin.about.com/
 
Austin Parks and Recreation:
 
* More than 16,076 acres of land containing 205 parks in the Austin area)
 
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/parks.htm
http://www.austinparks.org/