Anjali Palsani Arpita Mohta

SECTION-A ABOUT YOUR CURRENT

HOUSING
What is your current housing status? YES YES
Who owns your housing? Yes Yes
If you currently live in Harvard housing:
Please indicate the type of housing YES YES
If you currently live in Harvard housing:
Please indicate the type of space. YES YES
If you currently live in a Harvard-owned
apartment or house: YES YES
Please indicate the type of space.
If you currently live in a privately-owned NO ( large number
apartment or house: of options) NO
Please indicate the type of housing.
Please indicate the type of space. YES YES
Please indicate the location of your
housing. NO (confusing) NO

How much is the monthly rent or mortgage

of your dormitory, apartment, or house? YES YES
Does the housing cost you listed above
include heat, hot water, electricity or other
charges? YES YES
NO (question not
If you lived in the same housing last year: clear) NO
By what percentage did your rent
increase?
What resources did you use to find your
current housing? YES YES
If you used the resources of HPRE:Which
services did you use? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Cost of
your current housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Amount of
space of your current housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Quality
(appliances, walls, floors) of your current
housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Layout of
space of your current housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Availability
of Laundry facilities of your current
housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Security of
your current housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Building
management of your current housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Availability
of parking of your current housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Privacy and
quiet of your current housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Close to
friends aspect of your current housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Convenient
location for me aspect of your current
housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Close to
public transit aspect of your current
housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Close to
shopping, banking, other services aspect
of your current housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Close to
spouse/partner's workplace aspect of your
current housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Availability
of daycare and schools of your current
housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Ease of
finding this housing aspect of your current
housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Feel a part
of the Harvard Community aspect of your
current housing? YES YES
How satisfied are you with the Feel like
living in the “real” world aspect of your
current housing? YES YES
SECTION-B HOUSING DURING YOUR
FIRST YEAR OF GRADUATE SCHOOL
Before you started graduate school at
Harvard, had you ever previously rented
or owned an apartment or house in the
Boston area? YES yes
Prior to starting your Harvard graduate
housing search, what were your
expectations regarding the following
aspects of the local housing market?
Please indicate the extent to which you NO (question too
disagree or agree with each statement. long) NO
When choosing among graduate schools,
was the expected cost and availability of
housing a meaningful factor in your
decision? YES YES
What was your ideal choice for housing
type when you started graduate school at
Harvard? YES YES
Were you able to obtain your ideal choice
for housing when you first became a
graduate student? YES YES
If you did not obtain your ideal choice,
specify the main factor that prevented you
from doing so. YES YES
If you lived with roommates during your
first year: How did you find them? YES YES
How important was housing to your initial
adaptation to graduate school (e.g. getting
settled, making friends, feeling
comfortable in your program and in the
academic community)? YES YES
SECTION-C TRANSPORATION AND
CAMPUS ACCESS
What form of transportation do you use
most often to get to your Harvard
destination? YES YES
How long does it take to get to your
Harvard destination? YES YES
Do you own a car? YES YES
If you own a car: What are the primary
reasons that you own a car? (Check all
that apply.) YES YES
If you ever drive your own car to
campus: Which types of parking do you
use? (Check all that apply.) YES YES
ZipCar is a car-sharing service, and
Harvard has three ZipCars parked on
campus.Have you ever used ZipCar? YES YES
How do you travel across campus, when
needed? (Check all that apply.) YES YES
At what time do you typically arrive at
your Harvard destination? NO (confusing) NO
At what time do you typically leave
Harvard? NO (many options) NO
SECTION-D IMPORTANCE OF
HOUSING FEATURES
Whether or not your housing has these
features, please rate how important the
following aspects of housing are to you:
a) Neighborhood/Community/Location
Features: YES YES
Within walking distance of Harvard YES YES
On an MBTA transit route YES YES
Close to shopping, banking, and other
services YES YES
Availability of daycare and schools YES YES
Privacy and Quiet YES YES
Security YES YES
Opportunities for making Friends YES YES
Living near Harvard students from my
School YES YES
Living near Harvard students from other
School YES YES
Feeling like living in the "real" world YES YES
b) Building Features:
Physical condition of building YES YES
Garage YES YES
Parking lot or driveway YES YES
Yard YES YES
Playground for Children YES YES
Security storage rooms YES YES
Security Desk YES YES
Lounge or recreation room YES YES
Common dining room (cafeteria) YES YES
Washer-dryer (private or shared) YES YES
c) Unit Features:
Having a furnished unit YES YES
Private bathroom for each tenant YES YES
Kitchen with full-sized appliances YES YES
Living room YES YES
Dining room YES YES
Built-in bookshelves YES YES
Wired computer network connections and
Internet access YES YES
Cable TV connection YES YES
Air conditioning YES YES
Dishwasher and/or disposal YES YES
Carpeting YES YES
Fireplace YES YES
Hardwood Floors YES YES
Porch YES YES
How much of an influence has housing
(distance from campus, cost,
roommates, types of neighbors) had on
the achievement of your academic and
social goals as a Harvard graduate
student? YES YES
SECTION-E ABOUT YOURSELF
Current School and Degree Affiliation YES YES
What is your degree affiliation within the
Faculty of Arts and Sciences? YES YES
What is your degree affiliation within
Harvard Business School? YES YES
What is your degree affiliation within the
School of Dental Medicine? YES YES
What is your degree affiliation within the
Graduate School of Design? YES YES
What is your degree affiliation within
Harvard Divinity School? YES YES
What is your degree affiliation within the
Graduate School of Education? YES YES
What is your degree affiliation within the
Kennedy School of Government? YES YES
What is your degree affiliation within
Harvard Law School? YES YES
What is your degree affiliation within the
Faculty of Medicine? YES YES
What is your degree affiliation within the
School of Public Health? YES YES
What is your current year of graduate
study at Harvard? YES YES
Your Gender YES YES
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Your Age clear) YES
Your Relationship Status NO (confusion) NO
If you have a spouse or partner: What are
your spouse or partner's daily work NO ( question not
activities? (Check all that apply) clear) NO
Your country of origin YES YES
If you are not from the United States:As
an adult, how many years have you lived
in the United States? YES YES
Do you have a disability that requires NO (question not
special housing needs? clear) NO

Do you have children living with you? NO (confusing) YES

If you have children living with you:In what
age categories?(Check all that apply.) NO (many options) NO
If you use one or more daycare facilities
for your children:Who owns the facilities?
(Check all that apply.) NO (many options) NO
If you have school-aged children:What
types of schools do your children now
attend? (Check all that apply.) NO (many options) NO
SECTION-F ABOUT YOUR
PREFERNECES
Regardless of where you currently live,
and if availability and cost were not an
issue, in which of the following type of
housing would you most like to be living
now? YES
When you are not in your office, where
do you most prefer to study? YES
Regardless of where you currently live, in
your ideal living space, in which room
would you prefer to study YES
Bedroom vs. Living Room Space. If you
had an apartment or dormitory with
more than one room, which space option
would you prefer? YES YES
In choosing your housing, which is more
important to you, the time it takes to get
to campus, or what you pay in rent (or
mortgage)? YES YES
Which is more important to you, the time
it takes you to get to campus, or how
much living space you have? YES YES
Which is more important to you, what
you pay in rent (or mortgage), or how
much living space you have? YES YES
How to Spend Your Time: Assume it
takes you 15 minutes to get from your
home to campus. Rate how acceptable
each of the following options are for
spending that 15 minutes:
a) Walking YES YES
b) Half the time walking to MBTA, half on
MBTA YES YES
c) Half the time driving to MBTA, half on
MBTA YES YES
d) Harvard shuttle YES YES
e) Driving YES YES
f) Biking YES YES
Which one of the above options would
you most prefer? YES YES
Given your budget for this year, what is
the maximum monthly amount you
would be willing to pay for housing for
rent or mortgage? (If you live with
roommates, please list only what you
personally could afford to pay. Do not
include extra charges for heat,
electricity, water, insurance or taxes.) YES YES
SECTION-G YOUR COMMENTS
We invite your comments on anything
related to your housing at Harvard. YES YES
We are particularly interested in your
thoughts on the tradeoffs you make in
choosing housing, the importance of the
time it takes to get to campus, what you
pay for housing, and how much living NO (question not
space you have. clear) NO
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Aditi Singh Upadhyay Abhishek Singh Ayushi Agarwal

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