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Can we predict which Rutgers housing you picked based on your zodiac sign?

Rutgers has a lot of housing to offer, so here's where you should live based on your zodiac sign. – Photo by Olivia Thiel

With a campus as vast as Rutgers—New Brunswick, it can be difficult to decide where you want to live as a student.

While most students' housing for the next academic year has been set, it's never too early to plan for the years ahead, especially with some input from the stars.

Allow me, your aid from the luminaries, to tell you where you should live at Rutgers based exclusively on your zodiac sign.

Capricorn: Livingston Apartments

Ambitious, hardworking and slightly playful — do these adjectives describe you, Capricorn? If so, the Livingston Apartments are the place for you.

Featuring study lounges, a Starbucks to satisfy your cravings and a bus stop just a few steps away, these apartments provide easy convenience to this on-the-go sign.

Additionally, Capricorn screams business major, so if that's the case, the Rutgers Business School is located right down the road from the apartments.

The Livingston Apartments are hassle-free and clean, coming with appliances like dishwashers which act as significant time-savers so you can focus on what matters to you.

Aquarius: Demarest Hall

An unconventional hall fit for all eccentric Aquarians. Demarest Hall on the College Avenue campus features monthly coffeehouses, art shows, band nights and more.

These events will only encourage this air sign's artsy side, whether they attend or decide to get involved and perform something themselves.

Aquarius, I know your curious heart values soul-searching exchanges with others, and you can find your community at Demarest with their special interests selection.

Pisces: The Standard

Pisces, you enjoy the arts, and your home needs to be your oasis. So the Standard, on George Street near the College Avenue campus, might be perfect for you. Located in downtown New Brunswick, the Standard hosts easy-to-use amenities that may excite you.

Living so close to the heart of New Brunswick, you can easily treat yourself to a nice dinner or enjoy a show at the George Street Playhouse. Living at the Standard, you have the space to make your apartment fit you, so go crazy and create your personalized sanctuary.

Aries: Easton Avenue houses

Housing that is bold, just like you, ferocious Aries. Aries embodies the "work hard, play hard" attitude, and houses on Easton Avenue, summed up, are just that.

Work as hard as you want in the day, Aries, to have as much fun as you want at night. You can throw house parties, have easy access to the fraternity houses on the College Avenue campus and be right next door to all the restaurants surrounding the campus.

Taurus: Henderson Apartments

Any housing on the Cook and Douglass campuses would suit this laidback earth sign, providing a quiet break from the Rutgers hustle and bustle.

But Henderson Apartments on Douglass campus does the job especially well. The apartments give Taurus a chance to relax in their own bed, chill in their living room with friends or make their comfort meals in their kitchen.

Taurus has an affinity for nature while being adaptive to anything that comes their way, making the challenge of navigating the gigantic Douglass campus a perfect one for them to conquer. Taurus, connect with your soul, be one with nature and protect your peace by living in these apartments.

Gemini: McCormick Suites

Gemini are sometimes ready to mingle and other times require alone time. The McCormick Suites on Busch campus provide just that: a place to socialize when needed and, equivalently, a place for rest when ready to recharge.

Gemini, you work hard and by living in these suites, where diligence is a shared value, you'll find people who respect that and inspire you to go further.

Cancer: Newell Apartments

Cancers and the Newell Apartments on Cook campus are a perfect pair. These apartments, tucked away from any bustle that distracts my fellow Crabs, offer amenities that take care of Cancer's cozy nature.

A place where you can tuck yourself into your warm bed after using your private kitchen and shower, all on your own time — what else would a Cancer need?

Leo: College Avenue campus residence halls

Leos, you make the most of everything and find something fun to do wherever you go, so get ready to make a residence hall on the College Avenue campus, like Clothier or Stonier, your new home.

By living in a residence hall on the campus that never sleeps, Leos can channel your social-butterfly energy during fun get-togethers with all the residents in your buildings. As for being on the College Avenue campus, Leos will love living life in the fast lane.

Virgo: Cook and Douglass campuses off-campus houses

Virgos may be driven and hard-working, but they also need their fair share of breaks, reviving themselves in nature, being with the people they love or even in peaceful solitude. An off-campus house on Cook and Douglass campuses offers all of that and more.

You can be engrossed in nature, living on the campus with the most foliage and in a shared space with the roommates, you've carefully selected and befriended.

Lastly, since it’s your house, be as detail-oriented as you want, cleaning every nook or enjoying your individual space however you desire.

Libra: The Aspire

It's almost instinctual for Libras to be linked with luxury. Therefore, the Aspire Apartments on Somerset Street near the College Avenue campus match the needs of Libras to a T.

These apartments feature indulgences such as a sky deck, a gym, refined finishes, a doorman and so much more. In short, the Aspire is everything a Libra can want and more.

Scorpio: Sojourner Truth Apartments

Scorpio, you’re always looking for bigger and better, and the Sojourner Truth Apartments at the Yard @ College Avenue present this same energy.

Retreat into yourself in your single at the Yard Apartments, hopefully scoring an apartment on a higher floor, so you can devise your time away while relishing the view. 

Though these apartments are difficult to score, you can trust that if Scorpio enjoys anything, it's achieving the exclusive.

Sagittarius: Verve New Brunswick

While I think a sign as easygoing as Sagittarius would be happy living anywhere, Verve New Brunswick, located on Easton Avenue, might be just the place. Sagittarius wants to live an unbothered and unbounded life which makes it the perfect spot for the most chill of the fire signs.

With the many stories that come from the Verve as a result of it being the epicenter of everything that goes on at the College Avenue campus, where else would you thrive but here, adventurous Sagittarius?

Well, how did I do? Did I match your current housing or maybe inspire your future choices? If you're an underclassman and you're overwhelmed by the choices in housing, make sure to bookmark this page and consider this your housing guide for your remaining time at Rutgers.


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