Whether you’re a freshman settling into dorm life, an out-of-state student navigating a new city or an upperclassman exploring Tempe apartments, these episodes from The Best Four are here to help you through the process of student living at ASU.

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Moving to Tempe is exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming, especially for ASU students juggling classes, exams and housing.

To help you narrow down the episodes to find the answers you need, we compiled a brief breakdown of each episode and what they entail.

Episode One: Arizona State Housing TELL ALL: Dorm Life, the GLV, Sorority Life and More [Alli]

In this episode of The Best Four Podcast, host Laura sits down with Alli, a junior at Arizona State University and president of her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. A Scottsdale native, Alli shares what it’s like to stay close to home for college and how her housing experience shaped her college journey.

From navigating ASU’s housing portal as a business student to living in the social hub of Hassayampa (Hassay) her freshman year, Alli offers a detailed look at dorm life, Greek housing in the unique GLV setup and her transition to apartment living at The Carmin. She also opens up about roommate matching, budgeting tips and what she wishes she’d known earlier.

In this episode, we cover:

• What to expect from the ASU dorm selection process (and why it’s confusing)
• The pros and cons of where she’s lived: Hassay, the Greek Leadership Village (GLV) and The Carmin
• What Alli learned from dealing with dorm maintenance issues and navigating move-in stress
• Which neighborhoods ASU students typically live (Apache vs. Mill)
• How she chose her apartment off campus and why she’s heading back to the GLV her senior year
• Advice for incoming freshmen on getting involved, managing money and finding the right roommates

Episode Two: Roommate Red Flags and Housing Realities: A Candid Look at ASU Living [Ashton]

In this episode of The Best Four Podcast, host Laura sits down with Ashton, a senior at Arizona State University majoring in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Originally from Allen, Texas, Ashton dives into her experience navigating ASU’s multiple campuses, making big housing decisions and learning how to advocate for herself along the way.

From switching majors just to live on the Tempe campus to dealing with a toxic roommate situation and finding her people in the Greek Leadership Village (GLV), Ashton shares it all.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why she changed her major just to move to a different ASU campus and how it paid off
• Pros and cons of dorms like Manzanita, Palo Verde, San Pablo and Best Hall
• What to do if you’re in a tough roommate situation and why speaking up matters
• What living in the GLV is really like (including sharing a bathroom with 15+ girls)
• Why she chose a house over an apartment and what students often overlook when picking housing
• Whether or not you need a car in Tempe
• Advice to other out-of-state students attending ASU

Episode Three: First-Gen and Figuring It Out: What No One Tells You About ASU Housing [Sofi]

In this episode of The Best Four, host Laura talks with Sofi, a junior and first-generation college student at Arizona State University student from the Bay Area. From navigating her college transition solo to documenting it all on TikTok, Sofi shares what it’s really like to figure things out as you go.

She covers everything from the ASU housing portal and move-in prep to what it’s like living in a social dorm like Hassayampa, dealing with not-so-great roommates in an off-campus luxury apartment and why she wishes more students knew how early you need to start looking for housing.

In this episode, we cover:

• Advice for first generation college students
• Everything to know about freshman year – FAQs, saying yes to everything, dorm essentials and her top tips to incoming freshmen
• Talks through the housing portal and what students need to do and and why they need to do it early
• How she found roommates and friends before even starting college
• Dorm life at Hassay
• Why she became a content creator for college advice
• Living at Park Place: roommate issues, what went wrong and why research matters
• Tips for time management, scholarships and staying true to yourself in college

Episode Four: No Dorms, No Problem: The Journey Through ASU Apartments, the GLV and an Airbnb [Laurie]

In this episode of The Best Four, Laura chats with Laurie, a senior business student at Arizona State University and a Scottsdale native. Laurie shares why she skipped the dorms freshman year, how she found her stride at ASU socially and academically and what she learned from living everywhere from an off-campus apartment to the Greek Leadership Village (and even an Airbnb).

Originally admitted as a nursing major, Laurie opens up about switching to business, rushing Alpha Phi and working her way up to VP of Recruitment. She also breaks down her full housing journey at ASU, from her first year in the District at Apache to the pros and cons of living in Apollo, GLV and a senior-year Airbnb house. Along the way, she gives candid advice on making friends, navigating recruitment and choosing the right housing timeline.

In this episode, we cover:

• The dorm setup at ASU and why she decided to skip them
• Her freshman year at District at Apache: the good, the bad and the reality vs. online photos
• How to find roommates as a freshman using ASU Snapchat/Instagram groups and what to say in that first DM
• Making friends freshman year and her take on dorms vs. apartments
• What it’s like going through ASU sorority recruitment and her advice as Alpha Phi’s VP of Recruitment
• The pros and cons of new-build apartments, why you need to sign early and her biggest regret about housing
• Her sophomore year at Apollo and why it didn’t live up to expectations
• Why the GLV was her favorite housing experience, how she got her own room and what it’s like living with 30 sorority sisters
• Her Airbnb hack for finding a house senior year and the trade-offs between apartments and houses
• Her biggest piece of advice for freshmen starting at ASU

We hope this compilation of podcast episodes serves as a tool for the varying questions you might have regarding living and housing near ASU. For more information on off-campus housing, contact our leasing staff.