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5 unusual facts about Boston University Housing System


Boston University Housing System

Students lovingly refer to it as either 575 or the HoJo.

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These hotels include the Hyatt Regency Cambridge on the opposite bank of the Charles, and the Holiday Inn Brookline, both a manageable walk to main campus with free shuttle bus service provided to students in the Hyatt.

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The Boston University housing system is the 2nd-largest of any private university in the United States, with 76% of the undergraduate population living on campus.

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One of the hotels frequently used in this way was the former Howard Johnson's hotel at 575 Commonwealth Avenue, next to the School of Management's Rafik Hariri Building.

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Students at the Holiday Inn are provided with a complimentary MBTA Subway pass, as the Green Line C passes nearby on Beacon Street.



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