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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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