Now that next year’s apartment search is in full swing, students have many aspects to consider. For many, one of the most important things to think about isn’t price or amenities, it’s location. Close to the Quad? Or close to Green Street? Near a bus stop? Or next to Joe’s?

Frat Park, officially known as Washington Park, is surrounded by apartment complexes that cater to social students looking for something to do. For freshman and students unfamiliar with the park, the grassy area is located between Chalmers and Daniel Street and is known for hosting various Greek events, philanthropic and recreational. When the weather is nice the park is often filled with shirtless “fratstars” playing frisbee and women getting their tan on under the sun.

One of the biggest benefits Frat Park apartments have to offer is the convenient location. Not only is the area within very reasonable walking distance of the quad, it’s only a few blocks away from Green Street as well. The football games and barbecues make it an enjoyable shortcut on the way to class.

Apartment complexes and fraternity houses surround Frat Park, which makes the area a fun place to live, but is the raucous too much?

“There are always things going on, which some people would call a negative, but I think it’s exciting,” said Zorina Disheva, junior in Engineering.

The social environment is a positive for many residents.

“My roommates and I enjoy the events, and our balcony actually faces the park itself, so we always know if something is going on,” said Fadi Elayyan, sophomore in LAS.

Though the array of events can be fun, the parties have their downside.

“It gets dirty outside, and there’s always beer cans and garbage scattered around everywhere,” said Disheva.

Studying can be difficult as music pumps out of fraternity house windows at all hours of the day. Though the outdoor parties have the potential to be distracting, the park also provides residents with a place to spend a few hours outside, laying under a tree alone, picnicking with your roommates or sweating off last night’s One World calories.

“A positive thing about living on Frat Park would be the basketball court and the open field,” said Elayyan. “My roommates and I head out there a lot, and we always have tsomething to do.”

Frat Park apartments vary in price and quality, but all share the convenient location.

“I have heard the “blue balcs” on Frat Park are pretty nice, and I also think the apartments that I live in, even though they are not directly on Frat Park, are also pretty nice,” said Brooke Fairbanks, junior in FAA who lives on Third and John Street.

Students looking for quiet, high-class apartments may want to search elsewhere, but if they’re on the market for a lively, social atmosphere every day of the week, Frat Park may just be the place for them.