Zoe Bayliss Co-op

I lived here the first year I transferred to Madison and it was largely a forgettable experience.
Zoe Bayliss is an all-​female co-​op, includes a chef, and sort of resembles a dormitory. They have small single, large single and double rooms. The chef’s cooking is pretty decent, but it gets old fast and near the end of the semester, she was barely there.
It’s a great place for diversity too: a lot of Chinese and Korean girls tend to live here.
However, you’re required to do one house and kitchen duty a week, one spring cleaning, and one «event.» I didn’t think this was too bad considering the rent was super cheap as a result, but if your building managers are more uptight, this may be something to consider.
The main problem I had with this place was that many of the girls were lazy and catty; you may not have that problem, but if you weren’t in a certain manager’s good spot, you could be overlooked in a duty and that might result in a fine.
I’d never live here again, but it wasn’t the worst experience one could have when going for university-​based housing.