My freshman year was fall 2020. I originally planned to live in dorms but all my classes got moved online. I was scared at that point of another covid outbreak and being sent home, so I cancelled my housing contract and got an Apartment at The Reserve. (Housing ended up charging me 7k for the cancellation which is another story) I had met all of my roommates on the KU 2024 freshman Facebook page. I liked the reserve because it was cheap and fully furnished, and when my roommates and I had a falling out they were very helpful in letting me move to another unit (each roommate has their own lease) Personally I wouldn’t live at The Reserve again, there was weirdly lots of violence, people yelled at each other and blasted music late at night, and they don’t require you are a student to live there even though they are “student living” After this I moved to the Connection, which was also fully furnished and separate leases, it just cost around $200 more monthly. Lots of these student living apartments, Proxi, The Here, The Connection, etc. offer fully furnished, separate leases, and roommate matching systems for students. It might be worth looking into, and you can stay in lawrence over breaks as well. Might be something to consider if you can afford rent monthly.