I did the hotel for a few days then moved into one of the apartments sharing with two other students.
Leaving aside that some of the younger students have, to put it mildly, obviously been over-nannied by their mothers and incapable of keeping the place tidy, it is far better to be able to come home in the evening and talk about what has been going on to fellow-students than stay alone in a hotel room.
Far more sociable and fun in the apartments.
BW