How do I find a place to live in NYC several months in advance?

I'm a soon-to-be college connoisseur seeking to immigrate to NYC in summer 2009. we instruct we could have an thought right away where we will be vital as well as what we would be profitable in rent, though of march apartments aren't typically accessible which distant in advance. Advice upon how to plan/ how to understanding with this uncertainty?

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1. Just because you can't sign a lease several months out, that doesn't mean you can't look at apartment listings in places like Craigslist and get a sense of what neighborhoods you prefer, how much you'll have to spend / how much space you'll get in your price range, etc.