Seemingly simple, but couldn't get any of Google-able methods to work with my Macbook Pro. So I've pieced together a solution that works on Yosemite (Mac OS 10.10).
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Grab an .iso image of Windows 7 (The Internet has plenty of ways of doing this)
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Create a USB Installer from it (An easy Google)
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Install rEFIt
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Restart your computer after installation
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Open Disk Utility
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Select the harddrive (Macintosh HD)
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Go to the Partition tab
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Click '+' to add a partition for Windows with format MS-DOS (FAT) and allocate the amount of space you want (I chose 32 GB)
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Click Apply when ready
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Restart your computer, holding down the option/alt key as soon as you hear the chime
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Click on the rEFI drive that appears in the list of drives
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From the rEFI screen, select the windows icon with Boot Windows from WinInstall
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Proceed to Windows Installation
Notes:
- When prompted for the partition, select the partition you created and if it does not let you continue due to improper format, simply click on the advanced option and click format, that should do the trick
- You computer will restart a few times during the installation process and on the new rEFI screen that appears upon each restart, select the windows icon with description Boot from Partition , where Partition Number is the appropriate partition number you chose for the installation
- Once installation is complete and your computer restarts, boot up the Windows partition and once booted, download Boot Camp's Windows support software from the Apple website to set-up the necessary drivers (You might see that your two-finger "right" click, microphone, audio speakers don't work and the resolution is abissmal