<p>i talked to the Industrial Design program coordinator today and she informed me that transfer students applications are still in review and they have not sent out any acceptances yet only rejection to the ones who did not meet the requirements. high school students acceptances have already gone out and their deadline to accept is may 1</p>
<p>very intersting…what i posted above was taken right off the UC DAAP page on the website for the college</p>
<p>Yes that’s true as long as high school and transfer students go their app in before or by the deadline but after I am not sure. those two programs I am assuming are closed as far as accepting new or more applications</p>
<p>my daughter is a freshman ID this year. She is in daniels on the 8th floor. it is a DAAP overflow. She is loving her classes. She chose to be in a quad. She has nothing but regret about it. She has one room mate that is never in the room because she is working 2 jobs to pay for school. The other 2 are horrible. they seem to feel that my daughter cannot practice her speeches for her speech class in the room, that she should not have a drying rack for her clothes (which she puts away by the next morning)…they run to the RA for every little thing she does. They are 2 weeks before thanksgiving break. they will be having their 5th meeting this week with the RA for complaints by these 2 girls. my daughter has been placed 1st on the list for any rooms that open in Daniels. She has gone to the head of her dorm as well. If nothing changes in her room we will be calling the department of housing and placing a complaint. my daughter is going to tell these 2 girls that part of living in a dorm is respect and compromise…which these 2 girls have yet to do either. she is so stressed out about the living situation it is making it hard to have an all around great experience. she has tons of friends on her floor so it is not my daughter not being able to get along with people.</p>
<p>She said the hardest thing about school is that her professors are not posting grades. One professor has yet to post any grades. </p>
<p>my question is about co-ops. she doesn’t want to live in campus next year (sophmore year). she wants to move to an apartment but all the apartments want you to sign a year long lease. how does that work with being away on co-op? do you just pay your rent and leave your room empty? some apartments said she can pay a fee to find someone else to rent her space in the apartment but then she would not have any place to live when she returns from her co-op to resume school. we were thinking of buying a small house and renting out a room or two to DAAP students in the same situation when they need to have a place to live while not on a co-op.</p>
<p>My son is graduating with a Masters in Aerospace Engineering from UIUC in May, and has been living off campus for three of his last four years. This last year, we have him in University-supplied graduate housing. Essentially a large “furnished” (sparse to say the least) studio apartment with a full bathroom and kitchen. After a little gripe he had about renting an apartment from “the man” (the university), I basically told him that was what he was going to do, because I was fed up with the big business of apartment management firms that exist to take advantage of the students who are trying to save money over the higher prices that the university charges for its housing options. While it’s true that money can be saved, there are many pitfalls that you have to watch out for. You mention one big one. They want annual leases for the most part, but after freshman year, where you have to live in campus housing anyway (unless your home is very close to UC), you are only at UC on alternating terms, unless your Co-Op is local. The issue is solvable, but hard to set up. Each class year in DAAP, at least for Interior Design majors, is on the alternating schedule, so they’re at UC, when your on Co-Op, and vice-versa. So, ideally, getting into an arrangement where you and your “same class” roommate(s) share a lease with DAAPers from a class either one year ahead, or one year behind would partially resolve the off campus issue.</p>
<p>The problem is that if anyone in that arrangement gets a local Co-Op, the arrangement falls apart. In addition, is what to do about furnishings. While you could theoretically buy in to someone’s existing furnishings, there are still some furnishings that you’ll want to own. You’ll at least need your own mattress pad, for example. There really is no ideal solution. The the off-campus apartment rental business does save money for students over what they would pay for on campus housing, but what they get for what they pay is the issue. How quickly issues are fixed when broken, poor internet service, room size and condition of the room, the fact that you have to buy and then store/move your furnishings etc make the whole thing a muddle.</p>
<p>Your daughter’s situation is very difficult, but it isn’t the housing that is the issue, it’s the roommates. While I’m looking around for my daughter and the girlfriend that she want’s to rent a two bedroom with next fall, I’ve yet to come to a satisfactory resolution on what to do with the off terms, and off campus housing in general. I’m considering Morgan Hall at this point. After all, in real estate, it’s location, location, and location that are the top three concerns, and those late nights at the studio followed by an off campus bus ride home (or the purchase of a car to avoid that) are not very appealing, or money-saving in the long run.</p>
<p>Just my two cents, and I’m grappling with the problem myself. My instinct tells me that the best strategy for my daughter is to stay nimble and not get weighed down with a bunch of “stuff” that needs to be attended to before you move, and move you will, and frequently over the next 4 years.</p>
<p>we actually are buying a duplex home. luckily there is a renter there already that wants to rent the lower apartment for the next 3 years…so right there we will have the mortgage paid off. also she is not in a co-op program at UC so we will have the comfort of knowing that while my daughter is on co-op the house won’t be sitting there vacant. now to just get through the remainder of her freshman year and hoping next semester a bed will open in Daniels because she is first on the list for a vacant bedspace in Daniels.</p>
<p>Anyone else eagerly awaiting their early action DAAP decision? </p>