<p>Alright, I'm a transfer student starting SBU during the Fall '09 semester, and I was assigned to Langmuir College, which I just found out today is 24-hour quiet. I didn't select 24-hour quiet dorms on my student preferences, and aside that I just don't want it, I've got a live show I'm playing guitar at in November, and only being able to practice on weekends when I'm at home will really inconvenience me. Is there any way I can get my residence hall changed before the semester starts?</p>
<p>You’re highly unlikely to be able to change your housing assignment before the semester starts, but I guess in a case like this where you’ve ended up in 24-hr quiet accidentally it can’t hurt to contact campus res and ask. Just be prepared for the answer to be a resounding no/for you not to get an answer quickly during a period that’s ridiculously busy for campus residences. </p>
<p>Also, you’re not going to be the only one in 24-hr quiet who didn’t sign up for it… when I lived in a “quiet lifestyle” dorm, only one person of 6 in my suite had actually requested quiet lifestyle, and even the person who had requested it had no problem with the suite’s 4 musicians practicing their instruments in the dorm (especially since it would have been hypocritical and inconvenient for her, as she was one of them!). So it’s likely the people around you won’t be expecting silence, and as long as you’re respectful of your neighbors and don’t practice too late at night/early in the morning it will probably be fine. </p>
<p>Plus there are practice rooms you can use in the Tabler Arts Center if you need somewhere else to go. So not only is there no need to wait until weekends to practice, there’s also no reason to go home just because of your guitar :)</p>
<p>That’s some reassuring stuff to hear. I don’t imagine that a lot of people would apply for 24-hour quiet, so that makes sense that I wouldn’t be alone as someone who didn’t choose that option but ended up there due to space issues. The person I spoke to when I called up campus residences said I wouldn’t be allowed to practice in my room anyway (probably should’ve specified that it was an acoustic guitar, so I won’t be blaring heavy metal to people in my corridor at inappropriate times), though I did call about five minutes before the office closed, so the person I spoke to may just have said the first thing they could think of to get me off the phone so they could go home. Just as long as it’s not expected for everyone to be near-silent all the time, I guess I could live with it, at least…</p>