Choosing between the Green Engineering Scholars Program or living on South Campus

I was emailed that I am in the Green Engineering Scholars Program. I was already in communication with potential roommates for South campus and this is in North campus. It says you are required to live in the assigned dorm. Has anyone declined the Scholars Program or regretted doing the Scholars Program and not living where they wanted to live where they knew kids already and already had a potential roommate? Having a tough time with this, as for a long time I was told to live on South campus.

Who told you to live in South Campus and why?