<p>Dondlx,</p>
<p>Some of your questions are answered on Housing's FAQ page at <a href="http://www.housing.ufl.edu/housing/FAQ.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.housing.ufl.edu/housing/FAQ.htm</a></p>
<p>My son started in Summer B, 2006. After he was accepted in early December, he received a flyer about housing, and was given a January 23rd deadline to fill out the Residence Hall Agreements online.</p>
<p>When he typed in his UFID, there were two Residence Hall Agreements to fill out: One for Summer B, and one for Fall semester. It was all laid out for him like that, and he didn't have to make any special requests because he was starting in the summer.</p>
<p>2006 Summer B dorms were: Hume ($760 dbl), Murphree ($663 dbl), Sledd ($622 dbl), Fletcher ($622 dbl), Jennings ($622 dbl), Buckman ($515 dbl-no A/C), and Springs ($760 dbl). Keys was also open, but only for Sophomores. (Prices for 2007 Summer B may already be posted, I haven't checked.)</p>
<p>The rest of the dorms were either closed for renovations, or being used for summer conferences and Preview. </p>
<p>My son wanted to live in Broward, but it was not an option in the summer. So he filled out his Summer agreement with Jennings as his first choice, and his Fall agreement asking for Broward as his first choice. If Broward had been open during the summer, he would have put Broward as his 1st choice on both forms, for both semesters. </p>
<p>None of the guys my son knew in Jennings during Summer B were staying in Jennings for Fall semester. All of them switched dorms for Fall semester. Also, there's one week between Summer B and Fall semester, and they were allowed to store their stuff in the closets of their Fall dorm rooms for that week. This way, we didn't have to move everything back home for only one week. So when I picked him up to come home between semesters, we stopped by his Broward room before leaving campus, and put his big items in the closet for the week. (File cabinet, lamp, kitchen stuff, small chest of drawers, etc.)</p>
<p>Each of the Resident Hall Agreement forms asks for your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices for dorms. And each of the forms asks if you have a roommate preference. So if your friend is not attending in the summer, just indicate that you don't have a roommate preference on your Summer B form. And on your Fall form, indicate that you DO have a preference. </p>
<p>On the FAQ web page I gave you above, one of the questions is about requesting a roommate. The answer to that question explains that when assigning roommate requests, UF uses the latest Priority Date when assigning dorms. So if your housing priority date is September 1st, and your friend's priority date is October 10th, UF is going to use the October 10th date as the priority date for both of you when they assign the dorm room for Fall semester.</p>
<p>Hope this helps. Good luck to you!
g8trmom</p>