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someone mentioned here about renting a room at raiders pass for around $400 a month</p>
<p>maybe you can check into it</p>
<p>I am confused about your situation. Have you been accepted and awarded aid at two different schools, one in your hometown and one further away, and have not yet told one of them “no.” In other words, how can you still be deciding in August? Does the hometown school still think you are going? Do you have a scholarship there too?</p>
<p>Have you tried craigslist for roommate situations? Some of your hesitation about going away seemed to be about living in dorms, with partying and so on. In many college towns, housing is hard to find in August. If you want to go to this school, you may need to rely on craigslist and grab a place you find bearable for first semester.</p>
<p>As for classes being closed, you can try to work with an advisor or e-mail professors: those approaches really can work. You can also keep an eye on the classes online to see if a spot becomes available. </p>
<p>How do the math classes you have already taken work with the new school’s curriculum? Do you still have gen ed requirements to fill? If so, at least try to get those done. It is tough with foundational courses. If you don’t take a prerequisite in the fall for a spring class, you may have to wait until next fall. </p>
<p>Do you want to do math or engineering? Why would you switch to engineering in the school closer to home?</p>
<p>Honestly, maybe you should wait a year until you are sure about where you want to go. You can continue to take distribution requirement classes anywhere.</p>
<p>I successfully begged my way into full classes several times. I made a case for myself to the profs and they always let me in. Can’t hurt to try.</p>
<p>As we draw closer and closer to the beginning of the school year, things are falling into place at the very last minute… sort of. I’ll give you guys a little bit more of an update just to not leave this story hanging. I did manage to find affordable housing close to campus. My parents have a few connections with connections in the area (go figure) and we managed to snag some housing at a “friend’s” discount. Thus, I will actually be saving money on living–more money in my pocket! 
I still need to work out some details, but I think because of my dad not fully understanding the gravity of my housing situation, the earliest I could move in would be August 24th which is… uh… THE DAY before classes start. 
I don’t know my way around campus unfortunately. I’ll try to get in touch with the people I’d be renting from and try to express my concerns to open it a week earlier. No legal paperwork has been dispersed or signed yet.</p>
<p>In regards to classes, I’m still trying to beg my way into classes but since the start of the school year is getting close, it takes a while to get responses from anyone so I will let you know how all that goes. I’ve still got a few weeks before it’s “final”. On the bright side, because of my minimal schedule of 12 hours, I have leftover scholarship money to pay for books and supplies so even less money out of my pocket!</p>
<p>I’ll admit, I’m kind of excited that things are looking up more and more–that after working towards my goal for the last two years, what I so desperately wanted as a naïve senior in high school, I finally am getting now, albeit at the last minute. But as the days of summer draw to a close, I’m starting to seriously doubt myself. You’ll laugh when I say this, but I feel like I can barely take care of myself living from home–I have no earthly idea how to do laundry, cook, feed myself, fend for myself, etc. I understand there’ll be freshmen in my exact same situation and that “everyone’s going to feel the same way.” I still have the ability to cancel my schedule and withdraw for the fall, but a lot of close family and friends and my current employer have been informed of where I’m headed off to for the fall and so I’m somewhat deterred from canceling my reservation from these fears because then I’ll just look stupid. I haven’t revealed my plans on Facebook yet.</p>
<p>I feel like living in the dorms would be the easiest option where I might be able to get campus-sponsored assistance with making the transition from sheltered life to adult life but I am hesitant to submit a dorm application because there’s no by-semester dorm contract; it’s either for fall-spring or spring only. Who knows. Maybe I’ll enjoy the benefit of living on my own. I just don’t want to spend the $50 application fee plus the $400 advance payment for them to just tell me, “sorry, can’t help ya. Try again later.” I was thinking that maybe I could join the dorms after like the first month or so when a few of the party-hard freshmen /get kicked out because then maybe there’d be some space for me to join in, but I don’t know if universities will charge me the full 9 months or pro-rate my charge based on when I hop on–or more importantly, let me join at all.</p>
<p>@compmom I unfortunately fell fate to the common transfer problem of classes not transferring. Fortunately, I’m only having to retake one class (that I know of so far) but it’s still money wasted either way you look at it. I can’t say whether or not that I want to do engineering or math. I will completely admit, I just kind of “fell into” math because I didn’t know what else to do but ended up loving the computational side of things. I still don’t know how I’m going to fare in the proof and logic based classes. And the disparity between universities and majors, I can’t remember how I described it, but the only reason why I’m majoring in math at Texas Tech is because I plainly just fell into it and they gave me a pretty good scholarship and I felt like it was too good to not take it and experience what it’s like to be a “true” college kid, if that statement holds any merit. Probably a dangerous way of thinking, but I’ll stick by what I said and say that I think Texas Tech is my best option for a university.</p>
<p>The university right here in my hometown doesn’t have the best of math programs because it’s a very stenciled education because they have almost no one majoring in math–meaning that I can’t choose many free electives because they only open maybe one or two and it’s whatever the department feels like opening up. That’s kind of why I was going to change my major to engineering if I ended up going there instead of going to Texas Tech. Still, the engineering program isn’t all that “big”, but it offers a little more breadth and flexibility in course offerings (and probably a more marketable degree and more marketable business skills.)</p>
<p>Coming back to an earlier thought, I was feeling like attending university from home would not only save me money, but it would be easier on me that I won’t have to worry about things like feeding myself, making sure I schedule haircut appointments, making sure I wash laundry often (lol), and all your fun stuff. I know that doing that would mean I’d probably never grow up but I’ve also mentioned on here that I think the only reason I’ve had such good academic success was because I could focus on studying and not worry about lifely duties. Granted, I’ll have more free time at Texas Tech since I don’t plan on working like I have been and so I guess I’d have equally as much time there as I would like I have had going the community college route.</p>
<p>I don’t know… Most of you are going to give words of encouragement and I’d like to think that since I live in the age of the internet and technology, I can look up how to do things like laundry, cook, etc. on YouTube and thus there’s absolutely no reason I should struggle. Eh. I still doubt myself a bit.</p>
<p>Maybe I’ll give you guys one last update before the semester begins–let you guys know how and if I made the transition.</p>
<p>Make sure you are using the full resources of the university. Were you picking these classes on your own? DId you have an advisor helping? Can you talk to someone in the major that you are pursuing about this? Can you talk to someone in charge of transfers? Make sure you are not making assumptions that aren’t the case.</p>
<p>I picked my classes at orientation with the help of an adviser. We were a very small group at that orientation (less than 5 students), so we got individual help. She gets paid to know these things and she was going off of the printed text she’s allowed to hand out about the degree plan options, so I’m going to hope that I’m doing the correct things.</p>
<p>Laundry is not very difficult. Getting yourself fed is not very difficult. It’s really a great semester for you to have only 12 credit hours as you adjust. Once you’ve been there for a few weeks, things will fall into place, and then you can evaluate dorms vs. staying where you are and classes for second semester. Good luck!</p>
<p>Laundry and food will work themselves out. At your age, one year, I lived on bagels, tuna and apples. I remember buying packets of soap at the Laundromat, which I would not do now but worked back then. Do whatever you have to do to make things easier. For the first weeks, you can even drop off laundry at the Laundromat and pay a little more.</p>
<p>More important is the sense that you are still not fully committed to the school and to the major that apparently drew you to the school. </p>
<p>Anxiety about leaving home and taking care of things is normal and very very common. That should not change your plans. And financially things seem fine with either school.</p>
<p>It does seem that Texas Tech will be a growing up experience and a good one academically, so the only reason to reconsider would be any transfer issues, and a desire to do engineering versus math. (Doesn’t Texas Tech have engineering? Remind me)</p>
<p>Let us know what happens. I think a lot of posters here are rooting for you to enjoy Texas Tech. Indecision is hard when it persists, but it often does reflect anxiety (at least for me) so keep going and see how things go if you can!</p>
<p>p.s. as a new student at TT, getting into the dorm might offer some social advantages, but avoid too many social advantages :)</p>
<p>My daughter went to one of the later registration/orientation sessions at her school. I looked at the openings the night before and thought “Oh, most of these classes are full” Well, they were full because the department had closed them to non-majors to hold for the majors. She only had 2 classes to pick, and while some of the sections were full, she got in to two that work with her schedule. There is drop/add, there are wait lists, there are other classes. I never had touble getting into classes though I may not have gotten the prof or time I wanted.</p>
<p>Going away to college is a huge step, and it is scary. This can be one of the defining moments for you, to face your fear and move forward into the unknown. And that is what the fear usually is…just the unknown. </p>
<p>I am several decades out of college, and can still close my eyes and remember the feeling of watching my dad drive away from dropping me off at my college freshman year. I realized “this is really it. I am on my own to make friends, attend classes and study without being told to.” Looking back, I have been challenged by many unknowns, but leaving home and going off to college is the first and biggest one.</p>
<p>So, it’s okay to be scared, just keep moving forward. You need to give yourself the chance to do this!</p>
<p>Ramen comes with directions and the internet will tell you all you need to know about cooking anything else. Laundry too, in fact. </p>
<p><a href=“How to Do Laundry (with Pictures) - wikiHow”>http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Laundry</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.metroparent.com/Blogs/Crumbs/June-2012/Cooking-Tips-for-Absolute-Beginners/?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc”>http://www.metroparent.com/Blogs/Crumbs/June-2012/Cooking-Tips-for-Absolute-Beginners/?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc</a></p>
<p>You got this!!</p>
<p>Fail-safe Laundry:</p>
<p>1) Sort everything into whites. lights, and darks.</p>
<p>2) Wash separately. To be safe, wash each load in cold water.</p>
<p>3) Removing the rare items that cannot go in the dryer and hanging them up to dry, dry everything on low. Remove promptly and fold. </p>
<p>All done.</p>
<p>My advice is to look at each clothing piece as you pack your suitcase for college. Think twice before bringing anything that is marked “dry clean only” or “handwash only”. At least for the first semester, having clothes you KNOW can withstand the rigor of college washers/dryers will make for less stress for you.</p>
<p>And, splurge on an extra pack of undies and socks, so that you can stretch your time between laundry days.</p>
<p>Sorting light, dark etc if using cold water is totally optional in our family.</p>
<p>I really don’t sort either and it all seems to come out in the wash!</p>
<p>Here’s the problem with me is that what’s “dark” and what’s “light” to me is usually different to my parents–as in I tried sorting laundry several times throughout my life and they’re like, “Ugh! You’re trying to ruin everyone’s clothes! This is most certainly not dark! Thank God I caught this before it was too late. You need to get better at this.” I guess once is an honest mistake, but I’ve tried sorting clothes several times, like upwards of 10 times and I’ve never gotten it right. Somewhat discouraging. But that’s just me.</p>
<p>Again, if you guys feel like getting an update, I might be having to shelf my university plans for the fall. Remember how I said I got some housing for a good price? Apparently the lady who was going to let me rent a room backed out of our deal two days ago, claiming her niece and nephew came to her after I did and she gave preference to them instead. Understandable, but it leaves me without housing 11 days before the semester starts, and I can’t get back up to Lubbock to go find housing this week because of a prior obligation I had arranged this week.</p>
<p>People keep telling me, “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” I’ve tried contacting University Housing to see if they can hook me up somewhere, but they’ve yet to reply, so I’m kind of stuck in limbo. With it being so late in the summer, less than two weeks before the semester starts, a few apartment buildings have that they cannot have an apartment ready for in time for the start of the semester, but I’m going to guess that I’m just looking in the wrong places. I have tried reaching out to Facebook and I’m not having any luck there since the only people that read/like my stuff seem to be my parents/family.</p>
<p>Humph… What to do…?</p>
<p>I’m a fan of the wash everything together in cold water method</p>
<p>Sorry to hear that OP. Have you tried checking craigslist? Often people post about last minute vacancies on there</p>
<p>Call housing again. Be persistent…</p>
<p>When you say you have “reached out on Facebook” what exactly does that mean? There is an exclusive Facebook page for newly accepted students/transfers at each college. Or a college run page that you have to be invited to be on. How did your family get onto your exclusive page and like your posts? When my daughter was accepted to a college, I did not have access to her interactions with the other incoming students. It was for students only. I don’t think you are posting your requests in the right place to be seen by incoming college students who are still looking for a room mate.</p>
<p>CALL the University. Don’t wait for an email reply. They have classes starting soon and are overwhelmed. An email is NOT the way to get results.</p>
<p>A live student on the phone requesting urgent help is going to get more sympathy and possibly more assistance. If the person who answers the phone says “I can’t help you” or “we are full” then ask “who else can I speak with” or “what other options do you suggest?”. Don’t let a “no” over the phone stop you. Ask if there is a waiting list you can be put on. Ask for the name of a local realtor who can help. Ask for websites of local people. Call local hotels and ask them for suggestions. Call local churches and ask them if someone in their church rents out rooms to college students.</p>
<p>Somewhere on that college campus or in that local college town there is a room waiting for you to find it! A college student who backed out and is leaving a bed empty, a family emergency that requires the student to stay home with a newly diagnosed parent with cancer, etc. It happens, and you can be on a wait list for when it does.</p>
<p>Sending ONE EMAIL and not getting a reply is not your best effort. You have meticuliously planned out your course of study over the past few years, you have worked hard to come up with money to fund your plan, and yet you are giving up when you can SEE the finish line right in front of you??!!</p>
<p>Maybe Life is asking “do you REALLY want this?” Well, I know you are capable of better research and looking for options. If you want specific help, PM me. I am glad to help you research some options.</p>
<p>I just looked on the Lubbock craigslist and there are many possibilities for student housing under “rooms and shares”.</p>