<p>Hi I got accepted FSU for the Fall semester 2012 and I plan to go there. Since I live in Miami and I was afraid I would be left out without a place to live at Tally I payed the $200 Housing deposit right away. However after the horrible things I have heard about the dorms and my 2 best friends deciding to go to FSU too I want to live off campus. Am I bound to live on campus since I paid the $200. If I am, is there a way I can get out of it other than not enrolling? Thank you.</p>
<p>I would imagine that you can get out of the contract as long as you are willing to part with the $200 deposit. That’s what deposits are for.</p>
<p><a href=“http://housing.fsu.edu/newadmits.pdf[/url]”>http://housing.fsu.edu/newadmits.pdf</a></p>
<p>This is what it says:</p>
<p>Read the terms and conditions of the contract carefully
Please keep in mind that you are completing an contract (contract) for on-campus housing for both Fall and Spring Semesters, so you should carefully review the terms and conditions of the contract. By completing the contract, you are financially obligating yourself to pay rent for Fall and Spring Semesters if you attend FSU, between $4,500-6,200 total depending on your room type and building. If you do not attend FSU, you can cancel and receive a partial refund (see next page for details).</p>
<p>Damn I guess I’m screwed then…well isn’t it what college is all about? making mistakes. Thanks</p>
<p>You should call housing because they keep some kind of list of people that want out of their housing contacts and they will release you if they can fill your room. I know that two girls from the CARE program got released over the summer term last year when they found out my daughter was living off campus so they could go live in the same apartment community my daughter lives in. They went to housing and asked how they could get out of their contracts, got put on some list and within a week got a phone call saying they were free and clear. I don’t know much about it aside from that.</p>
<p>@jannahickey Thank you. I will look into it. It does make sense since there are people that would like to live in the dorms bout do not get in. </p>
<p>I was thinking too and is there any change I could make that would throw my priority number to the bottom of the list?</p>
<p>I just asked my daughter and she said the two girls that got released last year actually filled out a really short form requesting to be released from their contracts, the housing office said they could not give them any information on whether or not they could be released and reminded them they were legally responsible to pay their housing contracts and then a week later sent each girl an email telling them they were released from their contracts.</p>
<p>You could request to room with someone who has a ridiculously high number like 7000 or more. But you’d have to know someone with a number that high and I don’t even think the numbers have gotten that high yet. That’s still risky though. I’d try the form first.</p>
<p>I would definitely contact housing and inquire about getting out of the housing contract. Last year housing was telling people that they could not accommodate anyone who applied for housing after April 1st. There is a greater demand for on campus housing than availability. Hopefully speaking to them early will work in your favor.</p>
<p>You have a chance to get out of your housing contract if you contact housing and ask them about terminating your contract, but remember that you DID sign a contract that said that you were responsible for your two semesters of on-campus housing.</p>
<p>It’s also not always possible to get out of your housing contract. While I know someone who was able to get out of their housing contract (after one semester), I know plenty that were not able to get out of their contract at all.</p>
<p>Thank you all. I contacted them and effectively as some of you said I have been put in the list to terminate my contract. They said people that have economics or medical hardships have priority and then is everybody else. Thank you all again, really helpful.</p>
Did you ever get out of your housing contract?