<p>I got accepted to FSU back in December but I never thought it was an option because my parents thought I only wanted to go there cause it was rival schools with my sister. I paid for everything UCF, when I realized that I didn't really want to go there, I began to look at FSU as an option my parents asked around to find out it was a good school.</p>
<p>I just paid for all my admission/housing etc. fees</p>
<p>After submitting my application it said I was given a numer 7000 something, i assume thats the 7000th person to apply. However my housing is reallly specific I needed my own bathroom(just not community), and no meal plan.
-DeGraff
-WildWood
-Salley</p>
<p>Is there still a chance I can get one of those? Or am I going to end up in a meal plan required dorm or worse community style.</p>
<p>With that priority number I would say that you have a fair chance of getting one of those three. They are some of the biggest dorms holding 500-700 students.</p>
<p>Actually FSU can offer housing to a little more than 6000 students. So if you go by that yeah you probably won’t be offered housing. However, there are a lot of people like me that found better accommodations off-campus and have requested to have their housing contracts terminated. That should make a little space for the 7000’s; they will probably put you in the older buildings though so get mentally ready for that.</p>
<p>BTW
-Only the renovated buildings require the meal plan, honestly the chances of you getting one of those are slim
-I got priority #1235 I hope more people keep applying so my contract gets terminated lol</p>
<p>It all depends on which ones you put as your favorites. Remember some of the dorms are reserved for LLC (living-learning community) but I don’t see why you shouldn’t get in one of your top 4 choices.</p>
<p>So many people with lower priority numbers will not end up at FSU. They applied for housing before they were notified of other college admittances. Therefore your 7000+ number isn’t as bad as it sounds. I think they housed people with numbers into the 9000s last year.</p>
<p>I don’t think you will get into Degraff or Wildwood though. Look at the LLCs and see if you want to apply to any of them.</p>
<p>At a priority number of over 7000, you WILL NOT get Wildwood or DeGraff. For Freshmen, those two dorms are the “must have” dorms and fill up very quickly. The highest number I’ve ever read getting into Wildwood was in the 1300s. </p>
<p>The only way you’ll get into either Wildwood or DeGraff will be to apply to the LLCs housed in either of those dorms and to be accepted to that LLC. </p>
<p>You also will not end up in a room with your own bathroom, unless you have a documented medical reason for that. You won’t, however, end up in a dorm that requires a meal plan unless you apply to an LLC in one of those dorms.</p>
<p>With a priority number of 7000, you will get on-campus housing. You will however get a room in Smith or Kellum, two of the larger community style dorms unless you apply to an LLC. That’s pretty much your only option.</p>
<p>Tallahassee has a very close knit homeless community, and everyone helps one another. </p>
<p>In all seriousness, no meal plans required for Deviney or Dorman. Its community bathroom (Get over it), and you can try to get a single. I was mid 6000’s and ended up with a single in Deviney, after I asked for a reassignment from Smith.</p>
<p>Well when I visited the school I was given a tour of a few dorms and they were HORRIBLE For almost the same price I can have my own room and bathroom. I know on-campus living is part of the college experience but I could live without some of those experiences (like week old throw up on the floor) and it really doesn’t benefit me in anyway:
For Example:
*Making friends- I’m playing rugby; you don’t make better friends than those you bleed for/with
*living close to classes- I have a car. Plus I heard the public transportation system is really good
*dont need to worry about food(if you get meal plan)-I already cook for myself.
Also my best friend is going to FSU so I rather him than a complete stranger as a roommate.</p>
<p>a1ain95 - My daughter also chose to live off campus for these reasons. I ran a really in depth financial analysis to make a business case to her father and it honestly came out cheaper for her to live off campus. The only exception I have seen to this financial scenario is some of the housing options available to juniors and seniors.</p>
<p>McCollum and Rogers are the only two upper-classmen dorms that are really all that cheap. And you can live in Rogers as even an incoming freshman if you wanted, although the odds of that are very low. McCollum’s for anyone that’s lived on campus for a year or more. You can live there as a sophomore.</p>
<p>McCollum is starting to get up there in price compared to off-campus, and Rogers has changed all their terms and requirements to apply to live there that the only way it’s worth it is if you are a transfer student that would otherwise be stuck in a freshman dorm.</p>
<p>Darn cause I really wanted to stay in Degraff/Wildwood</p>
<p>Are the dorms really that bad? Is it the beds, spacing, floors, showers like what about it don’t you like?</p>
<p>I want to experience the college dorm life, but not at that cost. I don’t really know anyone going to FSU, and I like the idea of having 3 new roomates, hopefully to become close friends.</p>
<p>@xsidx How are the community bathrooms like I’ve only hear of horror stories, is it not that bad?</p>
<p>Also i don’t think my major falls in any of those categories for living learn community</p>
<p>Your major doesn’t have to be in one of the living-learning communities. The LLCs are open to everyone, regardless of major. The LLCs also guarantee you a spot in the dorm that they are held in. </p>
<p>Your housing priority number means that the only way you’re going to get into either Wildwood or DeGraff is to apply to one of the three LLCs held within those buildings. If you truly want to live in one of those two dorms, you’re really left with only that option.</p>
<p>The community style dorms on campus are not as bad as they seem. The horror stories are exaggerated beyond belief.</p>
<p>@jannahickey Im glad to hear you say that because I thought that it would be more expensive to live off-campus. (I was still willing to pay more)</p>
<p>@BiancaMarie819 Like everything it is whatever you make of things. The dorms I visited where pretty plain. Its just a little square, most likely smaller than your current bedroom. The beds are not the most comfortable but for what I saw you won’t die from sleeping in them. As for the floor, the one’s I saw had carpets and in one my friend’s roommate had passed out in it and barfed there (that had been a couple of days before). The only thing I didn’t see were the bathrooms so I can’t comment on that.
As for roommate they can be fun…but just pray they are not messy, or leave food in every corner of the room, that they don’t stay up till 3AM making noise when you have a test in the morning, that they don’t bring random people to your room, that they don’t like to steal (although I have heard this does not happens that often).</p>
<p>As for the college experience (honestly I can’t say from experience) but it is not about where you live but in what you get involved in clubs/sports/activities.</p>
<p>Soooo I’m still kind of confused on what this LLC. I just apply to one of them and then if I’m accepted I take specified courses each semester? Will it not accept me if they already filled LLC spots or on another waiting list?</p>
<p>Thats true, but I feel like with every dorm at every college there is going to be a possibility with the stealing, late nights, so I’d take my chances and hope that I get a good roommate who doesnt mind cleaning and respects me and my space.</p>
<p>a1ain, You do realize that the residents are responsible for cleaning their rooms on campus right? If your friends barfed on the floor and didn’t clean it up, that nastiness is on them and not housing. </p>
<p>Bianca, the LLCs haven’t stopped accepting applications yet, so they haven’t finalized who they have and have not accepted yet. If you apply and get accepted to them, you usually only have to take one or two classes each semester, which are held within the dorms themselves. If you aren’t accepted for the LLC(s) you apply for, they will notify you whether you are on the waiting list and what your position on the waiting list is.</p>
<p>@Pasbal Yeah I know, I never blamed the Housing department, but that is my point exactly you don’t know who you are going to get. And room changes are close to impossible so you are stuck with whoever you get. </p>
<p>It all depends on the person; thats why I wrote the disclaimer in my other post “Like everything it is whatever you make of things.” From what I saw and the research I made talking to friends and people that are there, on-campus living is not for me, but every person is different.</p>
<p>I’ve been doing some research and I just don’t know maybe it doesn’t seem like something that would be right for me maybe its cause I don’t quite understand what it’s about and the classes. But I think I’ll take my chances.</p>
<p>The community bathrooms are not bad at all.
You take a dump, in a stall.
You shower, in a stall.
Wear flipflops, bring a shower caddy.
That simple.</p>
<p>a1ain95 is also incorrect, as i have had room changes several times.
Freshman Year: Got Smith Hall, asked for reassignment online, ended up in a single in Deviney. (GREAT ROOM)
Sophomore Year: Asked for a single in any of the dorms that also had a bathroom, ended up in a double in Wildwood. Asked for a reassignment, got transferred to Deviney again, but no bathroom. Asked for another reassignment, ended up in Ragans( apartments). Those reassignments took less than 2 weeks each time.</p>
<p>Don’t let other peoples exaggerations ruin what could be a great time on-campus.</p>