<p>he may get bed risers. can’t remember how much space there was between floor and bottom of bed.</p>
<p>s. made contact with 2 of the guys of fb, but the other guy has no phone, can’t find him on fb and there are like 500 with same name. many of s’s friends are going to uga, so he doesn’t know many, but that’s okay. he’s pretty likeable. :)</p>
<p>Meeting new people is one of the neat things about college. You may not hit it off with every new person you meet, but you do get to expand your own experiences. My daughter’s roommates are all from GA, but different parts of GA so they also don’t know each other. All of them have befriended each other on Facebook, but only two of them have had the opportunity to communicate with her so far. I think the kids in the Village will have an easier time with new roommates as they each have their own bedroom.</p>
<p>i totally agree, proud_mom.^^ my son does have a female friend also in aubie who is rooming blind. (from gwinnett)</p>
<p>There is only one other girl from my daughter’s high school going to Auburn. I assume she is also staying in Aubie, but she and my daughter never hung out in the same groups and never talked about rooming together. </p>
<p>I roomed with my best friend during the first year of college. We didn’t speak with each other for more than a year afterward, actually until she became pregnant and needed someone to lean on.</p>
<p>Rooming with strangers sometimes is better in the beginning. If they become friends after knowing they can live together than that is better.</p>
<p>i have heard that same scenario so many times. i think part of the mistake that some people make is that when trying to find a roommate match they may be subconsciously looking for a “friend”. IF/when personalities clash they may already have the same circle of friends due to having many common interests. that may be when most problems could occur.</p>
<p>my first year in college i had a roommate who had totally different interests than myself and a different race. we couldn’t have gotten along better and had different circle of friends/activities. we were just both really considerate and respectful to each other. never a problem. not always the case, but my best advice to a new college student is to have an open, friendly conversation of how they will divide room responsibilities, etc…</p>
<p>i think after kids live on their own and away from home, they’re better able to find a match, like you said. they also realize what is truly important to have harmony. well, at least that’s my opinion which i shared with my son. he’s a bit nervous, but it’ll work out.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m very excited to start school. I’m kind of happy that I started in the Quad. The only reason I didn’t apply for housing in the village was because my family in not in a financially stable situation as of now and I didn’t want to spend more than was necessary (my Presidential/NMF scholarship is paid at the quad rate so I would have to come up with more money to afford Village housing.)</p>
<p>One concern I have about the NMF scholarship is that the money is applied to all student balances first and the you receive whatever is left over. This means that some may not see their laptop stipend etc. at all if their tuition+$1000 meal plan+room costs more than the total scholarship offer. It’s a good thing I have grants and other small scholarships to cover these expenses.</p>
<p>It is now July, and I still haven’t heard anything yet. I’m starting to worry about my chances at the Village (Aubie), as it seems that most people assigned there have already received their housing information. </p>
<p>Has anyone else from Florida already received anything yet?</p>
<p>student10, have you contacted cecilia owens in housing? i looked at your previous posts a couple of pages back and i can’t believe you wouldn’t be placed in aubie. i mean if there’s room, you have priority over honors students since you received the pres. schol., regardless of whether or not they made housing request prior to you?</p>
<p>feedback, I actually emailed the Housing Department, and today they told that they had sent my housing assignment on June 18th. They were surprised to learn that I had not received it yet, but they offered to send me a new one. Given how early they “sent” my package, I assume (hope) that I got a place in Aubie.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, this is not the first time that something is lost in the mail. This also occurred with my invitation to join the Honors College, which needed to be sent twice as well.</p>