<p>Okay...I'm a transfer (will be a sophomore) but on my housing application it says "Classification - Freshman."</p>
<p>Does anyone know how to change that? I already have my course review thing - and they gave me sophomore standing.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>My housing application says the same thing and I emailed housing about it. They said that it's not a problem, they know I'm a transfer, and that my status will be updated officially later. They told me to just fill out my application normally and submit it. You'll be okay. :)</p>
<p>^ Well, where you pick a roomate they are showing freshman instead of transfers...</p>
<p>I'm not planning on choosing my roommate, so I didn't consider that before. In my case, I think they'll change the freshman status to transfer status before roommates are randomly assigned. If you want to choose your roommate, you should probably email/call housing and ask them what to do.</p>
<p>The freshman status thing worried me too, but they told me it wasn't a big deal. So I assume everything will work out.</p>
<p>You don't HAVE to choose a roomate?</p>
<p>Why do people do it anyway? How do you contact them?</p>
<p>I'm under the assumption that it's optional and that many people opt for Cornell assigning a random roommate. Some people may not trust Cornell's judgement and wish to find a roommate on their own, I guess. In the housing application website, you can send a message to matching roommates--I assume this is how potential roommates get to know one another.</p>
<p>Maybe I'm wrong and most people do choose their own roommate? (A current Cornell student could probably verify this for me...)</p>
<p>I think most people go with a randomly assigned roomie...it's part of the college experience :-)</p>
<p>Everyone that's a first-year student is classified as freshman on the housing system. Transfer=first year student->Freshman. I wouldn't worry about it unless they put you in a North Campus dorm excluding the program houses. Very few first year students chose a specific roommate, but after that majority want to room with specific people.</p>
<p>Well I'd rather be in west Campus..</p>
<p>Majority of transfers will be on West or in Collegetown, the unlucky few will be in program houses on North campus.</p>