<p>Anyone done this or have advice?</p>
<p>a little more info… D is a freshman and was placed in Northwood III, tried to get her moved (room swap/FB page/calls/emails to housing) but weren’t able to. We have several concerns and would like to put her in off campus housing. Thus the need to terminate Unversity housing contract. Since the web page/document says we have to petition I wonder how “difficult” it is to get this approved. </p>
<p>Anyone been through this process?</p>
<p>Even though she’s in Northwood (a lot of freshmen are this year) I would highly recommend you keep her on-campus. It will be much easier for her to meet friends and she will most likely be in an apartment building that is exclusively freshmen.</p>
<p>^disagree, if D is experienced enough to handle things herself, I would think carefully about the petition. If not, then what Kyle said. Northwood’s fine. Either way, you’re probably stuck anyways.</p>
<p>Terminating your contract is easy. Just contact them. Done it twice with simple reasons.</p>
<p>That said, I would also try keeping your child in student housing. Meet more friends…</p>
<p>Northwood apartment will most likely cost the same as any other apartment, especially on central campus. Being experienced enough to “handle things yourself” has nothing to do with staying on campus. Moving into a new environment - like the transition from high school to college - is helped greatly by surrounding yourself with the community that any on-campus housing, even Northwood, provides. The buses should not be a deal breaker if that is the issue. My closest group of friends are from my hall freshman year, as are most people who i have met. </p>
<p>Is it possible to be social without being in on-campus housing? Absolutely. It would just take much more effort reaching out and be much more difficult without the community that is your freshman housing experience.</p>
<p>I’m an RA in Northwood III, and in my experience, it’s been quite difficult to get contracts terminated or changed unless there is a very good reason to do so (severe illness, death in the family, withdrawal from the University - even roommate conflicts are generally not a good enough reason to cancel a contract, unless they escalate to a monumental level) I’ve never met anyone who’s successfully been able to do that, although others, like j89, may have had luck in doing so. Usually, it involves going through a number of members of Housing staff (RAs, Hall Directors, and Housing Administration).</p>
<p>Makenahunter, do you have concerns that you would be comfortable sharing here on the board or in a message to me? If not, I completely understand, but just thought I’d offer :)</p>
<p>^Further, I’m not optimistic about your ability to find good off-campus housing for fall at this late date, nor is so-doing likely in your child’s best interest. </p>
<p>My son has moved off -campus for his senior year and the building he’s in was at 100% occupancy several months ago. </p>
<p>I’m not sure what area of concern Northwood would pose for ANYONE unless we’re speaking of location preference, which is no good reason to go off campus first year IMHO. But to each his/her own.</p>
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<p>Thats funny. The first time I just submitted a request with a paper that was at the housing office with a note on how the environment at that housing complex was not suitable to my needs. The second time I just sent an email to housing stating that financials werent matching up.</p>
<p>Well, I guess it’s different for everyone then. I tried to get a room change in South Quad just after I signed my contracts for sophomore year (I didn’t select the best room location and wanted to see if I could swap to another on that same floor, not even trying to cancel the contract) and higher-ups in Housing administration wouldn’t let me do that, even after I wrote e-mails and letters, made phone calls, and visited the office in person.</p>