<p>When an opening came up, my S transferred to Riverside East to be closer to the Eng. bldgs. Now, he is being contacted by a roommate and another kid, who both tell him that the 4th opening was meant to be for this other kid who did not get my son’s space when it opened up. Apparently all 4 sophomores are friends and the 1 kid was unable to get pulled in the space before my son unwittingly grabbed it. The kid lives in Riverside North in a 2-bedroom. We are not willing to pay the difference in cost bet. a 2 and 4-bedroom for this kid and my son to switch. Now, the kid says housing told him that if housing can find an empty room in a 4-bedroom suite for my son, they need to both appear in housing and request the switch. This will need to take place 2 weeks after move-in. Kid #4 has been pretty persistent because he wants to live with his 3 friends. Apparently they were all friends freshman year and decided to room together this year.</p>
<p>Our concern is that with my son being the odd man out of 3 sophomores who are established friends, that he will be given a hard time if he refuses to move. On the other hand, the reason my H and I will be there before Alabama Action is to help him move and get settled into his new “home.” If he does move again, it bothers me that I will not get to see his new room, meet his suitemates, and help him get settled once again. We are from OOS and do not have the luxury of just driving over for the day to move him again. On top of that, classes would have already started and another move (and a new set of suitemates) would be disruptive. But if he doesn’t move, there will always be the notion that he was not wanted in that suite and I don’t even want to think of the possbility of him being harrassed by staying in that suite. I am planning to email the RA to give him a heads up about the situation. </p>
<p>Any thoughts or advice on the matter would be greatly appreciated.</p>