<p>I am an incoming transfer that was supposed to find out my room assignment late June. Then it turned to early July and now I am hearing late July. </p>
<p>I've read a couple threads and housing seems to be a real issue this
year. </p>
<p>Also, would anyone know the move in day for transfers? Freshman? Upperclassman?</p>
<p>They are having some sort of problem this year. Usually you get at least one person you put on your preference form, but this year they messed it up somehow. Maybe they are using a different system. But since they can’t finish placing the rising second-years because they probably have to deal with all the mess-ups, they can’t plug in transfers in the open spots yet. Keep in mind that transfer housing isn’t guaranteed (to my knowledge), so they don’t really need to focus on transfers. However second-year housing is- so they need to actually get it right and get everyone placed. </p>
<p>They could technically just email all the transfers saying they didn’t get housing and give your deposit back, and they would be totally allowed to.</p>
<p>It’s spanning more than just transfers and second years because I’ll be a freshman and am hearing the same things. A lot of kids in the Northeastern Facebook group haven’t received their assignments either. I just hate the anticipation. I know housing is guaranteed but if something were to get messed up I’d have nowhere to live. I’m sure everyone feels the same.</p>
<p>I am a second year… and I want Housing sooo badly. This is really annoying especially because I need to buy a plane ticket and the prices keep going up. I need to know what my move in date is!</p>
<p>I am a transfer. I should be a junior but more than likely I will need to complete a couple units before I reach junior status at NU. </p>
<p>I was lucky enough to send in my housing deposit early enough so that I am not on the waiting list. From everything I’ve read and heard I expect housing on campus. </p>
<p>I called this morning and asked. Same old story that they are fixing a lot of issues. I did find out that my move in day could be the 2, 3, or 4th. I also found out that the 4th is open to all students for move in. Hopefully that info helps.</p>
<p>Another email!! What is going onnnn!!!</p>
<p>Still no housing, this is ridiculous.</p>
<p>mine says that Its avaliable but then when I click on the link nothing shows up! AHHHHHH</p>
<p>Housing is terrible this year. For all the rising second years, I got my assignment last week but my friend, who is supposed to be my roommate hasn’t. I only asked for a double with him, and yet they found a way to mess that up by placing me with a random. Emailing them doesn’t seem to do much because they’re “at capacity”, and will keep my “request on file”. </p>
<p>Hopefully this mess will get sorted out soon.</p>
<p>yeah seriously! </p>
<p>i tried emailing them and all they said was “dont worry, you are still guaranteed housing” and “you will find out very soon”. They said that I would find out very soon 1 month ago. alksdlfajsldkjfalsdf</p>
<p>Have any of you made any progress with housing? I am a parent of an upcoming sophomore and he was split up from his group and all three of them were placed randomly in West Village - same dorm, different floors. Son has tried calling - but it is easy to snow a kid so I tried stepping in to call as well. Said this was completely unacceptabe for the money we pay… etc., and still was told the same thing - you can switch if you find someone to switch with or you can wait until September 19. The kids son is in with are all friends so there is no way they are going to switch out and son’s friend is going to check with his roommmate to see if he is willing to switch - I have my doubts - and waiting until mid-september is unacceptable since son is going out on coop in January and may not even be living on campus then. Plus it is on a Monday morning at 7:30 I think - and it will mean potentially missing a class – totally unacceptable. </p>
<p>I am planning to call again, but I need some information - ie, how much of a problem is there this year - does anyone have any details of how many people are mis-placed? It sounds like there are a whole lot and I feel as if Northeastern should be rectifying this but so far seeem to be doing nothing. I am so tempted to call the President on this - I am that steamed.</p>
<p>How many years is housing guaranteed for? (i tried to deduce - it looks like at least 2 years? - sorry, I couldn’t find the answer by googling)</p>
<p>Hope housing works out soon for all of you!</p>
<p>Mid-September is the switching date for everyone. You are required to wait two weeks to give it a shot with your roommates, and then if it’s still bad you can switch. That requirement is very common at different schools. I’m not really sure why you are upset that it’s mid-september because he is going on co-op… The normal move it day will be between Sept 3rd and 7th anyway, so the 19th isn’t horribly later. There is a date and time the paperwork starts on, but you can try to move at anytime. The actualy date you physically move your stuff is completely dependant on your new room and your RD. You won’t be missing any classes.</p>
<p>when we called housing they said you have to stand in-line at 7:30 in the morning on that first day and all parties have to be there in person and with all the unhappy people - at least from what I can gather from reading this board and one other - there is bound to be a line. Getting someone to do that will be a pain and son has a class - a tough engineering class - at 9:15 - that he doesn’t want to miss. Add to that because they are living in apartment-style housing it would be nice to coordinate with others as to who brings what ahead of time. The second issue is not that big a deal - the first one is. And if this is unusual to Northeastern this year - then Northeastern should be rectifying it.</p>
<p>From what I’ve seen, there was a major mistake made in housing assignments this year. I’m guessing that they’re attempting to correct the issue to the best of there ability, but that the system isn’t set up to make this an easy task. </p>
<p>As for the waiting, there probably will be a line, and if his roommates aren’t particularly anxious, they may not want to head out that early. However, if the housing situation isn’t totally unacceptable, your son could simply wait a few days and correct the problem when the office is less busy. As for his having class at 9:15, scheduling happens. I’ve had to rely on class being let out early (something that didn’t happen often) to get to an office during the hours it was open. It isn’t an ideal situation, but it can be overcome.</p>
<p>I disagree - I don’t think they are doing anything to rectify it - they simply say there is no movement yet and there is nothing they can do. </p>
<p>And from what I can tell you have to do this the first day available; otherwise there may not be much that they can do.</p>
<p>I don’t think waiting a couple of days is an option.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but you misunderstood. I’ve gone through the roommate switching process, and all you do is go to a housing advisor sometime after the required waiting period, get a form that you need to have your RD sign, pick a new room, and figure out with your RD when you should move your stuff. Standing in line might help if you are desperate for a particular building or room, but it’s not required at all.</p>
<p>And I agree with the previous person about class hours. I’ve had to skip classes that took attendance in order to make it to interviews. Some professors will only offer office hours when you already have classes, so you need to work around it. It takes 10 minutes to get to class from anywhere on campus, so an hour and a half for one meeting is plenty of time.</p>
<p>I understand that you feel your son deserves to be with the friends he picked, but that’s not a right, it’s a lucky privledge. If you want to always be sure, then have your son move off campus like plenty of other students do. Housing on campus is expensive, but this is a city. At least here you will definitely get a room your second year, unlike at some other schools. NYU second-years are usually paying very high prices, or they move to Brooklyn.</p>
<p>As for your son having a very tough engineering class at 9:15… Some classes start at 8am. Some start at 7:30pm. If the time of class or the fact that you might have to wake up earlier to make a meeting is going to kill you, then you deserve it. Engineering is not an easy major, and if one little issue about a line is really going to destroy his ability to succeed, then he should not be an engineering major. Moreover he is probably going to be 19 or 20 by September. 20 year olds should be capable of keeping a schedule. Half of his classmates will be applying for co-ops starting September. 20 year olds should be able to handle that stress. I’m sorry, but 20 year olds can handle waking up at 7am to get in a line without their grade in a class at 9:15 dropping. This is not an unreasonable request. </p>
<p>But again, you don’t have to go in right away, so it really doesn’t matter anyway.</p>
<p>Well, I’m sorry but we didn’t misunderstand - this is what we were told - by housing. Maybe they were wrong in what they said - I’ll give you that, but that is exactly what we were told.</p>
<p>And I’m sorry I don’t believe this to be a ‘lucky privilige’. Maybe it is not a right, but it certainly should be the exception and not the rule -which is what it seems to be this year. If past years have not been like this, something went severely wrong this year - it is quite obvious -and for the money we pay it should be rectified. AND, I don’t think a kid should have to skip class to rectify it. </p>
<p>And as for the comment about ‘maybe he is not cut out to be an engineering major’ you are way out of line. That whole paragraph completely missed the point and is highly inappropriate.</p>
<p>We’ve already told you he won’t have to skip class. Even if he does get in line at 7:30, he wouldn’t miss a class.</p>
<p>All Neumchie is trying to say is that when you signed up for housing there was no Guarantee that you were going to get exactly what you want. Unfortunately that is the case. Nobody likes to get split up but according to the system they had in place before you put the deposit down, not everyone will get what they want. You can do what you want to try and fix it but I don’t think you have a right to complain because you should have been aware that this was the situation before hand. And I agree you could always have found off campus housing.</p>
<p>What was the priority that you son put on the preference sheet anyway… was it to get the best housing or for all of the roommates to be together. Because from my talking to most of my friends all of the people who got split up put that they would prefer better housing before being put together.</p>