<p>I've been thinking a bit about this housing priority number that one of the accepted students wrote in on. Do you think they assign you a number when your application comes in?</p>
<p>At the visit this summer they encourged everyone to apply early so for one thing that you get the best housing options. It seems like there has to be a little truth in advertising. If you apply early per there instructions, but get defered you then end up with the worst choices because you were pushed off further in the year waiting for them to access RD?</p>
<p>Some additional information, I called the housing office. As I feared you don't get your number until you get accepted. She told me they are up to around 3500 accepts and there is still plenty of slots avaliable for housing, they are continuing to accept applications.</p>
<p>Good point -- because you cannot get a housing priority number until you are accepted for admission at FSU. Conversely at UF, they take a deposit to give you a housing priority number when you apply and then reject you and you are out the money but you have a low, useless priority number. </p>
<p>At FSU your original housing priority number is permanent even for your later years requesting continuous housing. Luckily, most upperclass students choose to live off campus and so it seems you have a good chance of getting your choice of dorms after the first year.</p>
<p>Another good thing for your student is there are two new large suite dorms coming online next Fall so there will be a lot more on-campus housing available for this incoming class. Also, if you have the FL prepaid dorm contract you do get priority if you choose Dorman, Deviney, Kellum or Salley as long as you apply before March 1.</p>
<p>Just to be sure everyone understands how this works - you must go and apply for your housing number online at the housing website. No one does it for you and it is not automatic. It is a first-come, first-served manual application the admitted student prepares online.</p>
<p>But what RAY111 is saying is that you cannot apply for housing until you have been accepted. The student is currently deferred and they cannot apply for housing yet so they will be getting a later priority number when/if they do get accepted.</p>
<p>Your right we got a chuckle out of the UF comment, send in the nonrefundable deposit. Easy money for them, many applicants, few accepts. It's almost like the people who just take advantage of the float when they have your money. We didn't send it in, good thing.</p>
<p>Your correct Cybermom and so is Noles. What he is saying is check the website after midnight on 3/28 when the next round of decisions come out, and if you get in go onto the housing website and get your number ASAP.</p>
<p>We have vague recollections of the housing from the visit, we took the van tour and the one thing I seem to remember is the housing that used to be part of the previous Woman's college. The campus was a bit of a maze, I of course remember the Stadium and the Circus area. Other than that it was up down and all around.</p>
<p>I was impressed by the design of UCF, it is built on concentric circles with the idea being that the max time from one point to another is 15 minutes walking. FSU though has done alot on what 500 acres, I think UF is 2000.</p>
<p>We're waiting on UF. Had to go RD II due to family crisis in Oct./Nov. Anyway, S also applied to UCF. I love rolling admissions. He was accepted the day after his transcript was received and asked to join the Honors Program. He's signed up for the honors section of the new dorms. It appears to be a pretty cool set-up. We'll see how it goes, as we live locally and he could live at home, too. I do know he won't live on campus unless he gets those dorms because he wants a single, and, frankly, I'm not unhappy about that after hearing some horror stories from friends whose kids are college freshmen this year. </p>
<p>Oops! Sorry :) I had just searched for UCF and was responding to something in the thread, not really paying much attention what forum it was in. <g></g></p>
<p>Zebes, just my two cents but having already had two kids go through school and no problems with roomates, I would say that there are problems out there with roomates that you read about, but I think they are the exception rather than the rule. Lots of kids mature and become a better person for being able to work through it Even from my college days the social interaction with your roomates was a big part of the college experience. When you go on to a career you need to be able to interact with all types of people and conflict management can be an important part of the job especially in a management role. It's that fight or flight concept that is taught.</p>
<p>Everyone is different but just wanted to offer a comment and observation.</p>
<p>Ragans apartments are for sophomore and above. Reynolds requires signing a wellness agreement. Salley is an older style suite, it is not newly renovated.</p>
<p>Last Fall, a late freshmen admission wrote in that they were given the option to live in Rogers (graduate apartments). So, I guess never say never as far as where a space may crop up even though they are not supposed to be for freshmen. Also, my son has a friend who was able to move into a single in Landis even though he was not in honors. My son was on the waitlist for the Bryan living/learning community but right before move-in they offered him a triple in Cawthon.</p>