<p>personally, i feel like a lot of people in this thread are blowing the situation WAY out of proportion.</p>
<p>therascalking-- the housing situation is affecting seniors only. therefore, yes, sophomores get housing. most honors sophomores do live in anne arundel or queen anne's. of course, there are only a certain number of rooms so if the requests overfill the number of rooms, the honors sophomores have to pick somewhere else to live. if by "upperclassmen" you're referring to sophomores, again, you really have nothing at all to worry about.</p>
<p>most people move off-campus in their junior or senior year anyway. you can live on campus for two years and still get a great "campus life" experience. i only lived on campus for one year and was very ready to move off, although i met a lot of great people and had plenty of fun.</p>
<p>yes, it REALLY sucks that this happened. personally i know of three people who were affected by this and now have to find off-campus housing (still VERY readily available, though maybe not within walking distance of campus). but the fact that it happened this year means it probably won't be happening in the future. either people will get smarter and realize "no guaranteed housing" means just that, or the regents will get smarter and realize they need to give people more notice about matters like housing.</p>
<p>i think that would be pretty bad, if a housing shortage for seniors [also... less than 2.5% of undergrad students] was someone's deciding factor not to come to UMD. after all, freshmen are guaranteed housing on-campus if they want it.</p>
<p>just my opinion. again, i feel really bad for everyone this is affecting, but i have faith that the situation will be worked out for future students.</p>
<p>pollyo-- enjoy your air conditioned room and "ammenities". judging from your other posts, i assume you're talking about UMBC? yeah, the dorms there are pretty decent. i'd rather be at UMD, personally, even though "there isn't any housing towards upperclass". you put it so eloquently, how can i not be convinced? :) [just messing with you]</p>