<p>Alright, so my roommate and I were both transfers and we were put together but she's since decided to stay at her first college... I just found this out :/ She's been in another country so she hasn't even been getting the couple emails I sent her (we got this information in the beginning of July.) I've found her on FB and now I know she's definitely not going.</p>
<p>While I'm super psyched to have my own room to myself, I'm curious as to whether or not I should... idk, tell someone? Or ask if I'm getting a new roommate? Or if I should just pack as though I won't be having a roommate? Help! :/ (My school doesn't have rolling admissions so there wouldn't be any new people being paired up together, unless there are people like me whose roommates decided not to attend after they sent in their deposit months ago.)</p>
<p>Whoever you would tell probably already knows. I personally would absolutely ask if I was getting a new roommate, because then you don't end up with a surprise roomie on move-in day.</p>
<p>I'm in a similar situation. My roommate switched to a lower floor (due to leg surgery), and I'm stuck by myself. I emailed the housing department, and they said that they were making arrangements for a new roommate...and that she would call me. I'm moving onto campus in four days, and I still haven't gotten a phone call...</p>
<p>Man, it would be great to have my own room though (even if I can only "use" half of it).</p>
<p>Check with your school's reslife policies. At my daughter's school they expect you to share a double or pay a single room rate. I am sure this varies from school to school.</p>
<p>Same happened here. Hopefully they resolve this before school starts. Don't want to wait until 3 weeks in, when people can request a room change, and end up with some ****ty roommate who couldn't get along with their roommate.</p>
<p>Sheesh, you'd think if you're stuck in a room through no fault of your own, i.e., you didn't request a single, that the college should just suck it up and let you pay the double rate. Talk about cheap!</p>
<p>At my first college, I have a friend whose roommate moved out in OCTOBER... and she had her double as a single the entire year :P She wasn't charged, she just had to sign an agreement form saying that she would be willing to consolidate or let people move in with her if necessary. So that's how she was able to keep her double fees while keeping the double as a single. I'm hoping this is what will happen at my other college (which is also a small LAC) haha but unlikely XD I have over a month for stuff to happen, though (I don't move in for more than a month) so... we will see, I guess.</p>
<p>It's not your responsibility to do anything, it's hers. But if you're concerned you can email or call your school's housing office and ask about their policies.</p>
<p>My friends had one roommate in their 4 bedroom apartment/suite thing move out (she didn't even tell them she was leaving...just up and left one day), and they are getting a new roommate this fall. Yearlong contract with the campus, and they had the room empty over summer but were assigned a new roommate for this year. All single rooms with one living room, so it's not like they'd pay a different rate, but I do know that at my campus, a single by yourself is more, just like a double that is triple occupied is less.</p>
<p>When my fiance's roommate moved out during the 1st week of classes a few years back, he had the room to himself the rest of the semester at the same price for a double. It pretty much just depends on the school itself, though.</p>