Overflow housing - should I just give up?

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<p>I'm a freshman at ASU, specifically in the Barrett complex, and I was placed into overflow housing in the upperclassmen dorm, Cottonwood. Back when I first received the assignment in June, I called housing and asked if I would be with any freshmen with my same major, and they didn't know but they said probably. I filed for a room change anyways, which didn't happen. I moved in last Sunday, and it turned out that my floor is predominantly upper clansmen with majors ranging from animal behavioral science to French (I am an engineer). I would really like to switch into the freshman engineering community in Cereus because not only is there virtually no sense of community on my floor, but I have noticed all the engineering events are posted on the walls of the engineering floors and I miss out on a lot of stuff. I've visited and they all seen more friendly and community-like than my floor.</p>

<p>But the story doesn't stop there. I have a friend on the freshman engineering floor who discovered when she moved in that she was by herself in a double room. So I jumped on that chance, calling anyone I could. They were completely unhelpful; no one knew anything for sure and was too lazy to help me. They said to file another room change request (my original one had been voided when I moved in) and wait the 2 weeks like everyone else, because the people with no on campus housing had precedence over me (even though if they have no ohousing it means they committed to ASU later than I did). I did this, but the next day I found out that my friend had gotten a roommate...a girl who had moved from COTTONWOOD, where I currently am. Apparently her parents know the right people. I went to the housing office with my dad and we couldn't even get past the student front desk workers</p>

<p>So my question is, should I give up and concede that I will be isolated from the engineers all year? Or should I keep fighting because being on that floor will make a difference? I had trouble making friends in high school and I don't want the ASU bureaucracy to be what prevents me from making friends in college. I've called so many people who were rude and unhelpful and been put on hold so many times that I don't really know what to do any more. Thanks for your help.</p>

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<p>It really does suck what happened to you, I sympathize with you. At the same time, what’s done is done; you can’t kick anyone out of the engineering floor who wants to be there. Life’s unfair. I wouldn’t fight too much more because these people are responsible for your housing for the next four years. Sure, most of the time they have no idea about the students they’re housing but if you cause a big deal and upset them, they will remember you.</p>

<p>You said your friend lives on the engineering floor, so you do have an “in” where you could basically be part of their community if you hang out there enough - you just have to go back to a different dorm when it’s time to sleep. There was a girl last year who most of us thought actually lived on our floor until late second semester when she mentioned something about living on the floor above us. No one realized it. It’s not like you aren’t allowed to make connections with people who don’t live on your floor or in your dorm!</p>

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<p>Well I’m only thinking of calling people again because I know there’s at least one empty room where I want to be. But there’s probably nothing I can do. Thanks for the answer! That’s good advice.</p>