<p>Has anyone petitioned to live off-campus? If so what reason did you give the housing office to have them make the decision to let you live off campus?</p>
<p>no one has had to petition?</p>
<p>lol i haveto live off campus. it rocks so far i can see</p>
<p>not too many schools have mandatory on-campus housing for freshman...it's generally optional. and most people choose to live on campus first year anyway, so not many people here have probably petitioned, if any.</p>
<p>I assume you're going to be a freshman and they require all freshmen to live on campus?</p>
<p>Well I didn't try for off-campus housing but I did harass my school's housing department to get my single. I said something about being a diabetic and needing my own fridge for insulin. Naturally there's only space in a room for 1 fridge so i was able to get a single. This was, of course, a very weak (really, really, weak) argument but what I did was start bugging them early and give the impression that granting my request would prevent problems when I got there.</p>
<p>Doing something similar may get your request fullfilled, what you have to do is take whatever is different about yourself (adhd, allergies, etc...) and think of all possible problems that could arise, and then blow them way out of proportion. Allowing you to go off-campus is so effortless for them that I would imagine if you can present even a basic case for yourself you'll get approved.</p>
<p>Good luck on the request and remember to be persistant as going off-campus really doesn't hurt anyone (unlike me, who stole a single for someone else with absolutely no remorse).</p>
<p>I am actually a sophmore and I am just so uncomfortable about living in a building like a hotel that i do not get any sleep, also being confined in a room with another person makes me go crazy as well. The end results is my grades are suffering, because i can not focus as well because I am so exhausted from 4 to 6 hours of sleep every night. Does anyone think this will work?</p>
<p>Yeah that could work as exhaustion is an actual diagnosable ailment that has real impacts both on grades and your overall health. In fact, you should try saying something like "my future at <insert university=""> has come in to question as my current living situation presents itself as an unacceptable obstruction to both my ability to learn and my overall state of health."</insert></p>
<p>If they decline it, get yourself checked out by a doctor (if you really are only getting 4-6 hours of sleep a night it should be easy to get a diagnosis of sleep deprivation) and then look in to your specific school's policy on appealing the housing departments decision based upon medical needs (using the doctor as proof and backup). I know my school has very clear rules that if you feel a department?s decision may present yourself medical problems that you can appeal it and have it reviewed by a committee.</p>