<p>Uh, if your roommate is crazy, try to transfer in the first week before classes start or right after.</p>
<p>Although it's not "bad" housing, it doesn't have the social atmosphere of JJ/CAR that you might want, and it doesn't have the newness/cleanliness (and air conditioning) of Furnald. It's also on an upper floor of a building with the slowest elevators i've ever seen. And you have a double, which in WAL is pretty small.</p>
<p>Could be better, no?</p>
<p>yeah i'd like to meet a lot of people...any advice on where to possibly transfer? if the process is a headache i might just stay where i am...it's no big deal.</p>
<p>I'm a transfer. For a lot of reasons, I strongly requested a single room on the application (and gave a good reason, I think). I also called housing and was told that although they might stick me in one of the less desirable dorms, they would probably find me a single. Well, I just got my assignment and guess what: a double in Schapiro. The e-mail says all decisions are final, but from what I see here that's not really the case... if your roommate's "crazy" for example (which is not that unlikely considering mine is, I believe, a non-transfer who didn't go to room draw). What's the process for trying to get into a single period, whether the roomie is semi- or fully-crazy? Is there any chance?</p>
<p>I had a pretty bad experience last year rooming with a pre-assigned stranger, and that was supposedly based on compatability surveys... I'm not really looking forward to this.</p>
<p>you didn't get a single because they're all out, sophomores would have eagerly devoured any available. The remaining singles (only in hartely and wallach) are reserved for first year students. they would have probably given you one of these singles if you had a real psychological or medical or special physical condition. did you have any of these? They already know that people don't 'fit' doubles and don't like them. If it was that easy to get into a single, then people would figure it out and call and email housing to get one, because few people actually prefer a double over a single. being in a double your first year isn't bad, makes you more friends.</p>
<p>visit 125 wallach on your first day there. if mark chatoor is in the office, he can probably help you, or at least put you at the top of the Fall Room Transfer queue.</p>
<p>Thanks Denzera, I will try that.</p>
<p>I understand the idea of being in a single the first year being good for social opportunities and learning to be co-operative, etc. But I already did that last year, and it was mildly uncomfortable/awkward whenever both of us were in the room... just such different personalities. Obviously I'm hoping that things work out well this time, but I guess I feel that that experience - rooming with an essentially random person - is good and necessary only once in life. </p>
<p>But what can I say? Transferring comes at a price.</p>
<p>mark chatoor is really a GREAT guy, i'm serious. talk to him nicely, and he will do his best to help you. </p>
<p>bear in mind that at WORST you'll spend just a semester in your bad assignment--you can always get a spring transfer! i transferred last year as a soph and was put in a small schap double. for spring, i got a schap single. it's doable, just apply early.</p>
<p>one more thing that's unrelated but i think transfers need to understand this--at columbia you are automatically enrolled in a health insurance program. this is SEPARATE from the "health services fee". the health services fee is what is used to cover your doctors visits in john jay, should you ever need one. the health INSURANCE plan covers visits to specialists or the ER if you should ever need that. you can opt out of the insurance plan by logging in here, and filling out a health insurance waiver: <a href="https://ssol.columbia.edu/insurance/welcome.do%5B/url%5D">https://ssol.columbia.edu/insurance/welcome.do</a></p>
<p>do this soon.</p>
<p>i hope you new transfers love columbia as much as i do.</p>