<p>Hey CC, </p>
<p>I Just wanted to ask how room mate preferences at UF work. Does the person with the worst housing date decide the place in line for an entire group? My problem is that I applied extremely early for housing, but now I wanna room with my friend who now just finished applying (reservation and completing). So would UF use his housing date to choose both of our dorms since the site is "Room-mate groups are assigned by the latest Housing Application Date in the group"? I'm I reading it wrong? Any advice would help! </p>
<p>Side note: How are the Beaty, Lakeside, and Spring dorms? These are my top choices in that order but I wanna know more about these dorms, esp. Beaty? Any experience on these?</p>
<p>I will tell you one thing I found out. Beaty, Springs and Lake are the not the best for freshmen. of the three Beaty would probably be the best.</p>
<p>I think you have to use your friends date. And be careful DO NOT DO NOT get a room w/o ac in the summer.</p>
<p>Good Luck</p>
<p>Rooming is by latest for summer and earliest for fall/spring</p>
<p>So is it even worth it to try rooming? :(</p>
<p>for summer… no. for fall/spring definitely! especially if u have a really bad housing number</p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
<p>Why for fall/spring though? Doesn’t it work the same?</p>
<p>nope. For summer it goes by whoever has the latest date which means if you have a date in November but want to room with someone who has theirs in February then you will probably be screwed for rooming because their date is late. However, for fall/spring it doesnt go by housing preferences it is completely different. If you want to room with someone, you get to pick the exact room and housing based on when you turned in your housing ap. Then you get to reserve the room for a roommate and they can accept within 24 hours. There is a chart out there that shows you when you can pick your rooms for fall somewhere online. </p>
<p>Does that make sense at all?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot! That makes sense! </p>
<p>You know how the rooms at Beaty are? I hope to get a room there :D</p>
<p>Hey, does anyone know how long we have to change our preferences? When are they locked in?</p>
<p>Preferences can be changed up until July 30th. It’s definitely a relief because I am so confused by the entire process.</p>