<p>“rooms are released in batches throughout the summer to ensure availability”</p>
<p>i don’t understand what this means. school is out for them right now, so can we assume that we are now in what is considered summer? so there are still plenty of available honors rooms, but they are not released for us to be able to choose them??? i don’t really see how this makes much sense.</p>
<p>so if there are more honors students than available rooms, will they bump non-honors kids out? i would be pretty ticked off if that happened! or maybe there is no chance of that happening … i don’t know.</p>
<p>any inside info on when rooms are released? that might be helpful! we have been looking on and off all day and have found 3 honors rooms with one spot available. there is actually a vacancy in my DD’s room, but the option was not available for me to pull her roomie in. the spot is still vacant, hours later, so this must be one of the not-yet-released rooms. and if kids are encouraged to find roommates for themselves etc, this doesn’t help.</p>
<p>again, i will just trust that it will all work out in the end, but this system is kind of whacked!</p>
<p>What he probably means about rooms being released in batches is this: Rather than post a room every time a student elects not to attend Alabama or chooses to live elsewhere, housing probably waits until it has a few rooms and then opens them. As for when the rooms will be released, he was not sure. I shall e-mail him and ask if he could check into that. I know that they released a bunch the last week of May last year. That’s how my son got his non-honors suite mate. He had originally picked a room in Paty, waited until he saw an opening he liked and switched. It does pay to be patient.</p>
<p>If the school releases “relinguished rooms” in batches, I wonder if it would help to call and find out if there are particular days of the week/time of day that these beds get released?</p>
<p>It is very likely that some upper classmen will relinquish rooms because some will opt to move off campus, move into frat/sorority houses, or maybe even leave the school because of grades. I know that one of my son’s suitemate’s parents are not happy that their son didn’t study much this year and let his grades drop (likely losing his scholarship). I don’t know if they’re willing to pay full freight for him next year. </p>
<p>Grades are all out today, so if some kids won’t be returning because of grades, those decisions will be made shortly.</p>
<p>Doesn’t appear honors at least not NHS, have any priority. Talking to one parent online who’s son’s room only shows 3 roommate but my S can’t access and his can’t pull him in either. I’d love to learn more about these “blocks” to be opened.</p>
<p>I have a room, but I’m with all sophomores and I want out. However, I keep checking online, and I don’t even see these rooms with only one spot left. Is it because I already have a room? I would much rather switch, but I keep getting the response that there are no rooms available.</p>
<p>If you want to re-contract for your sophomore year just be sure to sign up for housing as soon as it’s offered (October I think). Re-contracting is done first come first serve and you don’t pay anything until they guarantee they have enough rooms for you. </p>
<p>The kids who want to stay in the same room have priority when selection time comes around. I don’t think you’ll have any problem as long as you keep your eyes open and sign up for it as soon as it’s available in the fall.</p>
<p>NJBama is correct. Recontracting is done is late October. As for housing selection after one’s freshman year, it is based on credit hours earned (this includes AP/IB/CLEP/dual enrollment). The more credits a student has, the earlier he picks his housing. Or, as my son put it, all those APs really do pay dividends.</p>
<p>My son’s friend said he will continue to check on room availability.</p>
<p>My D will concur with Krazie. We were talking about the room situation last night and she thought she’d take a look around. At first she she was using the drop down menu to look at specific dorms with no luck (even Tutwiler!) and then she just chose “All.” It was showing no rooms available for girls at all.</p>
<p>IF your child has a National scholarship and you recontract on time, you’ll get a room on campus. Recontracting is a multi-step process, so pay attention to dates/deadlines and the following steps.</p>
<p>Most other kids do not stay on campus for all 4 years because they can often find less expensive housing options elsewhere.</p>
<p>Final grades came out yesterday (actually some came out earlier, but yesterday was the final day), so it’s likely some kids will not be returning. </p>
<p>I know that one of my son’s suitemate’s parents are not happy that their son will be losing his scholarship (he was a very lazy student this year), and he may not be returning. </p>
<p>Families will be making those decisions over the next few weeks. </p>
<p>there are also some kids who automatically recontracted to keep their options open, but are planning on moving off campus, or into a Greek house, or wherever.</p>
<p>Just to give you an idea of what the recontracting process is like…</p>
<p>In October the students are told that they must first apply for the following year’s housing by Feb 1. Then a week or so after Feb 1st, they have to pay their deposits. Then soon after that, they pick their rooms (based on their class standing). </p>
<p>*Dear Campus Resident,</p>
<p>The deadline to recontract for campus housing for 2010/2011 is approaching. In order to be eligible for housing in the fall, you must apply online by February 1, 2010. No contract and deposit are due at this time. You will be notified on February 2 by e-mail whether you may complete the final two steps of the application process. Because of the expected demand for housing from incoming freshmen, it is <em>possible</em> that some returning students may be waitlisted for housing. In that case, those students will be accommodated in housing as soon as possible, and before incoming transfer students or UA students currently living off campus.*</p>
<p>I just wanted to express my consolation because I understand the additional concerns created by the housing situation.</p>
<p>Just a comment on rooming with sophomores: my son is in with sophomores and he looks at it as a potential plus: they will know the ropes. Additionally, we were able to meet some positively WONDERFUL young freshmen (I.e., m2CK’s son and friends)…at least in terms of time on campus,and rooming with any of these would be an honor. Same thoughts about SEA_tide. </p>
<p>College is for new experiences, opening doors. Don’t close too many before you pass through.</p>
<p>Having said that. I also understand the concerns.</p>
<p>yeah, when we first got on we were trying to look by specific dorm, basically hopping around. then i found the “all” option. so now we look at all rooms. the results are usually “no search results at this time” but occasionally you will have 2 - 6 rooms pop up.</p>
<p>it wuold be handy if they had a menu selection for “all honors”, but they don’t.</p>
<p>krazie, do you have a roomie lined up yet? is there still a space in your room? if the answer is yes to both, then call housing and ask if they can put your chosen one in the spot. i can’t say that they will do it, but it never hurts to ask.</p>
<p>also email or facebook the girls in your room and find out of they chose each other or if they are already friends. if they did not choose each other, then one of them might be willing to swap out of the room and let your friend in. if you can’t find them on FB, then the emails shown are the bama emails, so it may take them a while to respond to your email.</p>
<p>i don’t think rooming with sophomores would be a bad thing either, but i wouldn’t want to be the only freshman in with three sophomores who were already friends.</p>
<p>Logged in today just to check. Still only rooms in Paty left.</p>
<p>If kids don’t pick a room, because they don’t want what’s available, will they be arbitrarily assigned a room by housing? I think this is correct, though not sure.</p>
<p>So, if all that’s left is Paty and you don’t want it, aren’t you going to end up there anyway, since that’s all that’s left?</p>
<p>Also wonder if they won’t open up those supposed blocked rooms until all the rooms in Paty are taken?</p>
<p>I didn’t want to be with them because they were all friends. Plus, they wanted another girl to room with them, and not me, which I totally understand. However, I logged in right at 2 during the end of my lunch time at school and was able to find a new room. I’m now with all freshmen in Ridgecrest West, and I’m very happy about the change. (: I’ll keep checking in case a room pops up in Ridgecrest South North, but if not, I’m okay. (:</p>
<p>Oh, and just for reference, when I logged in and checked at 2:00-2:01, there was my room in Ridgecrest West (3 open spots), 2 rooms in Lakeside East (1), and a room in Ridgecrest South South (1).</p>
<p>How do you view the names of the other kids in your suite? We couldn’t see S’s in April and we still can’t see his roommates this time around. All we see is the room he was assigned by housing.</p>
<p>Kraziespaghetti: If you stay in Ridgecrest West, you’ll be there with my son, his girlfriend, all their friends and Sea_tide. One of my son’s suite mates keeps saying, “Dance Party.” And yes, I’ve been invited, but I told them I do not clean up after them!</p>