Pretty upset currently with Rutgers Newark housing currently, over a month ago I submitted an housing application, nowhere on the application did I see “APPLICATIONS CLOSED” or “if you submit your application now you’ll be on the waiting list”. Anyways, without seeing anything indicating a rejection for housing I submitted my application and payed the $200 nonrefundable fee… after I payed for it the status updated to “housing application complete, information on a roommate will be displayed soon”, here I am over a month later with the same status, and since move in day is in 2 days I decided to check again… and see the same message, so I decide to call them… the lady tells me I submitted my housing application and that I am on the waiting list, mind you I did not get a email or call this whole time telling me, there was no notification or anything so I already bought all the things to dorm. The lady tells me I need to wait a few weeks before I can dorm, but my next question for that is why are they making me pay a price for dorming the first weeks if I won’t even be dorming??? This is so stupid to me. any tips?
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I submitted an application on time, payed the nonrefundable fee, got the housing application complete notification, they tell me I’m on the waiting list without any email, or call telling me this 2 days before the move in day, already bought everything for dorming, and for some reason it looks like I still have to pay for housing the first few weeks… any tips?