<p>My school is difficult because it is very small and in order to reserve a spot in a major, you have to sign up early. I decided about a month after I declared (we have to declare March of our freshman year) that I wanted to be in another, smaller department. Unfortunately, they were full but they seemed confident that someone would drop out and that I could take their spot.</p>
<p>But over the summer, admissions let in four transfer students and so the spots that would have been mine were filled. I thought that I would be able to get in spring of this year, and so I've been waiting it out in my first major and getting impatient and miserable. But this week I was informed that it wasn't likely that I would get in for next semester. My school is extremely expensive and I don't want to waste my parents money on a major that not only is making me unhappy, but isn't going to go to my degree anyway. Also, I just don't want to wait it out. It's going to drive me insane watching my friends who are in that major being so excited and having so much fun while I can't.</p>
<p>So I'm thinking about possibly going to Europe and getting a job in my field, or even a waitressing job (I speak french well, but not fluently and I'd like to become fluent, and that would really help me.) Basically, I just want to go off on my own so I can grow up and stop relying in my parents so much. However, I do want to find safe housing where I would be living with other students. I need to figure how to do this safely. Any advice?</p>