<p>Oh, heaven forbid that a COLLEGE student wants to actually STUDY for his classes and SLEEP for a healthy number of hours…it’s like they actually think that EDUCATION is the most important part of college. </p>
<p>And obviously, since classes haven’t started yet, the OP having the AUDACITY to complain about the behavior of his roommates shows his ignorance of that fact that his roommates will certainly stop their current behaviour once classes DO start.</p>
<p>The OP never said he is already studying for his classes.</p>
<p>^Well, he will be soon, and he has no reason to believe his roommates’ behaviour will change…better to solve this now than in a month.</p>
<p>Ok…everyone is just being ridiculous now. You go to Berkeley! You’re telling me you’ve never seen people who just stay in their dorm and study all day? Or people that NEVER go to parties? The OP is clearly unhappy for whatever reason, and if he’s paying for that overpriced room and he better be happy. From what everyone can clearly see on this board, he is not going to get along with those roommates and should move out if he can. That’s just his personality. There doesn’t have to be any more discussion on what a college kid should act like.</p>
<p>OP, I’m pretty sure you have already decided what you want to do, so just go and do it if you haven’t, or you’ll just have to deal with your roommates for the next semester and see how it goes.</p>
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<p>Ditto… I surprised by all the bashing on the OP… </p>
<p>OP just go with your gut and meet up with the residential staff people. Tell them your situation and say that you won’t mind staying for another 2 weeks to see if the situation will change once the semester begins (being reasonable is helpful here!). Just cope with this for now and hopefully things will either get better or you’ll get switched.</p>
<p>When i lived in the dorm i kept the entire floor quiet. most kids were thankful and i knew the troublemakers hated me but did i care? the police will respond when you ask for their help. i had one dumb kid arrested for smoking and selling weed in his dorm room. his parents had to come and bail him out. he won’t get a proper job or go to grad school because of the record. i have no respect for them whenever they try to butt in my life i crush their bones and squeeze their heads off.
As for drinking… right, a lot of kids at berkeley including myself drink but most of us drink responsibly. we don’t annoy other people around drunk.
FroshPosh, just remember that you have your God-given right to protect yourself from your ill-mannered and obnoxious roommates. Hope you find a new roommate(s) soon.
And work hard get all As and find a paid research position. Good luck!</p>
<p>Request a transfer to Freeborn, Unit 1 (the substance free dorm) and say that it is a better fit for you.</p>
<p>OP, have you considered getting good grades AND partying in college? You CAN get it all in life if you set your mind to it.</p>
<p>^Maybe he doesn’t like partying? It’s not fun for everyone…</p>
<p>If you think you want to switch into another dorm that should be easier than cancelling your contract and finding an affordable apartment near campus. Living in an apartment, as I’m sure you are aware, would require you to purchase pots, pans, dishes, silverware, furniture ect… You’d have to sign a lease, probably get a cosigner, pay a deposit plus first and possibly last month’s rent. Overall, it is a very taxing, stressful, and expensive thing to undertake alone – especially as a freshman starting out at Cal. </p>
<p>Your best bet is to request to live in foothill. Most students who are more sociable and interested in partying get placed in foothill and want out ASAP when they realize it’s not a good fit. The majority of freshmen CS/Engineering majors at Cal live there because it best suits their needs. I know that they will have a better arrangement for you. </p>
<p>Don’t listen to the ignorant posts above. It’s your money, and its your college experience. You have the right to do what you can to be happy with it.</p>
<p>Give it a chance; school hasn’t started yet.</p>
<p>Your roommates are also freshmen, and it’s one of their first tastes of independence. People do stupid stuff. They also sometimes learn.</p>
<p>You should definitely have a talk with your roommates about this. Maybe involve an RA if the talk doesn’t go anywhere. However, it’s still way too early to be taking drastic actions such as moving out.</p>
<p>If a few weeks later, you’re still having issues, then see what the housing office can do.</p>
<p>Frosh: Please make some noise at 1 pm in your room!!! My daughter had early classes her freshman year, and although she was in her own room, she heard all of the vomiting and partying at her end of the hall, since her walls were paper thin.
She went to her RA and the RA didn’t want to “cause any problems” and didn’t do squat! So my daughter went to the housing office who asked her to try to work with her dorm mates for a couple of weeks. Yeah that helped!</p>
<p>DD tried talking to the people around her about her early classes and needing sleep. After two weeks of nothing changing, my daughter finally got some back bone (and headphones/earplugs) and set every alarm, ipod speaker and tv in her room to go off at 6:30 am everyday. They banged on the wall, but she didn’t turn them off and continued to dress with the loud noises on. These girls had the nerve to complain about her to the RA! </p>
<p>The housing office couldn’t get my daughter out of the dorm, so my daughter had to wait until the end of the semester because many of the party-ers had failed their classes. Second semester was much quieter. So Frosh, learn from her experience and go to the housing office immediately! </p>
<p>A friend of my daughter’s who went to school in wisconsin had to check in to motels on the weekend to sleep and study. She couldn’t change rooms until the end of the semester.</p>
<p>Excellent! Tipping my hat to your daughter.</p>
<p>Yes, of course college students will be exposed to partying, but not all students want it rubbed in their faces. My son was very party-averse, and ended up spending all his time at Foothill, even though his dorm room was in the Units. At Foothill he found a group of like-minded engineering students who had other ways to socialize that didn’t involve alcohol. I’d suggest you check out Foothill before you go to an apartment. This is the year for you to make friends, and that’s much harder to do outside the dorms. Good luck.</p>