<p>I am considering transferring to U-Mass Amherst in the fall, in fact it is very likely that I will choose this school but I have a few questions about housing. Since I will be transferring in as a junior, how does the housing roommate selection work? I read on the U-Mass website that the new residential hall for transfers is McNamara which is a branch of Sylvan that is made especially for transfers to live in but upon further reading I have heard that this is a horrible place to live because it is so far away from all the other residencies among other things. Is this going to be my only choice of places to live? Where do most upperclassmen who aren't in frats or sororities live at this school? Does everyone have apartments by then or are there fun junior dorms still? This is probably my biggest concern about transferring because I feel like by junior year everyone has a set group of friends and they will all be living together in apartments and such. Upon transferring would I even be able to find someone who I liked that would want to room with me and how would I go about doing so? Basically I want to know, is there any other choice of residency for transfer juniors that isn't completely lame or isolated or am I gonna get stuck where they put me? It might help to add that I want to have a social life when I go here, I am a partier so I want to make friends. Hopefully someone can de-stress me on this subject! </p>