<p>Say once I move in and meet the roommate(s), we don't get along or anything, what would be my possible options? I understand the common sense ones like compromise and get to know them but I'm just throwing it out there.</p>
<p>You can request to move. One of my friends did it. The housing office might offer mediation as a means of mending the situation, but there’s no requirement you go through it first. They’ll give you a list of the open spots in the dorms, you fill out some forms, and then you move not long after. I don’t know the details, but I heard this from a friend who went through it. ):</p>
<p>Oh ok! Thanks again! I’ll keep that in mind if I don’t like my roommate, even tho I hope I find a good one.</p>
<p>I asked a rep the same thing and they said that after each quarter you can do a room swap or something along those lines, given any availability, of course.</p>
<p>If you don’t like your roommate and can’t bare to live with them u can do a room transfer however i believe there is a freeze sometime in the first weeks the school year but i guess during that freeze you’ll just have to deal with your roommate and then anytime afterwards you can change.</p>
<p>Yeah, there’s a “freeze” period at the start of the year because most people tend to start getting along with their roommate after awhile. However, if the situation really starts to get bad, you can just go to your housing office and ask them about the details. You just have to fill out a form and then go to the housing office of the college you want to transfer to and see if there are open spots.</p>
<p>Thanks for the helpful advice! =] Hopefully I won’t have to go through it.</p>
<p>My son is a freshman at UCSC this year. He emailed and texted his roommate before school started. The funny thing is…They are opposites in many ways, but they get along very well (It probably helps that both are easy going) In fact, they are moving into one of the apartments next year and sharing a double.</p>