What's your housing situation for next year?

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<p>So, I have a few questions and I'm looking to hear other people's experiences with college housing. </p>

<p>Basically, at my college, housing is not guaranteed except for your freshman year. And, of the sophomore class, about 1 in 4 will be bumped from the room selection process. I'm nervous about getting housing - but I'm also worried about my rooming situation.</p>

<p>For my freshman year, I requested my roommate. We were friends back when we were young, but hadn't seen each other in 14 years. Turns out, we get along really well. Problem is, next year she wants to room with her friend from across the hall, which is understandable. I was hoping to room with my good friend from my hall; however, she's planning on sticking with her current roommate for the next year. </p>

<p>With most of my other friends already rooming with someone else, I was a little hesitant about entering the room selection process as a single person and being paired with someone random. So, I applied to a language house. Turns out, that was really competitive and I didn't get in. </p>

<p>Now, I'm stuck with entering the room selection process by myself. I'm kind of nervous about being assigned a random roommate - I haven't had to go through living with someone I don't know at all before. But, I figure it could be a good learning experience? I'm also nervous about getting bumped from housing all together. A lot of my friends are upperclassmen with a house off campus and they've offered me room, but I don't really want to live there as a sophomore, I'd rather stay on campus. </p>

<p>So, I'm praying for a good lottery number and hopefully getting a decent room. Most of my class will end up in the regular housing in the fraternity complex and those rooms are disgusting. I'm not too sure how I'd like living up there, but I guess I could manage it. I'm also considering, if I'm bumped, overcrowding with my friend and her roommate. </p>

<p>Anyone else not sure of their housing for next year? Any stories about living with a random roommate (for your sophomore year especially) - the good, the bad, and the ugly? Do any of y'all have plans?</p>

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<p>I’m graduating this year but I can tell you about what I’ve done in the past.</p>

<p>Freshman year was a random roommate and it worked out great. I got really lazy about housing going into sophomore year and decided to go with another random roommate and it worked out horribly. We didn’t get along at all and he was a pretty horrible roommate in most of the ways you see people start threads to complain about. </p>

<p>Random roommates your freshman year are everyone that doesn’t already know somebody they like going to that school (I knew nobody. My roommate actually knew a ton of people but wanted to go random so that he wouldn’t just constantly be hanging out with highschool friends in college. What ended up happening was he and I hung out with his highschool friends, but oh well.) Random roommates your sophomore year are either people that A) were too lazy to find anyone (me) or B) people who could never convince another human being to willingly live with them (him) so you can figure out the odds from there.</p>

<p>I’ve lived off campus the last year and a half and it is fantastic. My own room, a kitchen, my own bathroom, everything is better. I wouldn’t trade freshman year for anything since I was able to stay involved in campus life more easily by living there, but after a year you should have it down to the point where you can still stay involved even if you’re not physically there 24/7.</p>

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<p>I have had three random roommates so far and two of them have been completely horrible and one was alright. My current one (I am a sophomore and I live off campus in a student only place) is testing my ability to restrain myself and not hit her in the face. I HATE the fact that I can’t sleep when I want to or study in my room because of her. I can’t list all the ****ty things she has done but I’m never sharing a room again unless it’s with a friend or my sister. And the reason I have a roommate that isn’t a friend sophomore year is because the friend I would live with is a procrastinator and waited until freaking July to decide to pick somewhere to live this year. And this place was cheap and nice. </p>

<p>Next year I am so getting a single in a 4 bedroom apartment with three of my friends and that’s for damn sure. Already about to sign the lease. </p>

<p>Having a random roommate is so overrated. All that bull about you won’t meet other people is well, bull sh-t. If I could do it over I’d room with a friend freshman year. I think I am pretty biased though since I’m living with the spawn of the devil.</p>

<p>So yeah that probably didn’t help anything. xD</p>

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<p>My apartment, as usual.</p>

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<p>Hotel. </p>

<p>The lottery system at my school has a way of screwing upperclassmen.</p>

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<p>I would try and get a single if that’s at all possible.</p>

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<p>My school requires you to live on campus if you’re from out of the county unless you live with your parents, are married, or are a senior and get special permission.</p>

<p>If I’m an RA next year, then I’ll be living wherever the school tells me to…probably in a freshmen dorm again, but hopefully in one of the suite style upperclass dorms so I can live with my friends and not have to deal with the housing lottery. I’ll find out Wednesday.</p>

<p>If I’m not an RA, I’ll be trying to get a suite in one of the upperclass dorms with a bunch of my friends.</p>

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<p>I wanna either live in a single or, preferably, off-campus. It’d be awesome to have my own place, except the housing near my school is so-so. The better housing in this area is also pretty pricy… but meh.</p>

<p>If I can get a car but can’t get a good apartment at a good price, I might just live at one of my parents’ homes. Lame, I know, but it’s a lot cheaper than paying a thousand bucks a month for a studio in an OK part of town or 600 a month in a ****ty part of town in a crappy apartment complex.</p>

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<p>I was not hired as an RA…so I’ll be trying to get a suite with my friends. If I can’t, then I’ll live in a traditional corridor style dorm because I’m guaranteed a spot there if I want one.</p>

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<p>Definitely understand your hesitation about going for the random roommate. I’ll be a sophomore next year and going for a random choice, which terrifies me.</p>

<p>This year, I chose my first roommate, who I got along with decently well. She moved out, and I got two random roommates: the first one was thrown out of housing for attacking me, and the second is quite possibly the worst person I’ve ever met. I don’t go back to my dorm anymore except to grab things once in a while. I just sleep somewhere else because she’s that terrible of a person and threatens me when I’m in the room. HUGE waste of money. If I get another roommate like this, I’m seriously considering switching colleges just because of how many horrible experiences I’ve had.</p>

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<p>Question: As an incoming freshman, should I go with the random assignment or try to meet/pair up with someone from my school’s “roommate finder?” It basically has a bunch of profiles to pick from, but it seems pretty daunting to shift through them and pick someone to live with for the year. Any advice?</p>

<p>I don’t know anyone in the area, so no friends to room with.</p>

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<p>What kind of range of people could you see yourself getting along with? If you’d be fine with anything from ‘wakes up at 7am every day and is in bed by 10pm every night’ to ‘comes in at 3am several nights a week’ then go totally random. If you know you want to stick to a certain schedule, or if you know you want to have the freedom to come in later some nights, use the roommate finder accordingly.</p>

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<p>I actually like the roommate finder. Did that for my freshman year (for some reason, it won’t let me join for sophomore year), and I found a girl who was great for my schedule/habits. Like chuy said, if you’re at all picky, go for it. Also, being able to talk to someone ahead of time helps you figure out more about them – plenty of students will lie about things like smoking habits/cleanliness/etc on regular forms because parents around then.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure what I’m doing yet. Some friends offered me the last room in their off campus house - I said I’d think about it but that was like way back in January and I never said anything to them about it, so I’m not sure if they’ve already got somebody else to fill the room. If I don’t end up there, I’m just sticking with my current roommate, probably living in one of the suite-style dorms.</p>

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<p>Good to know! Yeah, I’d totally prefer to have a roommate who shares my same general sleep cycle, so it’s probably best if I stick to the roommate finder.</p>