With the sunny days and high energy of spring comes a daunting task: choosing housing. On campus. In a dorm.
For weeks it circles your mind: Do you have a roommate? Do you want a suite? Will you even have the luck to get a suite? Six people or eight? Are you okay with random suitemates? What if your registration time is last and your whole group gets separated? The list goes on.
It’s impossible to know what living with different people would be like if you’ve never met them before. Do you want to give up the — sometimes nice but not always — isolation that is living in a corridor style room? If it means no more questionable communal bathrooms, then I say yes.
Finally, you get your time slot. If you’re on the first day, hurray! Things are looking up. If not, you cross your fingers and toes and hope a suite is still available in the building you want. But wait, what building do you want?
You must pick your poison. You can have air conditioning, but you’ll be on the complete opposite end of campus from all the places you need to be. You can have the dining hall right outside your door (Wednesday night breakfast just a few steps away) but you might be forced into a triple. The madness doesn’t end.
After your designated 10 minutes to choose are up, you either sigh in relief or rush to email Residence Life.