| Dear Adultparentmom! and all others considering Chapman with intentions of living on campus beyond their Freshman year!!....I read in one of your threads that someone at Chapman guaranteed all 4 years of housing. My daughter was in the Freshman Year Experience, then did NOT get a dorm as a sophomore! We met with housing and they made excuses. Said 'everyone who waited' at the end of the lottery got a room...NOT TRUE!! My daughter, as well as others, were told during the lottery day that there would not be a chance of the higher numbers getting a room. It was only after my daughter emailed out to her sorority sisters, that three groups of two offered to triple again!! (Okay, one ++ mark for sororities!!) Once again, as she is going to be a junior next year, she is being told that she is last on the totem pole as she lives 'within 45 miles'! At Parent Orientation we were CONTINUOUSLY chided about being 'helicopter parents' so we did not get involved in the housing process until we learned of so many kids not getting a room on campus!! If I hear the term 'helicopter parent' one more time!!!! We chose Chapman for a lot of reasons but have been EXTREMELY disappointed about the housing situation. However, that and this year's registration process, are the only things we've been disappointed in...it is an INCREDIBLE institution in many, many ways. Dr. Doti is raising the bar, bringing in even more noteworthy faculty, and attracting huge $$$. Obviously, on-campus housing has been higher on our 'list' as we checked out schools for our 'next in line'... |