It depends on which classes you are in. You could take a 19 credit schedule and it not be THAT hard (although it won't be easy) or you could take 15 credits and have it insane. 19 will be time consuming though... which classes are you in?
No, I went to ratemyprofessor. Thanks for the link though, that looks much more useful. I'm in a small major though (MSE) so I usually don't have that much flexibility anyway though.
I used neither last year, but I'm getting some memory foam from Overstock this year. The bed sizes all cost the same, so I'm getting the largest 2 inch they have and folding it over to give me four inches. I'll be about an inch short on each side, but oh well.
I'm staying on campus. I don't actually know anyone who signed up for on campus housing and didn't get it, but my roommate next year and I came pretty close. It's not something that you can 100% count on, but a lot of people move out voluntarily (I was too lazy to look for an apartment or I would have) and I plan on doing so after this year.