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01-29-2006, 02:52 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 6,841
| Housing
Does anyone here know if it is possible to get on campus housing after one has moved off campus for a semester? | 
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01-29-2006, 02:56 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South Florida
Posts: 1,358
| they say that you are guaranteed 4 years of housing at BU so why wouldn't they honor that? Off campus housing is now ridiculously expensive so why would you bother with it anyway? | |
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01-29-2006, 05:13 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 6,841
| Yes....but the info is that if you move off campus, you then relinquish your right to have on campus housing again in the future. I just wondered if anyone had gotten back into university housing after leaving it. | |
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01-29-2006, 05:31 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South Florida
Posts: 1,358
| I had a room mate (27 years ago though) that I got back onto the campus by "pulling her in" on my lottery number to room with me for sophomore year. | |
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01-29-2006, 10:18 PM
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#5 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 426
| Once you give up housing, it is POSSIBLE to get it back, but you're basically last on the priorities list. First on campus kids, then freshmen, then transfers, then you. | |
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01-30-2006, 12:18 AM
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#6 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Brighton, MA
Posts: 829
| Considering the housing shortage, it is highly unlikely. | |
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01-30-2006, 12:30 PM
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#7 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New Albany, Ohio
Posts: 112
| I'm pretty sure you can get pulled back on campus, so if you have someone to room with who is still on campus, you can have them pull you into a room. | |
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01-30-2006, 05:30 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 6,841
| So...for example...if my son lives off campus now, we know he would be at the BOTTOM of the dorm lottery. BUT if he had a friend living in say, Buick Street, with a higher lottery number, could he "pull him in" to that apartment? | |
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01-30-2006, 06:09 PM
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#9 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New Albany, Ohio
Posts: 112
| I'm pretty sure he could. Your son would go with him to the rooming meeting, since you bring whoever you want to room with to the meeting. I think all this information is on the housing website. | |
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01-31-2006, 02:40 PM
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#10 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 173
| Thumper,
Last year when my D was considering going off campus, I emailed the Director of housing and he told me that it is extremely unlikely to get back on--in fact he could only remember 2 people in the last 5 years who got back into housing. But the scenario you described with a friend already in residence might be a different story.
On the other hand, my D (and 2 or 3 of her roommates) will be in London next spring if he wants to sublet??? | |
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01-31-2006, 05:06 PM
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#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: California
Posts: 1,227
| Apropos of housing, we got a letter today from BU about next year's housing. Residence license agreements and credit card guarantee deposits must be submitted on line by February 24. | |
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