UCF Housing assignments??? - Page 2

seiclan · 12-03-2007, 09:33 AM

Me too. D is signed up for summer B housing and for Towers for Fall.

For summer they are housing kids in Hercules, Nike, Lake Claire and Towers and you cannot put your choices down until March 1. For Fall you pick either an academic contract (Apollo, Libra, Hercules, Nike, Lake Claire) OR a Annual contract at Towers. You cannot request a specific Tower until March 1. There is also an option to live at the Rosen campus too. Florida Prepaid dorm contracts do not pay for summer so you have to put in a $100 deposit for your summer dorm when you apply. If you have FPP dorm, you can check a box and they will take your Fall deposit ($250) directly from FPP.

Rahk · 12-03-2007, 11:48 AM

Well I was finally able to signup at 9:30 (I was frantically checking every class period at school to see if it was open :P ) I signed up for the Towers for fall. Hopefully there will be space. Anyone have any experience with the towers? Think I got a chance of being placed in them applying when I did?

seiclan · 12-03-2007, 09:24 PM

You should have no trouble getting the Towers for Fall since you signed up at the first possible date. The Towers, and there are four of them, can accomodate 500 kids in each. I have many friends who have kids currently living in the Towers. What I hear is that they are not as social as the suite style dorms but the kids love: having their own rooms, a laundry room on each floor, being able to get an assigned parking space in the garage (the other dorms just give you a permit to use the parking lots but not a reserved space), being near all the action on game day, and the shops and restaurants that are so close. The new dining hall (Knightros) will be open (in late Spring) definitely by Fall and will be right next door at the convocation center. The kids love that they can cook in their apartments OR go to the dining hall for a meal. One drawback is the Annual contract that you have to sign. You will be paying for summer of 2009 whether or not you plan to use it. You cannot sublet the Towers or get out of the summer contract. Summer 2009 costs about $2000!

Rahk · 12-03-2007, 09:36 PM

Yeah, i did wince a bit at the prices compared to the other dorms, but after thinking through it, realized this is basically a year round' apartment to live in(as opposed to the other dorms which are mostly closed during summer I believe, and breaks as well?), which is very centrally located, and from what I hear well equipped and very nice. It also costs less than a normal apartment in Orlando. I mean, if I'm going to do the college thing, I better do it right!

zebes · 12-04-2007, 06:55 AM

Apparently, my S was also told -- he lives in Tower 3 now (honors section) -- that if he and his roommates are wanting to remain for next year that they might leave their stuff in their rooms for the one month before fall starts. They just have to have stuff out of the common areas. We're still trying to double check that. As far as the parking, do know that the assigned parking in the parking garage has pros and cons. Obvious pros are not looking for a space and being close by where you live ... but cons are the cost, something around $450 for the year. Also, he has had some difficulty on event days ... i.e. don't plan to be able to go in and out of the garage on football days, and sometimes on concert days, it's been a mess, depending on the time you need to leave. If the basketball team starts pulling in more outside fans in the future, that could also mean a mess. But overall, my S loves Towers/and reserved parking, as well.

zebes

seiclan · 02-01-2008, 07:22 AM

For those of you who plan on living on campus next year-
D got an email today that said that she has been "confirmed" for Fall 2008 housing. Went onto myUCF and under housing status it also has a housing confirmed date (January 30 for Fall 2008, January 31 for Summer 2008) next to our housing agreement received date. Moving right along.
Also, remember Feb 4 is when you can start registering for Orientation and March 1 is when you can register your "housing and roommate preferences" online.

zebes · 02-01-2008, 10:13 AM

Seiclan,
My S got the same confirmation email because he forwarded it to me. I'd been giving him a hard time about ... "are you sure you're confirmed?" LOL From what I understand the kids in on-campus housing will register in person, is that right? Something about he and his roommates will go down and do this together. A little confusing to me ... He and his suitemates are hoping they can stay in the same room because he had been told if they did that they wouldn't have to move all their stuff out for that one month they aren't on contract ... that they could just make sure their stuff was locked in their bedrooms so that the cleaning crew could access the main rooms. Is that what you've heard, too?

zebes

mom2three · 02-01-2008, 10:39 AM

DS said he has applied, paid, and has received confirmation for next year. But I don't think he has done roommate selection, etc. It would be great if he were in the same room next year, and didn't have to move.

He changed his password at some point this semester, and I haven't gotten the new one yet, so my cyber-snooping ability is limited right now. But this is the son who seems to have his ducks all in a row, so I'm going to assume that he has signed up for TOWERS and that everything is moving along.

I'm not sure all 4 roommates are staying together next year. DS has indicated that 2 or three of them may room together, but the 4th may choose different housing.

As for the social level of the Towers, it has been a perfect fit for DS this year. Privacy in the private room, company in the common area of the suite, and plenty of opportunities to meet and hang out with the others in Tower III.

The fact that they have room to have several other kids come and visit in their own suite has been really nice.

zebes · 02-01-2008, 10:45 AM

Mom2three,

I know ... it's been perfect our S, too. Neither one of my kids are the kind who'd leave their room door open on a common hallway so that people might pop-in ... or EGADS, actually step into another person's open doorway. So, this has been perfect, his own room for those quiet times ... and the common area for more public times. And each roommate (I believe he and his other 3 are all staying) has brought in their friends so they've all gotten to know different people. My D's looking at schools now (she's a jr.), and I admit she's seen the Towers set-up and she likes it. She's also considering UF, and their whole dorm situation has really bummed her out, but I saw some info today on off-campus dorms there, and they look so much better ... more like UCF's dorms.

zebes

mom2three · 02-01-2008, 11:58 AM

Zebes -
Looks like we'll be going through this together again... DS#3 is also a junior. He's going to do an "official" visit with DS#1 at UF and DS#2 at UCF.

DS#3 will be on campus, period, yucky dorms notwithstanding. DS#1 wasn't right on campus, and it was NOT the best thing for him. If beautiful dorms are the dealbreaker, the UCF will be the destination. DS#2's situation this year has been as close to the ideal as it's possible to get.

Two down, 1 to go. Whew.

seiclan · 02-01-2008, 04:01 PM

I hadn't heard anything about the procedures for returning students. My D2 (D1 is a sophomore at UF) is going to be a Freshman this June. She wants to live in The Towers for all the reasons that your son likes it. I hope that she will stay there for two years (before leaving the "security" on on campus housing).