<p>Is your son going to lick the envelopes, too? Run to Fed Ex? Buy postage? Oy!!</p>
<p>Hi, I’m a reporter from WJRK doing a feature on overzealous kids who help their parents write appeal letters. If you would like your son or daughter interviewed, please contact me between 7:42 p.m and 7:44 p.m. EST.</p>
<p>Yes. I did read OP’s post. Quick raise your hand who else read OP’s post???</p>
<p>Hahahaha we so have not done well with the appeal letters (for FA) so maybe we can get an overzealous kid/parent to help US! We have a full day left!</p>
<p>Serious problem here. My friend’s D is going to be a freshman next year, and she’s really worried that she might end up with a roommate who is a different race or religion than she is, or maybe even has a different hair color. She’s not prejudiced or anything. It would just make her uncomfortable to be in the same room as someone different. I told my friend I didn’t think she could make such a request but that I would ask my friends at CC what they would do in such a situation. So, I was wondering if anyone had any idea how she could make her request <em>wink</em>wink*. Surely the dean of housing at most schools would understand her sentiment, no?</p>
<p>I would just dye the roommate’s hair to the desired color while she’s sleeping. The race/religion thing is a little more complicated, but I’ll have an answer for you a few posts from now.</p>
<p>Ok, so if I understand you correctly, you’re saying it’s a good idea if she just comes right out and states her preference?</p>
<p>Edit: I thought I’d heard somewhere that some students get a doctor to write a note saying they have “allergies” or something and that that sometimes works.</p>
<p>Just agreeing that it would be horribly traumatic to have to live with someone of differing hair color or skin color or religion. So she should just take whatever steps necessary to avoid that discomfort. Don’t you agree?</p>
<p>nceph, while I can easily see how very, very painful and difficult this would be, I am not sure I would suggest vaulting straight over the RA, housing coordinator, and dean of student life to go straight to the president. Not yet.</p>
<p>I’d give it five minutes.</p>
<p>Thanks. You do understand I’m asking for a friend. My <em>own</em> children would <em>never</em> have a problem with living with someone who was different.</p>
<p>Of course, at those high binge drinking schools, I don’t think anyone can see through the haze to know whether hair color, skin color or religion match anyway. Just another validation of your point that rate of binge drinking is the key determinor of school fit.</p>
<p>You are so judgemental, nceph! (Mods, are you paying attention?)</p>
<p>My DD doesn’t like “different” people, and we have raised her to trust her instincts. I mean, what if her room mate had a big nose? Can you imagine? </p>
<p>After the binge drinking statistics, our most important factor in creating DD’s college list for her is the availability of single rooms.</p>
<p>But of course! You don’t expect two strangers to share a refrigerator and TV, do you?</p>
<p>Now wait…my DD is concerned that her roommate will wear shoes and SOCKS. How could she ever live with someone who doesn’t wear flipflops all the time? It would be humiliating. She will be applying to live in the “Sock Free” dorm and hopes that will solve the problem.</p>
<p>Oh, geez. I bet my friend’s D never even considered that she could end up with a roommate with a big nose. I wonder what else she’s overlooked. I’m trying to recall the roommate selection form that my D filled out, and I don’t remember there being a box to indicate that sort of preference. What a major source of stress!!</p>
<p>^^^you may want to refer her to the HYPSBLAHDEBLAH study that validates the long-suspected the link between shared living space among students with -ahem- “differences” and binge drinking.</p>
<p>Obviously, nceph, your [FRIEND’S] D is being faced with a challenge. </p>
<p>This is so unacceptable. Challenges are for, well, you know, h.s. students who need to write essays about them. </p>
<p>Call the provost and the president.</p>
<p>Oh, speaking of roommates, where can I buy sheets for my bed?</p>
<p>HHHHHHHHHHHHeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Why isn’t anyone answering me?</p>
<p>Give me a minute, maysixxmom. I’m putting together a list of sheets, ranked by thread count and fiber content.</p>
<p>Apparently there’s a significant drop in quality between tier one and tier two sheets.</p>
<p>But the question is, are tier one sheets worth it anyway? What if you can’t find any BB&B coupons?</p>