@Embeechristmas Like the others have said, if you want to live on north side you don’t have to join your LLC; however, even if you choose to not live in it now, if you change your mind in the future a lot of non honors and non LLc engineerings students still live in Mosher, so its something to consider.
I had to apply for housing before my AIS even updated to say that I was accepted to get into Hullabaloo, and even then I didn’t get the earliest slot (some honors kids and stuff got a slot before me I think, but my slot was the first for more general freshman students).
By then it was mostly full of upperclassmen or people in doubles with no roommate. Some single rooms were still open when I was done picking my room but that is due to the price. With this information in mind, not having a specific roommate you want to live with would increase your chances of getting a room in Hullabaloo. On the flip side of that, if you get a late time slot to pick your room and you find someone with an early enough one, it is possible for yall to say yall want to be roommates and manage to get into Hullabaloo that way.
Also picking a room on a higher floor would also help. I got lucky and got one of the lower floors, but since Hullabaloo has elevators getting a higher room isn’t a big deal except on move in/out and even that is only like twice a year so its not the end of the world.
And like Thelma2 said, its good to have a list in order of preference for rooms before your time slot opens. Thats what I did, and even though I didn’t need it, it made things easier on me. Also, make friends with other aggies and maybe find a groupchat for when that happens so they can keep you updated on what dorms have vacancies and what don’t. I was in a group chat where people would take pictures of what rooms were open in each dorm so others knew what to expect and could change their game plan based on that. That way, if you know say your top two choices are full you can skip down to your third and claim a room there and then just wait and see if any rooms have/will open up in the dorms ranked higher on the list so you can switch in.