Housing Policy Change

boysx3
Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:24:14 +0000

S made an interesting comment about the housing situation.

He noted that the housing changes coming in to effect at the end of this academic year will not have an effect on him now–sophomores are still guaranteed on campus housing–

and that at this point he does not have any clue of where he will want to live, or with whom, or what kind of place he will want to live in, more than a year from now.

He figures he could change his mind a dozen or so times by then.

He also figures that by the time he needs to make plans for his third year–more than a year out from now–AU will have firmed up the housing situation and will give him what information he needs to decide his living arrangements for the following year. It’s not like students are being cast out in to the cold and snow all on their own to be homeless on the DC streets. He isn’t even sure he will need housing junior year, as he is planning extensive study abroad. He has no crystal ball to predict what he will want as far as his living situation when he is a senior.

So he is refusing to worry about possible problems that will be easily solved when he gets to them. The thing that matters most to him is to live affordably with friends in a location convenient to campus–he never planned on necessarily living in a dorm situation all 4 years. A good number of students either tire of dormitory style living, with all the university rules ( including not being able to be in the dorms over various holidays when you might want to stay in DC to work or pursue other opportunities),RAs. etc, or because they might want to cook for themselves on a consistent basis, etc. And a good number of students simply want to try apartment style living because they are more mature or because they want something new or different or less expensive.

So I am not going to worry about this. Living arrangements will solve themselves in due time.