Housing vs Honors Housing

zebes
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:10:50 +0000

I can’t say when exactly the program fills up, but I do know that they converted all of Tower III for honors this year. Last year when my s started at UCF, he was in the honors housing of Towers III, but it wasn’t entirely set aside for honors. This year, I believe, all of Towers III was set aside for honors, and there still was a waiting list. My s moved to Towers IV this year as they picked up a new roommate (one original honors roommate left the university … uh, he flunked out, LOL) who wasn’t in the honors program. So, S and his other two roommates agreed to live in a differnet Tower so that this other kid might room with them. Frankly, S doesn’t see any difference between the Towers in terms of noticing he’s not in an honors dorm any longer. Well, that’s not quite true … my s, who’s a pretty big kid, feels quite small in the elevator when riding up with some of the football players. :-)

We’re trying to figure out how to handle our d, actually. She’s been accepted to UCF and Burnett. And, if she goes to UCF she wants to live in Tower III, too. But she’s still waiting on UF notification and final scholarship rounds at GaTech before she can compare all her options. So we’re going back and forth about the whole housing situation. I hate being out money … LOL

zebes