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How can I fill out my housing application so I'm guaranteed a single..... some golden karma points!?

Hi guys,

I was accepted to a college early (yay!), so I'm filling out my housing application, and I'm stuck.

I really want a single, and the college I'm going to has a TON of singles. Yes, there are plenty of singles for first years. The problem is that the dorm I want fills up with upperclassmen, and there are only about ~20 spots for frosh, and they're all in singles. The dorm is half doubles and half singles in two connected buildings, and I really want to live in the singles half of the building.

Frosh do get these singles, they just play the system with their housing app so they're guaranteed a single. I talked to one who put that she had super strange sleeping patterns and stuff like that. I get bouts of insomnia and stuff like that, and I can't fall asleep in my room if anyone else is awake in my house. How should I play that?

Here are the questions on the app... what can I say that will get me a single without claiming some weird medical thing or sounding like a freak they should rescind?

List extracurricular interests... List intended major...

Rank each statement from 1 to 9, with 1 as the strongest preference. Answer each statement with a Yes or No.

I wish to be assigned to a single-sex floor. (the dorm I want is all co-ed with only one single sex floor for women... I don't really care if it's coed)

I wish to be assigned to a dorm with its own dining hall

I prefer a single (check box) double (check box)

I prefer a roommate who shares my academic interests

I have physical/medical needs that require special consideration in my housing application

I prefer to study with background noise (like music)

I am neat

I prefer a roommate who is neat

I am an extrovert and social

I prefer a roommate who is an extrovert and social

I go to bed before midnight

I prefer a roommate who goes to bed before midnight

List any factors that would help find a good match....

List any medical conditions that affect housing.... (like allergies.....I'm allergic to a lot of things (peanuts, sulfa). Should I put that in to ensure a single?)

Thanks so much for reading! Y'all are so awesome for doing this!

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Woah, the housing application that I filled out (I'm gonna be a Freshmen too) was not nearly as detailed as that!

    Regardless, of whether you get a single or a double, I would not recommend lying on the application. Also, you should turn it in as soon as possible. If you can fill it out online, I'd do that. Make sure that you mark the reasons why you'd need a single (if you're seriously allergic to something make sure they know that).

  • 1 decade ago

    You can't do anything to guarantee you a single aside from having a legitimate medical concern that is reason for you living by yourself. Having allergies isn't a good enough reason. Just fill it out accurately so if you don't get a single, you'll hopefully be paired with someone similar to you.

  • drip
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    You will need to back up any claim with a doctors note. You saying it isn't enough. Getting your housing in ASAP is the best way to get the housing you want. Contact housing to find out if what you need from your doctor. At my daughter's college they have a form for the doctor to fill out

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