Advice about a dorm room falling through?

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tl;dr: dorm fell through, apartment options suck. advice?

I'm coming back to college in the fall semester to finish my degree. the only problem is i don't know where i'm going to be living. i took last semester off for health reasons and didn't sign up for the dorms until later, and i got a call that said i was off the waiting list but when i called up today they said i didn't have a bed.

i don't have a car, so there are only two options for apartments. in one complex, it's cheaper, but the rooms are unfurnished and there are break-ins like every month. i rented out the other last semester and liked it, but it was like 800 a month for a studio room in an old days inn that i ended up wasting because i had to take off a whole semester on a year lease.

my parents probably won't help me pay either: my dad lost his job, they say they don't want me staying in the first and the second is  probably too expensive for us right now. i don't have a job with a consistent income because i don't have a car, and during school it's hard enough to keep up with my studies and my health, if i put a job on top of it i'm gonna have another breakdown and end up paying even more in the end.

i can't take online classes: the classes i need to graduate aren't online and i Need to get out of this house. i'm registered with disabilities, and i'm supposed to have a guaranteed room because i'm in the honors college, but neither of those seem to matter. does anyone have advice?

seedy history · Answer

You keep hammering at the school to get what you seem to believe you are supposed to be guaranteed to have. Squeaky wheel and all that. I worked on campus throughout college. Not high wages but it helps and its on campus. Also, some work study helps defray tuition costs. Check it out. I started with a work study job in the English Department (image that) and it just sort of moved into a job with the Fine Arts Department after that.

Sam Spayed · Answer

Contact campus housing again and ask them to clarify. Make sure you're back on the waiting list, at the very least.

Also many college campuses have an office of off-campus housing; contact them. They might have lists of people looking for roommates, deals on apartments, etc.

A Hunch · Answer

If you are "off the wait list" at this point, that means that by the time school starts they expect to have a housing option for you.  If not, they will put you in the overflow area.
- so if you wanted campus housing, it appears that you have it.

That said, I don't know your university situation, but in most seniors aren't living in campus dorm.  I can't imagine a dorm would be a good place for a senior with mental health considerations.

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