Sunday, April 11, 2010

The Annoying Yet Important Details People Leave Out

Recently, I found out some troubling news concerning my lease. When I first decided to rent the dorm, I was told that I had to sign a full 12 month lease, and there were no other options. I wasn't totally thrilled about it, but I figured that at least that meant I would have access to it all year, and could move my stuff out at a slow pace over the summer. I guess their goal with this is to encourage people to take summer classes. However, that was never an option for me due to finantial issues and not having the desire to spend my last summers as a student on a deserted campus with no public transportation and classes only 2 days a week. Anyway, I recently discovered that if students are not taking summer classes, and if they are not staying in the same room next year, they have to vacate their dorms by the end of spring semester. The stupid part here is that I'm paying to have the room all summer, and they're not going to be renting them out again untill next fall. Therefore, you wouldn't think it would matter if we moved out right away or not. What really gets me is that I would not have found any of this out if it wasn't for a chance encounter with someone who happened to mention it. If that hadn't happened, I definitely would have found myself in an interesting situation in May, especially since none of this was mentioned in the paper work.

1 comment:

  1. the fact that that wasn't up front on the contract seems a little fishy. I'll warn you, bro, college admins lie all the time. If I were you I'd go straight to the Housing director and get it cleared up, have everything explained. If it wasn't on the contract, if the contract stated you had the room for 12 months then what they're telling you is borderline illegal

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