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The Battle for On-Campus Housing (As Told by Emma Stone)

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Chapman chapter.

Sure, I’ll live on campus next year. That’ll remove the stress of trying to compete for off-campus housing.

How do I add a roommate recommendation? Why isn’t it working? Who is this other person I am 87% compatible with?

Submit my application. Check. 

No cafeteria food for me next year because there will be a kitchen. We can host a Sunday supper. It’ll be cute. 

*Checks email for time slot over and over again* Still nothing. 

Thursday at 1:00 p.m. is my time. There is a whole other day of students who will have to sign up after me. This will be easy peasy.

Wait, I have the first time out of all of my roommates? Why me? THIS IS TOO MUCH PRESSURE.

T-minus 50 mins. I can do this. I’ll just set it up now so I’m ready.

Your roommates gather around you, as you wait those last twenty seconds.

Davis is gone. There are no apartments with space for four people left in Glass. Goodbye Harris.

I’M GOING TO END UP HOMELESS. 

Can I just sleep on a pool table in Hen-bay?

The housing office starts telling you about off-campus options. 

Getting off the phone with the housing office like… 

Okay, Sandhu or SoMo it is. We can’t all live together. We’re going to have to split up.

Let’s just get something so we don’t die alone.

We can try to look for an off-campus house. Nope, too hard. I’m not ready to be an adult yet. 

I’ll trade you your Glass apartment for my Sandu dorm AND all of my Pantherbucks.

Then you and your roommate walk over to your assigned room to envision what it would be like to live there.

Hey, this won’t be too bad. We can do this!