Howdy Ags,
I have 3 seniors applying this fall. Looking for advice of do's and don'ts when applying for Freshman student housing. Been 40 years since I lived on campus so I'm sure everything has changed.
Thx in advance.

No advice but 3 in the same year? Hope you're rich AF otherwise the next 6 years will be rough

Lots of options.

Can still go older school with Hart and Walton, both of which have window unit a/c. Hart's location is unmatched.

FHK and Schumacher for balcony style.

Commons is still there and refurbished.

Corps dorms all got upgraded if they want to join the Corps. Not sure if there are still any non-regs moving on the Quad.

Leggett might be the only all-girls dorm. Also excellent location.

DG and Moses for Corps style but on north side.

Modulars still around on both north side and Southside.

Then there is Hullabaloo Hall. Several floor plans there including the all-important "have your own room and bathroom" layout.

What's your budget?

Have you applied for housing yet?

OP

if your kids are male, sorority row

If your kids are female, fraternity row

Davis-Gary is all female, still.

I haven't checked this year, but last year Dorm 12 was non-reg.

Buy a house for them to live in. It'll save you money in the long run.

Was about 10 years ago but the 3 bedroom apartments near post oak mall were dirt cheap. I didn't mind living there and it was on the bus route to campus

need age and gender please

Hold up a second. Are these triplets or were you spreading seed 18 years ago like Nick Cannon? And if it's been 40 years since you were on campus you have to be in your 60's with teenage kids, right?

It's not the Sangalang triplets. They graduated in the 90's or early 2000's I think.

Learn basic home repair skills. Buy a 5 bedroom repo mobile home or used oil field mobile home. Rent out 2 rooms.

Know Your Enemy said:

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Hold up a second. Are these triplets or were you spreading seed 18 years ago like Nick Cannon? And if it's been 40 years since you were on campus you have to be in your 60's with teenage kids, right?

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Lol

Thanks for the tips.

To answer questions:

Yes, triplets (2 girls 1 boy). Yes I'm 60 with teenage kids. Yes looking at some huge bills the next few years but if I'm very lucky they will end up at A&M because other options they're looking at cost 3-4x more.

All three have completed school applications but have not completed any Housing Applications. Trying to figure out how this housing works. Was told can't apply for housing until kid(s) are accepted, yet someone else said that's incorrect.

I agree and would prefer to buy a house but the 2 girls would have none of that.

Budget is flexible.

Questions:

Got to tour Hullabaloo Hall on official visit. Looks very nice but is it hard to get in?

Is there an option to rank dorm preferences? First come, first serve or lottery?

I've been told Calloway House is very nice but also very expensive. Is this considered the top of the line? Unlike me, they won't be forced to live in un-airconditioned Law Hall for $180/semester.

With Mays now across the tracks do business majors live on Northside?

Why won't the girls have any of that?

Not to call out parenting styles, but if you're footing the bill for education and housing, **** their opinions on it.

But if they're huge on some sort of privacy, there are many, many, many housing options for purchase in CS that are setup no different than dorms, if not better. Can get a 3/3 and every kid gets their own bed and bath. They share the common areas. It will literally save you 10s of thousands. If they can't swallow that while mom and dad are footing the bill for a 4 year degree at A&M, your bigger problem is their entitlement

Irish 2.0 said:

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your bigger problem is their entitlement

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Irish, no doubt too much entitlement but far from the biggest problem. You raised teenage girls?

Ginormus Ag said:

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Buy a 5 bedroom repo mobile home or used oil field mobile home. Rent out 2 rooms.

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Gonna file this under stuff I should have done but didn't.

Rome84 said:

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Irish 2.0 said:

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your bigger problem is their entitlement

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Irish, no doubt too much entitlement but far from the biggest problem. You raised teenage girls?

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Nope! But if I'm the one willing to foot the bill for them to get a four year education at a flagship school, they can sacrifice their feelings for four years in the same way I'd be sacrificing 50k/yr between the three of them.

I'm not one too tell someone how to raise their kids, but good God. If they can't appreciate the fact they're getting it better than 90% of others, for a free ride through school…that's an entitlement issue.

My conversation would be simple. They're almost 18. They're adults. If they want to enjoy the comforts of still being on mom and dad's dime while accessing four years of a tier 1 education….they can live in a freaking house together to save mom and dad 10s of thousands over the course of four years.

Sell it to them as a preservation of y'all's estate and their inheritance if you think it may go better. But I can promise you that if I told my parents (who graciously paid for my college too) I won't live with my brother to save them money, I'd have neither the house nor the education.

Rome84 said:

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Thanks for the tips.

To answer questions:

Yes, triplets (2 girls 1 boy). Yes I'm 60 with teenage kids. Yes looking at some huge bills the next few years but if I'm very lucky they will end up at A&M because other options they're looking at cost 3-4x more.

All three have completed school applications but have not completed any Housing Applications. Trying to figure out how this housing works. Was told can't apply for housing until kid(s) are accepted, yet someone else said that's incorrect. Not sure. Check the housing website as I'm sure they have an FAQ

I agree and would prefer to buy a house but the 2 girls would have none of that.

Budget is flexible. Not for long

Questions:

Got to tour Hullabaloo Hall on official visit. Looks very nice but is it hard to get in? kids of friends got in but there can be a waiting list

Is there an option to rank dorm preferences? First come, first serve or lottery? Not sure about order of first serve or lottery. You can definitely still rank dorm preferences

I've been told Calloway House is very nice but also very expensive. Is this considered the top of the line? Unlike me, they won't be forced to live in un-airconditioned Law Hall for $180/semester. Calloway House is not what it once was when it was the first private dorm or so the young people say. Park West is close by and newer and nicer.

Rise, Aspire, and The Stack are all across University and have competitive prices to the on-campus dorms. I don't know the names of the others being built or recently built but there are several in the Northgate area.

With Mays now across the tracks do business majors live on Northside? on-campus business majors live north side or live in White Creek Apartments on west campus. Or Park West. If they are interested in living on or close to campus

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I'd love to know why the girls wouldn't want their own house.

Live on campus the first year or two. Gets you involved with everything better. Easier to get to class, explore campus, meet people, go to sporting events, Silver Taps, Midnight Yell, and all that. So much easier to walk than drive and park.


Then move off if you want a kitchen and living room and all that.

Thanks for the comments Maroon Bar.

With more research it does appear you have to be accepted before you can apply for on campus housing and the selection priority is based on date of housing application.

Damn, so many choices now. Single room, double room, apartment, suite, same sex, co-ed, North/South/West campus.

I did enjoy living in dorms the first 2 years. You feel the buzz of campus so much stronger. North side all the way. Corps doing weird **** wakes you up on south side and you might risk one of your girls becoming a boot chaser.

Rome84 said:

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Thanks for the comments Maroon Bar.

With more research it does appear you have to be accepted before you can apply for on campus housing and the selection priority is based on date of housing application.

Damn, so many choices now. Single room, double room, apartment, suite, same sex, co-ed, North/South/West campus.

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I lived in modular, balcony, and the north side corps style dorms. They're all fine and I was able to have fun in all of them. Balcony probably the most fun as they share a bathroom with only two other people. The suit mates have good friendship potential without the pain in the ass of sharing a bathroom with the whole floor.

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Irish 2.0 said:

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LupinusTexensis said:

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Rome84 said:

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Thanks for the comments Maroon Bar.

With more research it does appear you have to be accepted before you can apply for on campus housing and the selection priority is based on date of housing application.

Damn, so many choices now. Single room, double room, apartment, suite, same sex, co-ed, North/South/West campus.

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I lived in modular, balcony, and the north side corps style dorms. They're all fine and I was able to have fun in all of them. Balcony probably the most fun as they share a bathroom with only two other people. The suit mates have good friendship potential without the pain in the ass of sharing a bathroom with the whole floor.

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Modular you only share with your roommate.

Rome84 said:

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Thanks for the comments Maroon Bar.

With more research it does appear you have to be accepted before you can apply for on campus housing and the selection priority is based on date of housing application.

Damn, so many choices now. Single room, double room, apartment, suite, same sex, co-ed, North/South/West campus.

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Double room

Co-ed

North side

Know Your Enemy said:

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I'd love to know why the girls wouldn't want their own house.

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Probably too much information to share outside a therapy session, but triplet dynamics with 2 girls are complicated, especially when personalities are polar opposites. Despite their significant differences they have always been compared by others. Competing on the same sports teams/same schools/same classes, competing for grades, competing for friends, competing for bathroom time, competing for attention. All while they see the brother they adore floating above the fray oblivious to it all. Some day when they are older they will appreciate their unique bond, but for now I'll be lucky to get them to agree to go to school in the same state.

Smeghead4761 said:

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Davis-Gary is all female, still.

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"DG girls scare off would be prowlers"

I still remember that from a Northside T-shirt I bought when I was a freshman back in '93-94 that had the top 10 reasons to live on Northside.

So does that mean they girls don't want to be roommates I'm a dorm/apartment? Just curious as I would think they'd be super close. Maybe it's the 3rd wheel that throws a wrench into the mix.

Know Your Enemy said:

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So does that mean they girls don't want to be roommates I'm a dorm/apartment? Just curious as I would think they'd be super close. Maybe it's the 3rd wheel that throws a wrench into the mix.

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Ha ha. Would be like Kari Lake and an intelligent AOC being roommates.

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LupinusTexensis said:

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Rome84 said:

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Thanks for the comments Maroon Bar.

With more research it does appear you have to be accepted before you can apply for on campus housing and the selection priority is based on date of housing application.

Damn, so many choices now. Single room, double room, apartment, suite, same sex, co-ed, North/South/West campus.

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I lived in modular, balcony, and the north side corps style dorms. They're all fine and I was able to have fun in all of them. Balcony probably the most fun as they share a bathroom with only two other people. The suit mates have good friendship potential without the pain in the ass of sharing a bathroom with the whole floor.

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Modular you only share with your roommate.

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I preferred the suite style of the balcony dorms bc it was a bit more social. I had a great roommate and suitemates from England that year and we had a great time. I also loved walking straight into the outdoors vs down a hall.

Live on campus freshman year for sure and from your post they should live with other people. Then after that figure out if you want to buy a house for years 2-4. Can even have 1-2 kids in it and rent out the other rooms and rotate the kids in it for different years based on what made the most sense.

Damn man, you got a bunch of spam next to your username

Ghost of Bisbee said:

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Damn man, you got a bunch of spam next to your username

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Ghost of Bisbee said:

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Damn man, you got a bunch of spam next to your username

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He's not a Dr though