The start of a dream; the start of a new beginning.

First off, I’d like to congratulate Mel on her housing lottery win. I can imagine, it really does feel like a one in a million.

“We regret to inform you that your application for a place in residence was not selected in the residence lottery for the 2010/2011 Winter Session. All applicants not selected in the lottery have been placed on a waitlist based on their lottery number.  Your wait list number is L 1382.”

This is the news I received on a Friday evening. What a buzz kill; literally. I knew the lottery was hard to get into, but not this hard. Of the group of people I was supposed to share a home with, no ne got in. The odds baffle me.

So yesterday I found myself on the internet looking at local housing prices. This may be a bit of an issue, since the vast majority are already signing contracts for September within the next few weeks. I feel like I’ve just been hit with a tsunami of responsibility and independence. Too much at once UBC!!

What’s even more unfortunate is the amount of international students that didn’t get in. I’ve got a friend from Japan, South Africa, and Germany, all of which are on the waiting list. If they don’t get off campus housing, what other choices do they have?

Hopefully some magical force will throw an answer at me soon.