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.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe 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.\u00a0 Your wait list number is L 1382.\u201d<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019ve just been hit with a tsunami of responsibility and independence. Too much at once UBC!!<\/p>\n
What\u2019s even more unfortunate is the amount of international students that didn\u2019t get in. I\u2019ve got a friend from Japan, South Africa, and Germany, all of which are on the waiting list. If they don\u2019t get off campus housing, what other choices do they have?<\/p>\n
Hopefully some magical force will throw an answer\u00a0at me soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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