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I notice that your requested roommate is not in Nursing, therefore, not in the Nursing learning community. You and she should talk about what is more important for both of you -- you have options. You can request to live together in another location (and Res Life makes every effort to honor your reciprocal request to live together), but you would not necessarily be living near the nursing students who decided to reside with each other.

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Ugh!

So now I have to find out which is true...and if what I quoted is true, then I've got a major problem. I feel equally strongly about being in the learning community and rooming with my friend. I chose the way I did because I thought I could have the best of both worlds. I don't know what I'll do if I have to choose one over the other. I mean, there are definite pros and cons to both...but seriously? I've met a bunch of nursing students, and I could see myself rooming with a couple of them so I guess if I chose that it wouldn't be all bad, but rooming with my friend would be so much better because I know and love her and we work together so well!  

If you were in my situation, what would you do? What do you think I should do?

Thanks!

Post edited at 7:57 am on June 18, 2009 by SingDanceRunLife

Honestly, my school is known for nursing, so basically all the freshman girls who took nursing were together in the freshman dorms, but all they did was bitch about it. So take this as the opportunity not to be surrounded by whiners.

I want to be in the nursing learning community at my college...you live with other nursing students in the dorms, on the same floor and are in classes with them. I also want to room with my friend who isn't a nursing student. I was told yesterday that I can't do that even though a couple months ago we were told we could. If that's the case, should I live with my friend or in the learning community?

She talked to the woman who told me that I couldn't room with my friend if I wanted to be part of the nursing learning community. What's going to happen is the woman is going to try and see if we can be put on the same floor as the learning community, but not take up one of the rooms designated for it since in the hall it's every other room. She said there's no guarantees and to check back on Monday, but at the very least, we can be put in the same dorm as the learning community.

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So my friend called today and then called me to tell me what happened.

She talked to the woman who told me that I couldn't room with my friend if I wanted to be part of the nursing learning community. What's going to happen is the woman is going to try and see if we can be put on the same floor as the learning community, but not take up one of the rooms designated for it since in the hall it's every other room. She said there's no guarantees and to check back on Monday, but at the very least, we can be put in the same dorm as the learning community.

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If for some reason you don't enjoy it, you could always move in with your friend for the next school year.

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See, that's the thing...if for some reason I don't enjoy it, I'm stuck there all year...and learning communities are freshman only, and one you're in, then that's it. At least when you just have a normal roommate you can switch after the first semester.