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I have possibly a few hours to decide this…

If I go to the Pointe:

• I get almost certainly put with random roommates. Big test of my luck and tolerance there. I did it once already and survived but my god it was the source of some pet peeves and idk if I should roll the dice twice

• Individual lease with inclusive utilities—less expensive and much better legally for peace of mind. especially with strangers for roommates?

• Also includes furniture, no worrying about moving a king size bed up the stairs

• BUT—I have no idea if I’ll be able to know anything about like what roommates I’d be with or what floor I’d be on before I sign the lease. Anyone know how it works?

If I go to Tivoli:

• Seemingly bigger, newer, nicer vibe in general

• No waitlist and I’m put with roommates I at least briefly know in SOME way and not total randoms

• Quieter, less of a party scene apparently? But also not student exclusive

• No furniture, utilities are already always extra, and the joint agreement lease is making me nervous. Big drawbacks there

Please if you’ve been to either of these share your experiences. Rather than what I want, let me just say what I really do NOT want in a dorm:

• BUGS. No roaches, ants, etc. hoping for a higher floor anyway. The less bug prone the building the better though.

• In general, messy roommates. I’m not saying it has to be spotless but never let your room’s hygiene start affecting the rest of the dorm and guys please respect the common spaces

• Crime. I mean duh, but I’m already paranoid so even if it’s just for peace of mind, the less suspicious and arson/shooting/drug prone a complex is the better. I don’t wanna see my new home in the headlines

• Management is probably always gonna suck but hopefully not too bad. Lately my biggest annoyance with my current dorm is how often I’ve been woken up without warning by the fire alarm

Encourage me if you think one of these is a good fit, or better yet give me your words of warning if you come from these places. I need some deciding factors I don’t have a lot of good info right now

First time spending any of the summer on campus, yall got tips for summertime UCF life? Assuming campus will be pretty empty and that’s what makes the biggest differences. Also figuring out what’s open and what’s closed.

Mostly I’m wondering if I should expect the dining halls (or all the food) to be better, worse, or about the same quality wise.

Come to student union for half off food I got diningdollars I need to use

Title should explain it all…I’m sure it’s happened before lol.

Anything that dining dollars are good for besides buying from the restaurants? Don’t ask how this happened but I literally have hundreds I’m about to lose if I don’t use it.

I’m open to running a “buying food for people half off” deal where I use the dining dollars to get it and the buyer only has to provide like half that price. Quite frankly I might just go full charity with it.

But also if anyone knows other good uses for dining dollars—laundry credits, printing, even just food that would be good for longer than the moment I buy it?—then let me know please