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I don't get it either. It was especially irritating at my university because the dorms were several thousand dollars a semester more expensive than larger, bett
by chickenpotpie 7y ago
I don't get it either. It was especially irritating at my university because the dorms were several thousand dollars a semester more expensive than larger, better apartments nearby, but they were the worst landlords I ever had. They would kick me out all the time, while still charging me rent. During finals week you had to be gone within 24 hours of taking your last final or be fined. If schools in the US aren't going to be free, they should at least be held to the same laws that other institutions that provide the same services are.
- JMTQp8lwXL 7y agoIf you stay past your lease date in a regular apartment, you will typically be fined as well.
- chickenpotpie 7y agoThey also don't charge me rent after that day passes. The finals at my school were from Saturday till the next Friday. So whether your finals were on Saturday or on the next Friday, it still cost the same. It sounds nitpicky, but our rent was about $1500 a month. A lot of students paid $375 to be homeless.
- saagarjha 7y agoSurely they had better things to do than to try to figure out when people had their finals and check door-to-door every day to make sure people left when they should?
- chickenpotpie 7y agoThat's exactly what the RAs did
- saagarjha 7y agoHow would they know if you're done with finals?
- chickenpotpie 7y agoYou had to share your final schedule with them.
- saagarjha 7y agoWhat's stopping you from lying and saying that all your classes have finals on Friday? It seems kind of stupid that they'll deprive you of a dorm you paid for because of how your schedule is laid out…
- leetcrew 7y agomost schools have some sort of database with everyone's course registration and often finals follow a regular schedule that can be derived from the student's course enrollment. I don't know why they even bother to make students tell the RA. they could just send each student's exam schedule directly to the RA and require some written notice from the professor to document exceptions. another question is why it even matters. what are they going to do with the fraction of dorms that are empty after the first day of exams that can't wait a few more days?
- saagarjha 7y agoThat doesn't really work, because professors move their exams all the time…
- leetcrew 7y agosure, but if it were really important to res life they could at least require an email as evidence.
- chickenpotpie 7y agoEveryone 100 level class had their final time set by the registrar.
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- Keverw 7y agoBe fined? Is that in a contract? Seems odd with private companies being able to fine people.
- chickenpotpie 7y agoPublic university
- Keverw 7y agoOh I guess that gives more power if state ran but someone below this thread mentioned even regular apartments will fine you... and I assumed by regular apartments they mean private then.
- buckminster 7y agoRegular rentals can "fine" you by retaining the deposit. It used to be the case that universities in the UK would withhold your degree until you paid all fines and charges. I think this was only stopped in the last couple of years.
- Waterluvian 7y agoThis is the same in Canada. More expensive and evicted once your semester is over. It's insane.