BLCU - need advice bout changing rooms

[0822]

Hi, i'm a scholarship student living in dorm 17, i don't like my actual roomate (long story) and i have a friend whose roomate is going to leave after the end of this semester so i'm planning to move with my friend, i talked to the receptionist about this and she said that only by the start of the new semester we can go there and ask to change room. Me and her are not going to be here  during the winter break. She is going to return her room, and when she comes back she will check in again. I want to know if i should also return my room and then check in together with her, the problem is we might not arrive at the same time. What do you guys think?

[ChTTay]

Try sort it out before you both leave. Is there an office you can go to rather than talk to the receptionist? 

 

 

[陳德聰]

My suggestion is to offer to pay upfront for booking the room that you and your friend want to share. If they try to tell you you can’t make arrangements before that time and you can afford to, you may consider renting the room through the break.

[edelweis]

but the OP is a scholarship student, so the dorm is paid by the scholarship?

[0822]

Yes i don't pay my room.

[edelweis]

Maybe approach the leaving roommate so that when she checks out (and gives her key back?) you accompany her and ask the clerk to assign you immediately to that room.

And/or move your things to your friend's room as soon as the roommate is gone.