{"id":6891,"date":"2014-02-12T12:49:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T17:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=6891"},"modified":"2019-08-17T14:45:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T18:45:55","slug":"im-coming-home-coming-home-tell-the-world-im-coming-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=6891","title":{"rendered":"i&#8217;m coming home, coming home, tell the world i&#8217;m coming home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>I am a member of innis college and i stay at the chestnut residence this year. i want to stay in a residence other than chestnut or innis, but i am offered space only in those 2 residences. what should i do?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks in advance!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>dude, i don&#8217;t know why you wouldn&#8217;t want to live at innis. that residence is <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/charliethumbsup.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HELLA NICE<\/a>. and i haven&#8217;t been to chestnut, but i hear it&#8217;s great. anyway, i&#8217;m sure you have your reasons. that&#8217;s cool. this is a <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/jessjudgingyou.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">judgement-free zone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>unfortunately, if you&#8217;ve only been offered space at innis and chestnut and you don&#8217;t want to live there, you&#8217;re kind of limited in options. what you can do is go onto your <a href=\"https:\/\/myres.utoronto.ca\/myres-student\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MyRes<\/a> and rank residences in the order you&#8217;d prefer. then you might get onto a waiting list for one of them. however, the spots for upper years are pretty limited and the notification you get about whether there&#8217;s a space for you will probably be last-minute, since waiting lists are so uncertain. so don&#8217;t bank on getting a spot.<\/p>\n<p>just in case you don&#8217;t get into another residence, i&#8217;d recommend you also start exploring other housing possibilities. you can search off-campus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housing.utoronto.ca\/student\/main\/shwelcome.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rentals close to <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housing.utoronto.ca\/student\/main\/shwelcome.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housing.utoronto.ca\/student\/main\/shwelcome.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housing.utoronto.ca\/student\/main\/shwelcome.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> George <\/a>through housing services, do your <a href=\"http:\/\/toronto.kijiji.ca\/f-real-estate-apartments-condos-W0QQCatIdZ37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">own search<\/a>, or apply to become the official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/bloodybaronHP.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">school ghost<\/a> for one of the colleges (you&#8217;ll probably have a better chance at that last one if you <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/casper.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">are already a ghost<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>if all else fails, they have free cardboard boxes at no frills.<\/p>\n<p>happy house hunting,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I am a member of innis college and i stay at the chestnut residence this year. i want to stay in a residence other than chestnut or innis, but i am offered space only in those 2 residences. what should i do? Thanks in advance! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, dude, i don&#8217;t know why you wouldn&#8217;t want to live at innis. that residence is HELLA NICE. and i haven&#8217;t been to chestnut, but i hear it&#8217;s great. anyway, i&#8217;m sure you have your reasons. that&#8217;s cool. this is a judgement-free zone. unfortunately, if you&#8217;ve only been offered space at innis and chestnut and you don&#8217;t want to live there, you&#8217;re kind of limited in options. what you can do is go onto your MyRes and rank residences in the order you&#8217;d prefer. then you might get onto a waiting list for one of them. however, the spots for upper years are pretty limited and the notification you get about whether there&#8217;s a space for you will probably be last-minute, since waiting lists are so uncertain. so don&#8217;t bank on getting a spot. just in case you don&#8217;t get into another residence, i&#8217;d recommend you also start exploring other housing possibilities. you can search off-campus rentals close to St. George through housing services, do your own search, or apply to become the official\u00a0school ghost for one of the colleges (you&#8217;ll probably have a better chance at that last one if you are already a ghost). if all else fails, they have free cardboard boxes at no frills. happy house hunting, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innis","category-residence"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}