Gutted For My Son Not Getting His preffered Choice Uni Accommodation

[SunniG]

My son received news today of his uni accommodation and he is absolutely gutted that he got his 6th choice. He had his heart set on getting the one his friend has just left as my son has visited and knows the area and what the accommodation is like. He is He particularly liked this one because he would have had his own ensuite. The annoying thing is that his 6th choice was one that put down because it would allow him to finish his application until he chose 6.

Does anyone have any advice on what we can do please.

Thanks in advance.

Ok @FriendlyPineapple This has obviously touched a huge nerve with you.

Crikey @JellyBellyNelly no need to be so rude!

Not at all, I just thought your OP was a prime example of a poster being unnecessarily rude instead of actually giving advice, which was what the poster asked for.

Don’t dish it out if you can’t take it back.

@FriendlyPineapple It was really just shorthand for advice which I still think is pretty sound. You assumed the barking intonation, which is not my style at all.

My DC got ‘the worst’ accommodation but it actually worked out really well. As long as you have flatmates you bond with, nothing else really matters.
With DS who had applied this year he wasn’t really in the headspace to look closely at accommodation so we did our best and will x fingers!

My son has really come round to the idea of his given accommodation now. He has done some reaearch on the area and joined a chat group with other students that will be staying there and even on the same course has him.

So it has all turned out in the end like many on here said it would.

Can you rent a house for the boys to share? We did this for my stepson so he was able to be with his friends.

Good to read that @SunniG

Believe me, my professional services colleagues sweat blood & tears over the summer matching incoming freshers to accommodation - there are huge numbers of variables they have to juggle and sort through.

Fab news.

Thank you, people on here are so lovely x

Think how you would feel if it was you posting about your son or daughter and was having to read those comments about them.

I didn’t comment previously, but to be fair think about how most fully functioning parents would have gone about it if their kid didn’t get what they wanted. Your excitable OP was strange. A normal parent would have just shrugged and told their kid to put their name on a waiting list if unhappy and if something came up it came up and if it didn’t, it didn’t and they would cope just fine. Not flown onto a forum clutching pearls and asking what can be done to make junior happy. And yes, we do have adult children and have been through this shit.

Oh bless you trying to restart trouble up on this post.

Go outside and enjoy the sunshine. Like I said in another post if you read a post that winds you up just ignore it and move on.

Have a good day all in this glorious sunshine☀️

I am off out now to enjoy the weather but when I get back I will have this chat closesrd. It gets boring when folk try to stir things up.

Thank you everyone your support has been most helpful. X