End Date Confusion

I made my housing application to end on Dec 20, 2008 because our exchange coordinator said the last day was Dec 19. I just got my confirmation for housing and it says that I cannot change my reservation after three days from now. Now I'm worried that there may be exams afterwards and I won't have a place to stay. Our exchange coordinator was sure if moving out on Dec 20 would be okay and recommended I contacted UM directly. The lady is out of the office (perfect time to go ><") so I'll have to wait for her reply.

**Update** She finally replied and said that the exams for Block 2 are from Dec 15-19 so the last day of classes is Dec 12 with the last possible day for an exam being Dec 19. So I'm safe. One less thing to worry about!

Ooops I Forgot!

I forgot to send in a picture / scan of my passport. I guess I didn't read the registration process clearly enough. Thankfully their exchange coordinator emailed about it. They seem to be pretty helpful in making sure all students make their transition to UM smoothly. Definitely a good sign.

Passport

I went to apply for my passport on May 6 at the Victoria office. They said it would probably not arrive until Victoria day, but it arrived today. It came so fast! Not even 2 weeks. Pretty awesome...

Housing Frustrations

I held off on applying for housing because I didn't have a passport, but I was getting worried that I wouldn't be able to get a good room. In the end I left that passport bit empty and said I'll send them my number once I get my passport.

UM has a residence type housing available for exchange students called the Guesthouse. By reading past exchange reports and talking to people that went in years before, the best place to live is the C-building and I definitely want a single room. According to their website, they're full on the cheapest single rooms in the C-building, so I made my reservation for the room one price range above. The site isn't too clear as to why there are different price ranges and the differences in rooms... I guess I'll find out once I get there.