But Jedidiah S. Cohen '99, who transferred thissemester from Currier to Adams House with a"floating" group with roommates who are away forthe semester.

"At the meeting where they're deciding who totransfer, they realized I was trying to transferinto a non-existent rooming group," Cohen says.

Although some might argue that his transfer wasas abuse of the system, Cohen says House officialswere aware of his housing hi-jinks and helped himanyway.

"They transferred me under the condition that Iwas floating out to get a single and placed me inAdams House because they knew I wanted to be withmy friends," Cohen says. "They were veryaccommodating."

Whether moving from the Quad or merelyswitching their view of the Charles, many studentsare frustrated by the two-person transfer limit.Werner F. Ahlers '99, a Quincy House resident whois applied for re-randomization finds thetwo-person ceiling too low.

"There's three of us, and we didn't want to goin as a group of two because one person would'vebeen left behind in the house," Ahlers says.

Despite the few transfers who, like Ahlers, aredissatisfied with their current housing, the vastmajority of students in the houses are content tosay where they are.

"It doesn't seem to me like there's a hugepopularity differential between the Houses," saysMichael L. Harte '00. "Overall, I would say theprocess seems pretty objective and non-political."

As Assistant to the Adams House MastersVictoria R. Macy points out, most students aren'tdissatisfied with the transfer process, but ratherwith their specific housing situation.

"I suppose students are always frustrated ifthey can't be where they want to be," Macy says