Spring Break
What's Next For The Housing Lottery's Losers
Freesia Singngam
Issue date: 2/4/08 Section: News
The housing lottery results are in, but for 213 students, the gamble continues.
That's the number of students who lost housing this year, but they were automatically put on a waiting list and will be have highest priority when spaces become available, according to Pamela Schipani, director of housing services. They can choose to wait for housing spaces to open up, but these results may not be available until summer because incoming freshman still haven't applied for housing yet.
Last year, when 1,000 students lost housing in the lottery, 207 students from the waiting list received on-campus housing, Schipani said.
ResLife offered housing to 844 students throughout the summer but many students on the waiting list either removed themselves from it or turned down on-campus housing when it was offered to them because they had already found housing off-campus, Schipani said.
There are 11,115 residential spaces for students on campus, and the university currently houses about 11,300 students because some studies are converted to bedrooms, Schipani said.
ResLife determines how many students will lose housing after they receive housing applications. They subtract the number of available housing from the number of applications, but they also estimate cancellations. When more students lose housing, more students cancel their housing to live off-campus with their friends, Schipani said.
Not including incoming freshman, 9,363 students, have applied for housing so far this year, according to Schipani. Last year, 13,462 students, including freshman, applied for housing, and ResLife had to lottery off over 1,000 students.
This past October, ResLife randomly assigned lottery numbers ranging from one to 2,500 with some gaps in-between. Students with numbers 2,167 and higher are now on the waiting list, according to a Frequently Asked Lottery Questions document supplied by ResLife.
"This year is a much better lottery," Schipani said. "Not if you're affected by it, but if you're not affected by it, it's a much better lottery."
That's the number of students who lost housing this year, but they were automatically put on a waiting list and will be have highest priority when spaces become available, according to Pamela Schipani, director of housing services. They can choose to wait for housing spaces to open up, but these results may not be available until summer because incoming freshman still haven't applied for housing yet.
Last year, when 1,000 students lost housing in the lottery, 207 students from the waiting list received on-campus housing, Schipani said.
ResLife offered housing to 844 students throughout the summer but many students on the waiting list either removed themselves from it or turned down on-campus housing when it was offered to them because they had already found housing off-campus, Schipani said.
There are 11,115 residential spaces for students on campus, and the university currently houses about 11,300 students because some studies are converted to bedrooms, Schipani said.
ResLife determines how many students will lose housing after they receive housing applications. They subtract the number of available housing from the number of applications, but they also estimate cancellations. When more students lose housing, more students cancel their housing to live off-campus with their friends, Schipani said.
Not including incoming freshman, 9,363 students, have applied for housing so far this year, according to Schipani. Last year, 13,462 students, including freshman, applied for housing, and ResLife had to lottery off over 1,000 students.
This past October, ResLife randomly assigned lottery numbers ranging from one to 2,500 with some gaps in-between. Students with numbers 2,167 and higher are now on the waiting list, according to a Frequently Asked Lottery Questions document supplied by ResLife.
"This year is a much better lottery," Schipani said. "Not if you're affected by it, but if you're not affected by it, it's a much better lottery."
Be the first to comment on this story