Housing lottery

texas137 · 07-25-2005, 11:04 AM

Today is the day everyone should be getting the results of the housing lottery! I'm interested in how many 09s get their top choice.

portlander · 07-25-2005, 12:51 PM

im sooo~ excited!! 5PM EST, only 3 hours to go!!

janeeyre · 07-25-2005, 01:26 PM

I hope I get one of my top 3...

Question: we sort of decide our roomates later on right?

River Phoenix · 07-25-2005, 01:42 PM

Almost everybody gets one of their top three (and I'm glad that you are diverse enough to expect to be comfortable in as many as three dorms - that's actually quite rare). You'll you assigned a roommate/roommates right away (unless you get temp'ed in a single like I was). A lot of times people just stick it out with whoever they get temp'ed with, but your dorm should have a separate in-dorm rush and room lottery.

--River

molliebatmit · 07-25-2005, 01:50 PM

According to Jessie Lowell, UA VP (at http://www.livejournal.com/community.../132075.html):

Quote:

FWIW, insider reports say that all of you got something in your top 3 choices, and the large majority in your top 2.

..."you" being class of '09

portlander · 07-25-2005, 03:30 PM

so, the room you're assigned is the room you'll be in during orientation?

sidssana · 07-25-2005, 03:57 PM

I just got my rooming assingment and I was wondering if it tells you online who your roommate is. Another MIT '09er and I requested to be roommates, but nothing on my rooming assingment confirms that I'm in a double and the room I was assigned to is refered as a single on the Dorm website's floorplan. I do know that they sometimes crowd singles into doubles, so I was wondering if there was anyway I could find out if I'm in a double or single short of just contacting the person I chose to room with?

ETA: Never mind...I guess I just can't read,

. I was actually placed in a double (in the Annex at McCormick, yay!!).

janeeyre · 07-25-2005, 04:08 PM

I got my first choice: McCormick
Sorry, am excited so I wanted to share

. Stupid question, but that also means I'm in RBA right?

portlander · 07-25-2005, 04:15 PM

I got my first choice as well! McCormick!

gospurs50 · 07-25-2005, 04:19 PM

i got my first! baker!!...it doesnt say anything about a roomate on mine either, and i submitted it with a roomate.

janeeyre · 07-25-2005, 04:27 PM

Portlander and sidssana, I'm confused...how do we find out our rooms?

sidssana · 07-25-2005, 04:41 PM

janeeyre: When you enter the housing lottery website, it not only tells you what dorm you are placed in, but also what room. The McCormick website has a floorplan (located here: http://web.mit.edu/mccormick/www/fac...find_stuff.pdf) where you can check out where your room is.

I just read the notice from the RACs and found out they turned all the doubles into triples this year.

portlander · 07-25-2005, 04:43 PM

jane~ i hope this helps...

http://web.mit.edu/mccormick/www/fac...find_stuff.pdf

check page 5. it's a floor plan of the east and west towers.

janeeyre · 07-25-2005, 05:22 PM

Thanks! Man I really can't read. Hm...I think I'm in a "coffin"...or maybe I'm still totally confused.

portlander · 07-25-2005, 05:47 PM

im in a coffin too. what floor are you on?