reserving a dorm

trellisthrees · 04-27-2008, 08:17 AM

If I was waitlisted at another college but I send my application for the dorms for NYU now, and I get taken off that waitlist and choose to go to that college, what are the penalties?

wing2871x · 04-27-2008, 10:14 AM

1000 dollars... which you have to send as a deposit. you will not get it back.

NotMamaRose · 04-27-2008, 02:13 PM

Ouch. That's a big penalty.

wing2871x · 04-27-2008, 05:19 PM

I mean, you have to send that 1k pretty early. I think the very very first deposit you have to make, like alongside your enrollment deposit, is only a few hundred dollars... but since you said reserve, I figure you mean reserve long enough to get assigned and get your roommates, which would require the 1k deposit

but if you will get off the waitlist in may, or earlier, it is possible your penalty wont be that big. depends on what sort of waitlist you are on.

edit: just checked, the 1000 is due june 2nd. so you have until then.

your choices will have to be in before that, though, especially if you want to do explorations (if you are planning ahead in case you do go to nyu)

Mambo · 05-01-2008, 03:48 PM

Alright, so here is the ultimate question--

Does it matter when you turn in the housing forms/deposit? So if I turn them in this week do I get priority over someone who turns it in the week of June 2nd?

Slash, would you say most people get their first choice? Excluding a dorm like Hayden for us RD kids?

NotMamaRose · 05-01-2008, 04:52 PM

Not sure how NYU does the dorm assignments, as they say you have until June 2 to change your housing forms online, etc. That implies that even if you send in your $1K deposit next week, they don't really do anything with the deposit, etc. until after June 2. Maybe NOCCA Jr can comment ...

baobab · 05-01-2008, 08:17 PM

mambo that was pretty much the question I wanted to ask... my parents decided to send the deposit in, I got waitlisted at Tufts so there really is no telling if I am going to get off the waitlist. But my parents reasoned that they'd rather be prepared for the worst case scenario and prefer that they'd rather see me at a dorm of my choice (or as close to it) than wait a few weeks and then send it in. I don't know if we have priority when we send the 1k earlier, but my parents did anyway. It's not easy money at all, but in the grand scheme of paying for NYU compared to Tufts it isn't painful to them... everyday NYU looks like my ultimate destination anyway.

NotMamaRose · 05-01-2008, 08:46 PM

I have heard that very few regular decision candidates get their first choice dorms.

abcdefgh88 · 05-17-2008, 10:52 PM

Yeah. Almost no one gets their first choice dorm. I think they ignore what you write all together. So honestly, it doesn't matter when you do it. You'll get a dorm. That's all you should care about.

annief · 05-21-2008, 05:59 AM

lol no one gets their first choice dorm?!
might as well write your first choice dorm as the 2nd or 3rd

btw, how do they choose your dorm?
Is it a first come first serve basis or completely by lottery?

jh2633 · 05-21-2008, 11:56 AM

that's a secret they'll never tell ;-)

eskimo208 · 06-03-2008, 10:52 PM

isn't there much more of a chance that you will get your firstr choice dorm if you have requested a roommate that put the same thing down with the same exact exploration etc etc?

wing2871x · 06-06-2008, 07:28 PM

only if that roommate is ED and you are RD. of course, while this will increase your chances as opposed to what they would have been, it will lower your roommates. if you are both RD you both have the same chance of getting your first choice as you would separate.

eskimo208 · 06-07-2008, 01:22 PM

thanks wing2871x. we're both RD. do people get their first chioce more often than not?