Am I the only transfer a little dissapointed...

corranged
Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:59:22 +0000

It’s probably a supply/demand issue. A couple of dorms are only for upperclassmen. First years going into their second year tend to stay in their dorm or move off campus. There aren’t very many students who switch dorms (though there are some). Since students who stay in their house are obviously staying in dorms that accept students of all years, there aren’t a huge number of students moving to the upperclassmen dorms. Returning students are basically assured spots in their house for the next year if they want them, by the way. So you end up with upperclassmen dorms that aren’t in very high demand. If someone wants apartment living a little ways off campus and is fine with leaving his/her dorm, then that person is probably going to move off campus. Further, there was a bit of a housing crunch this year, which is why a few first year students were placed into traditionally upperclassmen houses. Returning students and incoming first years get first dibs at the Shoreland, BJ, Max, etc. since first years need to be in those dorms (with the exception of some overflow from the housing crunch this year) and upperclassmen get to remain in their houses, the upperclassmen dorms are left largely to transfers.

Does that make sense? If not, then ignore me.