<p>D emailed housing about Ragans. Priority goes by number of years already in on-campus housing, not by “senior/junior/sophomore” standing. If a freshman moves off campus for sophomore year, then applies for housing for junior year, they are in the group with one full prior year in on-campus housing. So students with say, 3 prior years, have first pick. Within those students it is according to their priority date then priority number. Then it goes to those with 2 prior years on campus. Number of academic credits or your actual standing (ie senior, junior) makes no difference. I believe that summer doesn’t count.</p>
<p>Anyway, they said that Ragan’s was the number one requested dorm on campus. The purpose of her email was to ask if there were any current sophomores in Ragans, and what they thought the chances of a current freshman with a low number were for next year. They said it varies year to year, and that there are current sophomores in Ragans. Some got their first pick, and some did not but applied for a housing reassingment, and that between the time housing dorms were assigned, and move-in date, some with higher priority made other plans. Basically they said “who knows,”</p>
<p>GaNoleMom, it sounds also a little complicated to get into Ragans with the roommate you want based on the whole priority system, as again you have to choose which has more priority–roommate or dorm. But it can be done. If nothing else, D wants her own bedroom this coming year, and since McCollum has few singles available, and mostly 2 room suites with two beds per room, she is not keen on that. </p>
<p>D will be applying for on-campus housing and hoping for a spot in Ragan’s. Well, actually its me hoping for a spot so that she will stay on campus. She has also applied for a bed in her sorority, which is just across from her current dorm Gilchrist. That would be IDEAL for location, and for cost. It is less than the dorms, less than an apartment, an adult lives in the house, and the rules are STRICT–no alcohol in the house and no boys other than in one downstairs public room ;). But there are only 50 beds and there are 100+ returning nonseniors. They do it by points, and she has earned enough to lead the current freshman, but it will probably fill with current juniors and seniors :(. She will know if she has a spot this month. And if not, we will have a back-up off campus plan if she does not get into Ragan’s, probably with current sorority sisters… Looks like two deposits one on campus and one off.</p>