<p>The university is well aware of the problem. It has been a primary concern for years. It affects many, many aspects of how the university positions itself, how it is ranked, how they will deal with honors college applicants, etc. etc. My D applied early, and we put down a housing deposit as soon as she was accepted (Oct), knowing that it may be the only way to assure she has on-campus housing for the year. We were also prepared to lose that deposit, if she ultimately decides not to attend Auburn. However, per one of my earlier posts, given the number and the quality of the off-campus housing options, I have to wonder if the university feels pressure from certain entities in the community NOT to build new housing? I certainly think that adding another residence hall for freshmen would be a huge plus, but I don’t know if the univ. would build another complex like the Villages. Thoughts from those familiar with the housing situation? What’s the local take on this? I am way off in speculating that there could be outside pressure keeping Auburn from building more? </p>
<p>Where do the athletes live? Some colleges (like Oklahoma) offer them a separate complex? Is this the case at Auburn?</p>
<p>Because of Title IX and NCAA rules, starting in the early 80’s and then tougher rules were passed in 1991 designed to eliminate athletic dormitories altogether. The rules state that any dormitory, hall or floor cannot have more than 50% of its residents as student-athletes. Though student athletes may try to clump in specific dorms, housing departments have to be very careful. Kentucky got in trouble for holding two beds open for overnight stays by recruits in the “Wildcat Lodge”, which put them over the 50% mark. They argued that the rules said ‘students’ and not ‘beds’. </p>
<p>Okay, no need for a long NCAA opus, I was just curious, since there’s a bit of a housing crunch anyway. My child is not an athlete, so I don’t have a dog in this hunt.</p>
<p>I would encourage any student who has been accepted, paid deposits early to ensure housing, however for any number of reasons has decided not to attend Auburn, to formally notify both housing and admissions via email and snail-mail. Not only do you want to receive any part of your deposit that is refundable, be released from your commitment to Auburn so you can formally commit to another school (ie no double deposits which is unethical at the very least), this allows housing to get a much clearer picture of how many spaces are actually available where. If you put a deposit down in January and are really hoping for a ‘prime location’ you would certainly appreciate it if those at the head of the line, who do not intend on attending, step aside so you can get that space.</p>
<p>This is not intended as a lecture, simply a reminder that there is a trickle down effect to other students, their families, and the university. When my student made the very hard decision to take Auburn off his list of possible schools (just too far from home compared to other universities he’s been accepted to) we contacted the school as soon as possible for the reasons stated above. He also wanted any further departmental merit he would possibly receive to be available to another well deserving student.</p>
<p>If you think Auburn is bad, checkout Florida. They make put a second deposit by March 1st or loose your spot… Way to early for people still considering their options. And is not refundable at all…</p>
<p>I don’t think the univesity has felt any “pressure” from outside entities to not build more on campus housing. Auburn has increased it’s enrollment steadily over the years. For example, in 1964 if had 9,844 students, less than half of it’s current enrollment. The on campus housing has just not kept pace with that growth, but they did complete the Village in for the 2009-2010 school year. The rooms are so nice, that it is now causing problems because so many students want to live there.<br>
I’m guessing the decision to build more on-campus housing lies more with the money it takes to build them and finding the space to build them.</p>
<p>The prices of ALL housing in Auburn (both on-campus and off-campus) certainly are reasonable. If they were to build more housing, would they continue westward (right next) to the Village?
Bama’s added A LOT of housing lately – does anyone know what student undergrad pop. number they are currently aiming for? Are UA’s on-campus housing costs higher than Auburn’s?
(Our state flagship U has added a great deal of housing recently also – and the new room and board costs reflect it!)</p>
<p>Audellmom
UA is looking to increase their student population from current 30,000 to 35,000. I would assume most of that increase will be undergrads.When we visited UA last spring the chemistry professor we spoke with was hoping they were done growing. He did not believe they had the infrastructure to handle continued growth.In the announcement by Dr. Whitt about new enrollment goal they were not planning any additional academic buildings, only more dorms and another dining facility.
Regarding the cost of dorms, the super suite style dorms at UA this year cost $7500/year.The same style at Auburn are $6000/year. Also at UA if you want to be in honors dorm you have to be in super suite style. At Auburn, you have the honors dorm in Quad which are $4500/year.
I saw plans for the village complex that would allow them to add an additional 3 buildings if they wanted too.</p>
<p>Audellmom
Also wanted to add, all the housing that UA has done recently is only to handle their current student population. I read they do not have enough housing to handle current demand and will be denying on campus housing to upperclassmen who do not have housing scholarships. UA does not have a bus system to off campus housing like Auburn does.</p>
<p>Thank you for this info – Yes, Tiger Transit is great – it’s a nice plus, especially since it goes all over town, and you can track every bus on your smart phone.</p>
<p>–Sounds like they may need to add those additional residential halls sooner rather than later … the number of applicants is up again, and they are re-structuring Camp War Eagle – shorter sessions, with an additional session added to accommodate everyone.</p>
<pre><code>At Auburn as far as I know you can live on campus all 4 years. The only confusion is whether you can stay in the Village all 4 years. If you want to live in the Quad or the Hill, there does not seem to be a problem. Most students move off campus after freshman year. In most cases its probably cheaper and nicer accommodations. The Tiger Transit goes to most, if not all, off campus student housing.
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<p>Auburn does not require Freshman to live on campus or guarantee them housing on campus.</p>
<p>If your question was regarding my reply to Audellmom about University of Alabama. Freshman are required to live on campus. Because of that, they need to set aside enough beds for them and those students with housing scholarships. After that they probably have about 1000 - 1500 beds left for those sophomores - seniors who want to live on campus.</p>
<p>I saw the video about Camp War Eagle you are referring too. I like that they are going to two full days of activities instead of the two half days with a full day in the middle. We will be coming from Ohio so that will be one less night I have to stay in a hotel.</p>
<p>I believe the pdf file showing the proposed expansion is the current Village. They are already built. My daughter who is a freshman was told she could stay in Aubie in the Village all four years. This was a new policy though, so I wouldn’t bank on that being the case in future years. There are some extremely nice fully furnished apartments with many amenities for less cost than the Village, so I don’t believe many students would stay on campus all four years.</p>
<p>So, the buildings that are screened back marked “potential housing expansion” next to the transit stop are actually there? Our walking tour took us into what would be marked building 5, but I didn’t pay any attention to what was next door (I guess I should have been more observant!)
I wondered what they were going to do with the old basketball venue.</p>
<p>Most sororities have room only for most sophomores. I don’t think anyone anticipated that people would line up to pay the additional fee to live in the Village</p>