Students must move after Freshman year?

msmayor
Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:32:54 +0000

I guess I find it more amazing that someone would only be finding this out at the end of freshman year, and that the housing situation wasn’t fully researched before a decision was made. I know when we were looking at schools and knowing that my daughter would be hundreds of miles away from home, housing availability was a key factor in my evaluation of suitability.

That being said, at my daughter’s school housing is not guaranteed, but there does seem to be sufficient beds for the demand. In fact, after freshman year (and move-out from the freshman dorm) once a student gets assigned a dorm location they get preference to remain in that exact room for the remainder of their college years. The first wave of room selections goes to those who want to stay in their current location. If they want to move, they have to ‘release’ their room and then go into general selection.

Students are assigned a time to log in to make room selections, and they can choose both the dorm AND specific room they want. Priority is given based on the number of credits attained, therefore seniors are given first crack at the best spots available.

My daughter enters her junior year in September and has not had an issue at all in finding space.