University Residences Question!

Wolfsong442
Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:08:24 +0000

I’ve posted here before. For anyone who doesn’t know, let me recap.

I applied for Purdue in late February, took my SATs on March 1st, and got accepted in late May.

I had originally planned on getting enough financial aid to rent an apartment near campus to live for a year or so, but recently decided that it would be cheaper and more beneficial to me to live on campus. I decided this knowing full well that it was awfully late to be applying for on campus housing and that there would be a very good chance that there wouldn’t be any room left. I foresaw this and emailed the head of the housing department. I was told that they were still accepting applications for housing, though I didn’t ask if there was still room. In my mind, at the time, I saw the two as interchangeable.

Well, I applied about a week and a half ago and paid my seventy five dollar application fee. I expected to either get a contract or at least a letter saying that there was no room before now.

I’m writing this because I have no idea what to expect. I’m hoping someone who has gone through this before and is familiar with applying for student housing to fill me in here. Should I stop waiting? Do they send letters that tell you there isn’t any room? Should I wait longer or should I email the housing department again and ask about the status of my application?

Some guidance would be greatly appreciated…it’s getting closer to the semester’s start, and I’m really at a loss here, and if I do get a place in the dorms, I’d like to schedule a time to go and look at the dorms before classes start.