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Frequently
Asked Questions
The
Department of Housing and Residential Life would like to provide
you with some key information regarding new student housing. The
answers to these questions often come via the phone or email. In
an effort to ensure information is being distributed accurately,
we hope that you will use this as a guide to answer any questions
or guide the student to the correct person.
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Hilary Delhagen , Summer Housing Assistant-
assists the Assistant Director in tracking incoming students housing
information,
assigns
roommates and housing assignments.
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Cindy
Vogelzang, Housing Coordinator- assists in matching cards
and coordinating housing processes under the direction of the
Assistant Director of Housing. Also, responsible for returning
students housing information and housing assignments.
- Dr.
John Jobson, Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Residential
Life and Housing
FREQUENTLY
ASKED HOUSING QUESTIONS:
Is
there guaranteed housing?
Where
are students generally housed?
When
should I have my housing card returned?
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All
housing cards received by June 6, 2008 will receive priority housing.
This means that these cards will be housed before housing cards
received after this date.
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All
cards received by June 6, 2008 will be housed using a random selection
process to give equal opportunity to out of state or out of country
students.
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If
housing cards are received after June 6, 2008, the card is dated
and the student is housed according to date received.
How
can I request a roommate?
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Students
may request to live with a certain person by identifying this person
on their housing card. Both students must request to live with
each other in order to honor these requests.
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Both
students will not be housed until both housing cards are received
by June 6, 2008.
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We
try to honor all requests, but do have a limited number of doubles
in which to house students.
When
will I receive my housing assignment?
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Housing
assignments will be sent mid-July for housing cards received by
June 6, 2008.
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For
cards received after June 6, 2008, housing assignments will be
made according to date received. If you do not receive your housing
assignment by August 1, please contact the housing office.
All
my friends have received their housing assignments but I have not
received mine:
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If
your housing card was received before June 6, 2008, your housing
assignment will be mailed out towards the middle of July.
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Since
we hand match all roommates, we often want to make sure we are
able to have as many options as possible in the pool of roommates.
This sometimes forces us to wait until more housing cards are returned.
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If
you have not received your housing assignment by the first week
of August, please give the housing office a call.
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Due
to increased enrollment, housing spaces are being utilized in a
variety of ways. If you received your assignment stating you are
in alternative housing, you are housed in an alternative form of
housing that is not utilized unless we are in this situation.
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Alternative
does not mean that the space you are given is not comparable to
other spaces on campus. You will have the same amount of furniture
(bed, dresser, desk, desk chair, closet).
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Alternative
housing arrangements may be in a study lounge, or taking larger
residence hall rooms and placing one more student in that room.
Why
does Dykstra cost more?
I
requested to live in X hall but was placed in Y hall:
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While
we do try to honor hall preferences, we do have limited space for
first year students in certain residence halls.
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Students
may be placed on a waiting list and if anything opens in that particular
hall, we can contact them. To be placed on a wait list students
should call the office.
I
requested to live anywhere BUT Dykstra:
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We
tried to honor all of the requests that we received but because
of limited spaces in residence halls, we were unable to fill all
of them
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There
are approximately 470 incoming female students and Dykstra holds
about 300 freshmen women. Being our largest female hall, most women
were put in this hall.
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A
large number of women who have lived in Dykstra their freshmen
year have enjoyed their experience in Dykstra Hall.
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Students
may be placed on a waiting list and if anything opens in that particular
hall, we can contact them. To be placed on a wait list students
should call the office.
I
heard rumors about this residence hall:
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It
is important to remember that not all reputations or rumors are
true.
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Our
residence halls are what the students make of them. We have different
students living in each hall, each year and the dynamics change
with the students. It is important to go into your living situation
with an open mind and no preconceived notions.
I
requested to live in the same cluster/residence hall as my friend
and we didn't get housed together:
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We
receive many housing requests and try to fill them as best as possible.
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The
most common cause for this occurs if your housing card came in
after the person you are requesting to live near. We are often
unable to fill this request in these situations.
I
am playing a sport and wanted to live with a fellow player but
didn't get one as a roommate:
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Although
there are quite a few incoming athletes, we
are not made aware unless the student identifies on their housing
card they are an athlete.
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We
do try to match as many athletes, but we do look at other information on the
housing cards as well to ensure the best possible roommate match.
Why
was I, or my son/daughter, housed with an upper classmen?
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We
had a few upper division students without roommates. We consolidated
as many of them as we could to house incoming students together.
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As
we begin to house the incoming students we fill the empty rooms
first and then move on to filling the spaces with these upper classmen.
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Although
you/your student will be a roommate with an upper classmen, he
or she will have other first year students in the residence hall
with him or her.
Why
do I have two roommates instead of one (triple rooms)?
Where
can I have a loft? How do I build one?
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Durfee,
Gilmore, and Phelps residence halls allow lofts to be built.
All other halls, apartments and cottages may not have lofts.
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NOTE: Lichty residents are no longer allowed to build lofts.
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NOTE: Gilmore residents will not be allowed to build lofts in the Fall of 2009.
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If
you are a new student, you can move in on Friday, August 22, 2008
at 10:00am. Please check in at your residence hall.
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If
you are a returning student, you can move in on Sunday, August
24, 2008 at noon. Please check in at your residential facility.
Can
I come and see my room?
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Due
to the residential facilities often being occupied by conferences,
the rooms are not available for show over the summer.
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The
dimensions for the room can be found on the Residential Life and
Housing website.
What
size sheets should I purchase?
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