Act now to avoid Housing hassles In Our Opinion Housing and Dining Services has made a significant change to the room draw process this year, cutting down on the time currently enrolled students can submit a room contract. In previous years, students could turn in their contracts throughout the summer. This year, the deadline is firmly set at March 10. After that, students will be put on a waiting list until the fall, with no guarantee of getting residence hall accommodations. The change has been implemented to help alleviate the anticipated record level of incoming freshmen next year.
Freshmen are guaranteed residence hall housing if they so desire.
This year there was also a record number of incoming freshmen, and the logistics of placing them in the residence halls was less than ideal. The first year center complex traditionally has the largest concentration of incoming freshmen, and the community of scholars also houses a substantial number of new students. Because of the sheer amount of freshmen this year, however, many first-year students were placed in the Towers and other residence halls normally reserved for upperclassmen. The University has said the change to room draw was implemented because of the record incoming class. Presumably, by upping the deadline to March 10, returning students will be forced to make fall housing decisions well in advance of the freshmen.