You will be required to bring such articles with you when you travel to the University, or you may purchase them upon your arrival here. Students are assigned roommates randomly. This means that you cannot be guaranteed a native speaker of English as a roommate, though you may request one. Sometimes noise in the dormitories can be disturbing during sleep and study times. Most people who live in the dormitories eat in one of the University dining halls.
Dormitories provide an ideal environment for practicing English.
University dormitories close during some University holidays, requiring that you find other accommodations during those times. You may, for example, be able to get temporary housing in another dormitory, or you may be required to find temporary housing off-campus. Agreeing to annual contracts or leases with the University Department of Housing requires that you remain in University Housing as long as you are a student in the American Language Program for the remainder of a given academic year. If you break the contract or lease by leaving University Housing while you are an American Language Program student, you will have to pay a penalty. Because these buildings will not close for University holidays, students who do not wish to travel or find other accommodations during University holidays should request assignments in these dormitories.