This leaves a gap of over 700 students, and the task force wanted to find a new system that would provide an equitable housing reservation and selection process while getting clear and timely information to all students. Senior upperclass students are looking at the new system with some apprehension. Housing shou-ld be based on seniority. The process the task force devised bases eligibility for on-campus housing upon a lottery selection process with two phases. The application is the entry into the lottery pool.
Students can enter the lottery as individuals or in groups of two, three or four.
Students can only be on one application, but this way either the entire group gets in or none of them do. The people who are chosen in that drawing will be combined with the academic and athletic scholarship and special needs students who are guaranteed hou-sing. During the next week, all of the students who applied will be notified by mail whether they are on the wait list or in the lottery. If they made the lottery, they will also be told what number they are. The applicants put on the waiting list will be informed of how high on the list they are, and will also receive information about getting off-campus housing and are invited to a Housing Fair on April 30.