Usually these situations can be resolved by having a Hall Committee mediate a conversation between roommate pairs or triples. If this does not resolve the situation, the student should make an appointment to talk with the associate director of Residential Life to talk about moving to an unoccupied space on campus. A freeze in room changes occurs at the beginning of each semester so that the Office of Residential Life can confirm semester assignments and verify open space created by students who do not return to Mount Holyoke. A lottery is held at the beginning of each semester to allocate any available single rooms. Seniors, juniors, and sophomores in doubles or triples are eligible to participate.
Seniors have priority, then juniors, then sophomores.
The lottery is held approximately two weeks after the start of classes. In order to register for the singles lottery, a student must go to the Office of Residential Life in 1 Mary Lyon and register in person. She will be asked to give her current housing information and then asked to pick a number from a jar. The number that she draws and her class year will determine her ranking in the singles lottery. Each person who registers for the lottery will receive an e-mail the day before giving the final ranking of all participants and a list of the rooms that will be distributed the next day.