When will I know if my group’s suite size is oversubscribed or if we made it through to lottery?
Students will receive communication from the Undergraduate Housing Office informing them of their group’s status.
Students participating in the sophomore draw will receive this notification on February 29th; students participating in the senior and junior draws will receive notification on March 5th. For more information, please review the Room Draw Timeline.
My group was disbanded and now I must regroup. How can I see what suite sizes are still available?
Students of disbanded groups can log onto the Housing Portal to see available undersubscribed suite configurations as well as other students who are participating in regrouping.
How does Annex housing work?
Depending on where the numbers land after group formation and oversubscription, a preset amount of annex housing spaces will be pre-assigned to residential colleges, as needed, prior to the draw.
Annex housing is limited and is not guaranteed. If made available, students will be able to select these rooms during room selection.
Can I request to be placed in Annex housing?
No. There is no process nor mechanism for annex housing. If annex spaces have been made available, students will be able to select these rooms during room selection.
My friend is on the housing waitlist. Can I add them to my group?
No. Students on the waitlist cannot participate in the housing process and so, do not have access to the room draw housing portal. Once room selection has concluded for participating students, any remaining beds may be offered to students on the waitlist on a first-come, first-served basis. Waitlist placements will begin in April once room selection has concluded.
I don’t see a placeholder student available on the regrouping portal. Can I request to have one added to my group?
Students should make every effort to work with the other students participating in regrouping in order to fill their suite accordingly. Students can utilize the search functions in the portal to help find students still needing to join a group. Placeholders will only come into play if students are truly unable to fill a suite due to there not being enough students to fill the group.
What happens if I’m in a group size that’s oversubscribed at the end of regrouping?
If there are group sizes that remain oversubscribed after regrouping closes, a pre-lottery will take place and groups will be randomly disbanded.
For sophomores, students who are disbanded after regrouping will be randomly assigned to available beds in their college draw after room selection has concluded.
For juniors and seniors, students who are disbanded will be designated as off-campus. Juniors and seniors who are designated as off-campus can opt to join the waitlist if they still wish to live on-campus.
I missed the deadline to regroup. What can I do?
Any student who is not part of a group when regrouping closes will not be able to proceed in the housing selection process and can opt to join the housing waitlist via the Housing Portal.
Regrouping has ended and my roommate has decided to live off-campus, can I still go through the lottery and room selection process?
If a member of your group requests to be removed from the room draw process after regrouping has closed, the housing team will take steps to ensure all suites are fully filled. This may mean that a group is redesignated to the correct group size (ie a quad that loses a member may be designated as a triple) if possible. Or, a “placeholder” may be added to the group so that the number of assigned members aligns with the original group size. After room selection has concluded for participating students, this spot will then be filled by the Housing Office with an incoming transfer student, a Y-VISP student, or a student on the waitlist.