Recipients: All freshman students

Subject: Housing Lottery Information from the Office of Residence Life

From: Res-Life@Scranton.edu

 

The Office of Residence Life is preparing for the Housing Lottery. The Housing Lottery is the on-line process used by Residence Life to enable students to select housing for the next academic year.

Included below are important details for current residential freshman students related to University of Scranton housing. Please review all of the information.

It is very important for residential freshmen to know that all freshmen and sophomores are required to live in University housing, except those with a commuter status (a local student residing with a documented parent or relative). Therefore, all current residential freshmen must participate in the on-line housing lottery. Since all residential freshmen and sophomores are required to live on campus, current freshman students in University housing are not required to pay a housing deposit to participate in the housing lottery. However, failure to participate in the housing lottery will result in freshman students being assigned to housing at the discretion of Residence Life after the housing lottery has concluded.

All students are strongly encouraged to review the Housing Lottery Information below.

 

Thanks,

The Office of Residence Life

 

2009-2010 “Rising Sophomore” Housing Lottery Process

The Residence Life Online Lottery System is designed to provide housing options for all “Rising Sophomore Students”. This process allows “Rising Sophomore” students to choose their own assignments and roommates based on availability in sophomore designated housing and a randomly assigned lottery time. Please read this document carefully so that you completely understand the process and its critical dates. Please note that University of Scranton policy requires that all Residential Freshmen and Sophomore students must live in University owned and operated housing. Therefore, any freshman student currently in University of Scranton housing must participate in this process.

University of Scranton Policy

All freshmen and sophomores are required to live in University housing, except those with a commuter status (a local student residing with a documented parent or relative).

Any freshman student in University of Scranton housing is required to live in University of Scranton housing as a sophomore student. If a current residential student plans to return home to commute, paperwork must be completed changing the student to commuter status and be approved by the Director of the Office of Residence Life, before January 1, 2009. Students not approved for commuter status before this deadline may not be released from the housing obligation and will be required to live in University of Scranton housing as a sophomore student.

Process:

  • Lottery Times: All “Rising Sophomore” residential students will receive a computer generated randomly assigned Lottery time for the “Rising Sophomore” Online Lottery.
  • During the Housing Lottery, students will be able to enter the system through the “Housing Lottery” on UIS once their lottery time arrives.
  • Students will be able to select from the available housing and must pull in enough eligible students by entering their lottery identification numbers (available on UIS) to fill in the type of room that they are selecting.
  • Students must pull-in enough students to fill the room, double, or quad (i.e. in choosing a double students must enter the LIN, lottery identification number, of one other student; in choosing a triple students must enter the LIN, lottery identification number, of two other students; in choosing a quad students must enter the LIN, lottery identification number, of three other students).
  • The student making the selection and pulling in their roommates will receive a confirmation when they complete the process. No confirmation page means that the process was not completed and the student must select again.
  • Every person in the group, including the student that made the selection, must electronically sign the 2009-2010 housing contract and choose a dining plan within 24 hours. This must be done through the Residence Life Menu of UIS. Failure to confirm housing will result in every student in the room or apartment losing rights to the assignment. Once everyone confirms, the group is done with lottery. The room is no longer available to others and all students will be under contract for 2009-2010 academic year.
  • If a student does not have potential roommates and is seeking housing by him/herself, he or she can fill out an upper-class roommate questionnaire. This form is located in the Office of Residence Life and will be shared with residents seeking roommates. Please consider that there are a limited amount of single assignments in the residential areas.
  • It is very important to note that students will be held to the terms of this housing contract. Students should read this contract in its entirety and understand all of the terms. One key component to the contract is: “A RESIDENT agrees to reside in the residence halls for the entire academic year, or the remaining portion of the academic year. If a student is enrolled in intersession classes, this contract also covers that period although additional fees apply. A RESIDENT may terminate this Agreement only if the RESIDENT has graduated, withdrawn from the UNIVERSITY, becomes a Resident Assistant, or has entered a study program away from the campus. Students who withdraw from the UNIVERSITY but are readmitted without missing one full fall or spring semester before being readmitted are not considered withdrawn for the purposes of the Agreement and will be held to any obligations made herein.”
  • • After students have confirmed their housing assignments and agreed to the terms of the housing contracts, individuals may submit a room change request on UIS. It should be noted that room changes are processed based on availability and at the sole discretion of the Office of Residence Life. All room change requests will be reviewed closely. Room assignment swaps within the same quad may be processed. However, it is unlikely that other requests to swap room assignments will be approved. Under no circumstances are students permitted to use another student’s name and lottery identification number to select housing with the intention of later swapping into that assignment. Unfortunately, this technique has been identified as a way students have attempted to misuse the lottery system. Students may be subject to judicial action if they are determined to have intentionally manipulated the housing lottery system.

 

Housing Options:

“Rising Sophomore” students will be able to choose from the following buildings:

Residence Halls: Condron Hall, Gavigan Hall and Redington Hall.

The “Display Available Housing List” on UIS lists the available housing options. This site will be available for students on February 27, 2009. Also, it is updated as housing is selected during the Lottery.

 

References for the Housing Lottery:

  • Residence Life Menu on the University Information System (UIS) has many useful sites
    • Go to http://my.scranton.edu, Log into UIS using your User ID and PIN, Choose “Student Services and Financial Aid”, and Choose “Residence Life Menu”
    • “Personal Lottery Information Site”— This provides LIN needed for Pull-in and lists applicable Pool. Also, this displays social class that determines what housing that you are eligible and the date the Bursar received your deposit if applicable (available 11/10).
    • “Display Your Housing Lottery Day/Time”– This displays your randomly assigned Lottery Time (available 2/27).
    • “Display Available Housing”— This displays the available housing that you are eligible to select during the housing lottery (available 2/27 note genders subject to change up until lottery).
  • Residence Life website: www.scranton.edu/reslife - This site will be updated with floor plans, frequently asked questions, lottery updates, screen displays of the on-line process, housing fees and provides other useful lottery information.
  • Additionally, information will be available during information sessions, RA floor meetings, emails, mailings, posters, and Royal News.

 

2009-2010 “Rising Sophomore” Lottery Dates (*denotes subject to change)

Date:Item:
November 10 “Display Student LIN, Deposit Date, Student Social Class, and Student Pool Code” – on UIS
November 10“Rising Sophomore” Lottery Information Session (6:30pm, 7:30pm and 8:30pm/Condron Hall)
November 11Upper-class Lottery Information Session (6:30pm and 7:30pm/Condron Hall)
December 12$200 deposit due for the Upper-class Lottery Process
February 9“Rising Sophomore” Lottery Information Session (6:30pm and 7:30pm/Condron Hall)
February 10Upper-class Lottery Information Session (6:30pm and 7:30pm/Condron Hall)
February 23Deadline for Pool B Upperclass Lottery Deposit
February 27“Display Your Housing Lottery Day/Time”– on UIS
February 27“Display Available Housing” - on UIS
March 3*Pool A Upper-class Housing Lottery
March 4*Pool B Upper-class Housing Lottery
March 5*Pool C Upper-class Housing Lottery
April 1*“Rising Sophomore” Housing Lottery
April 21*Pool D Housing Lottery

 

Sophomore Housing Options by the numbers:

The housing will fill up quickly based on student selections during the lottery. The lottery process is designed to give students the most options related to roommates, buildings and location. However, based on availability and randomly assigned lottery times, students may not receive their first, second, or even third choice and should have several alternatives planned for the night of the On-line Housing Lottery including the sophomore designated university owned houses.

Housing Breakdown:

Condron Hall capacity:  386

Gavigan Hall capacity :  235

Redington Hall capacity: 240

Subtract 26 RA beds

Total capacity: 835

Number of Current Freshmen in housing: 829

45% chance of living in Condron Hall

 
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