Housing Lottery is a process that uses a student’s class standing and a random numbering process to systematically move students through the selection process. Students not returning to their current space and who wish to live on campus will be required to select a housing assignment through the Housing Lottery process.
A student participating in a Housing Lottery process who submits the correct housing application (found in My Lottery) to the RLH Office on time will receive a lottery number to participate in room selection. This number is generated randomly within a range based on your class standing. All Seniors will receive the lowest (best) numbers followed by Juniors, then Sophomores. You will find out your lottery number through your My Lottery account on the Wednesday before Lottery begins. You may not trade or transfer this number to any other student participating in the process.
On each night of Lottery, the RLH Office will use this number to organize the selection process. We will call out numbers in order from lowest to highest, starting at 1. If you are part of a group of 2 or more students, your group will select housing when the best (lowest) number in the group is called. Once you hear your number called, please be ready to select your room, suite or apartment with every member of your group or have the appropriate proxy form indicating permission to select a space on behalf of another student. Once you have selected a space, you may not change this assignment until the third week of the Fall 2012 semester, so choose carefully. You can find a real time list of available rooms here. This will help you strategize before your number is called.