Residence Life
Housing Lottery How-To Guide 2008-2009.
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How On Campus Rooms are Assigned
What is the Housing Contract
The Housing Lottery, How it Works
Lottery Numbers
How to Register for the Lottery, Pay Your $100 Housing Deposit
When and Where are the Lotteries
If You Can't Physically Attend the Lottery, Get a Proxy
Application-Only Housing - Language Houses and Theme Dorms
Summer Housing
Dates and Deadlines
Frequently Asked Questions
How On Campus Rooms are Assigned
Room placements for continuing students are determined with a lottery system, and by application for rooms in theme dorms and language houses. While we cannot guarantee on-campus housing for all continuing students, we attempt to meet requests fairly.
What is the Housing Contract
To live in Reed Housing, you must sign a contract for the 2008-2009 academic year at the lottery. It is important that you read and understand this legal, binding document. Review the contract and the Reed College Residential Rights and Responsibilities Guide before the lottery.
You will have until May 12th to cancel the contract. You will be free from any contractual obligation and will get your full housing deposit back. If you have not cancelled by May 12th, you will be obligated to fulfill your contract and live on campus for the following full academic year.
The Lottery System, How it works
The Housing Lottery is moving into the digital age in 2008 and will be in an online format. The lottery will be conducted in a computer lab on campus.
The Housing Lottery encompasses all housing - Theme Dorms, Language Houses, Apartments, Dorms, and Summer Housing. After a student decides they would like to live on-campus for next year, they register online to be included in the Housing Lottery. A lottery list will then be randomly generated and this list determines the order by which students choose their housing at the lottery. Students will attend the appropriate lottery, bring their Reed ID, log in to the new web interface, choose their room, sign the online contract, and they are done.
If a student and roommate(s) would like to live together in a double or triple, all of them need to be present(or proxy) at the lottery. The students would use the lower lottery number between all of them to determine when they can select their room.
Lottery Numbers
Lottery numbers are generated with gender balance and the previous year's history in mind. If you were among the last 25 percent of students to choose housing, you will not be in the last 25 percent this year. Lottery numbers can not be traded between students.
Once the lottery numbers are generated, they will be available to view online. Depending on your number( e.g. 1-150 7:00, 151-300 7:30) you will have different start times at the lottery.
How to Register for the Housing Lottery and Pay Your Housing Deposit
Registering for the Housing Lottery is online and easy as well. You can register through your IRIS accounts under the Residence Life resource link. All continuing students, seniors and non-seniors, register through this application. If you are applying to the theme dorms or language houses, you need to register as well.
Students will also need to pay their $100 housing deposit in order to complete their registration for the lottery(summer lottery as well). We recommend you pay your housing deposit online and you will be given the opportunity to do so when you sign up. You can also pay your housing deposit in person at the business office, third floor of Eliot.
When and Where are the Lotteries
Language house and theme dorm lottery, Monday, April 14, 5-7:00 pm, Psych 102/103 & 105
Senior Lottery, Tuesday, April 15, 7–8 pm, ETC 211
Approximately 75-100 rooms are set aside for seniors expecting to graduate December 2008 or May 2009. The senior lottery is only for those rooms. Seniors are automatically entered into both the Senior and the General lottery. If the senior does not choose a room in the senior lottery, they can enter the general lottery as well. After the senior lottery, all remaining senior-designated rooms and apartments will be made available in the general lottery.
General Lottery, Wednesday, April 16, 7–9 pm, IRC #2 in ETC
Most students who want on-campus housing for next academic year attend this lottery. At the general lottery, students who choose a room for the academic year will have the opportunity to also choose a room for the summer.
Summer Lottery, Thursday, April 17, 7-8 pm, ETC 211
The Summer Housing Lottery is for students who are interested in only summer housing or students that will apply to live in the language houses and theme dorms. Summer housing is available in the apartments, and possibly dorms, for students. The student must still register in the lottery system by the appropriate deadline. The student would attend the Summer Housing Lottery and choose a room just like any of the other lotteries.
If You Can't Physically Attend the Lottery, Get a Proxy
The registration process allows for a student to have a proxy if they themselves can not attend the lottery. If a student needs a proxy, they will be provided with a PIN code through the online registration process. The student will give their PIN to their proxy and the proxy will need this PIN when they attend the lottery. The proxy will act on the students behalf and choose a room during the lottery. The proxy ONLY CHOOSES A ROOM, THEY DO NOT SIGN THE CONTRACT. After the proxy selects the room, the student who intends to reside in that room needs to confirm and sign the housing contract through IRIS by May 1st to complete the selection. The residence life staff will not act as a proxy.
Application-Only Housing - Language Houses and Theme Dorms
STUDENTS ACCEPTED TO A LANGUAGE HOUSE OR THEME DORM ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE SENIOR AND GENERAL LOTTERY
Language Houses
Students interested in Chinese, French, German, Russian, or Spanish can apply online to live in these unique houses. Students accepted to a language house are NOT ELIGIBLE for the general lottery. After students are accepted to a house they will choose the room that they will live in at the language house lottery. Students use their housing lottery number to determine order for room selection. If you want summer housing as well, please select the "Summer Housing Lottery" option when you register.
Theme Dorms
Theme dorms are typically a floor or area within a residence hall occupied by a group of students with a common social or academic interest such as Japanese, dance, or substance-free. Students interested in theme dorms can apply online to live in these unique environments. After students are accepted to a dorm they will choose the room that they will live in at the theme dorm lottery. Students use their housing lottery number to determine order for room selection. If you want summer housing as well, please select the "Summer Housing Lottery" option when you register.
Summer Housing
Summer Housing at Reed is available through the Senior, General, and the Summer Housing Lottery. If you are only interested in summer housing, you still need to pay the $100 housing deposit.
At the Senior and General Lottery, you will have the opportunity to choose summer housing ONLY AFTER you have selected housing for next academic year. If you are only interested in summer housing, then you need to have registered for the Summer Housing lottery in IRIS and can select summer housing then.
Dates and Deadlines
Wednesday, March 28, Noon:
Online applications for language houses and theme dorm applications are due. You still need to register for the Housing Lottery even if you are only applying to live in the theme dorm or language houses.
Wednesday, April 9: Last day to register for the Housing Lottery!
Friday, April 11, after 5 pm: Lottery numbers will be posted online.
Language house and theme dorm room selection will start in Psych 102/103 and Psych 105. Bring your Reed ID. Bring your PIN if you are a proxy.
Tuesday, April 15, 7–8 pm: Senior lottery in ETC 211. Bring your Reed ID. Bring your PIN if you are a proxy.
Wednesday, April 16, 7–9 pm:
General lottery in IRC #2 in the ETC. Starts with lottery number 1 and continues until we run out of rooms or numbers. Bring your Reed ID. Bring your PIN if you are a proxy.
Thursday, April 17, 7-8 pm: Summer lottery in ETC 211. Bring your Reed ID. Bring your PIN if you are a proxy.
Monday, May 12th: LAST DAY TO CANCEL YOUR SUMMER OR ACADEMIC YEAR HOUSING CONTRACT.
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