Does anyone know how fast the Auburn housing waitlist moves? My DS wants to go here, he is my third child going through the college decision process and all the other colleges I have ever visited always guaranteed freshman housing and emphasized how important it is for freshman to be together that first year. I must have missed hearing Auburn saying they don’t guarantee freshman housing when we visited, was taken aback when we went to accept their admission offer and now he is on a housing waiting list. Is it too late now, should we revisit his other offers? Not comfortable having a freshman live off campus after all the other schools telling us it’s not a good idea. We are out of state, so probably in state folks know the housing situation better than we do. Thanks.
Lot of AU freshman live off campus (it’s less expensive) and most move off after freshman year anyway - lots of apartment options and the Tiger Transit and security transit run all the time. Certainly visit your other options but as a freshman luging off campus - he won’t be alone. My son spends little time in his dorm - mostly at library, student center, or rec center when not in class.
That’s why we advise you to put down the housing deposit as soon as accepted. Most kids do go off campus as sophomores. But all things being equal, I’d prefer an out of state freshman to be in the dorms and have the on campus support system. Your mileage may vary. Have your DS contact housing and see if they can give you a feel as to where DS is on the wait list and how likely it is he will get in. A lot of accepted freshman have put down housing deposits, but may end up going elsewhere due to aid/scholarship/acceptance decisions which aren’t quite final yet. Its still early, the wait list does move, Auburn did buy another dorm last year, and you are not out of time yet. Housing should be able to give you some guidance as to how much to be concerned now.
Thank you for your responses. You are right, it would be best if he goes to a university that provided freshman with on campus housing. I also read this week in The Auburn Plainsman that Tiger transit doesn’t run on weekends which means the added expense of a car and insurance the first year. Lots to consider, like how would he get to library, etc. on weekends for a quiet place to study without a car.
@apl My son is a junior at Auburn and has always lived off campus. There are a lot of college only housing communities in Auburn. My son lives in one that also provides their own shuttle service. Tiger transit also comes to them. I know Tiger transit runs on game day weekends with a little different schedule. The security transit runs everyday.
As for housing, I think the odds are pretty good of getting in even though they have a wait list now. I know students that signed up in late March in the past that were wait listed and eventually got housing.
I had a friend get on the waiting list last year May 1… the odds were bleak, but he ended up getting off the waitlist sometime around July and now lives on campus in the Hill. Do you know what number he is?
Thanks, he is in the 80’s.
We are around 100 on the wait list for my son and plan to wait it out. Last year, they were able to offer a spot to everyone who stayed on the list. I presume that this means that many people dropped off of the list for various reasons.
Some leave housing for apts - but it takes time to convince mom & dad… Just ask my son!
Hi…did your son end up getting iinto a dorm? We are 77 on waitlist for my DD. Nervous. Thanks
The whole housing non-guarantee was one of the only negatives…my son put his housing deposit down in mid-December. Put Village as first choice, Quad as 2nd. He’s in the Hill. it is what it is - and he’ll be fine, but the non-guarantee of housing for freshman was definitely a factor in the decision process over other schools he was accepted to. Auburn won out - War Eagle! (we too are OOS- PA. He has a roommate-, friend from high school, so they’ll figure it all out together!).
He won’t even know he was disappointed in August and by winter break he’ll be coordinating roommates and planning for his off-campus apartment next year. I made my son stay on campus for sophomore year when all his friends were getting apartments - I would not do that again, for him anyway.
War Eagle!