<p>I have heard that this past year, students were housed in some hotel.</p>
<p>What hotel was it, where was it located and was it for the full academic year?</p>
<p>What students were living in the hotel (freshmen, upperclass)?</p>
<p>Does anyone think that this will happen again next year?</p>
<p>thx</p>
<p>Crown Plaza Hotel</p>
<p>I know Freshmen were placed here; upperclassmen? Not sure.</p>
<p>They have moved from the hotel and are now in on-campus housing since the beginning of the Spring semester.</p>
<p>Will it happen next year again? Not sure, but my RA mentioned how it might be possible. Considering the times now, more kids are applying, and if accepted, are enrolling.</p>
<p>Over-enrollment could cause this problem again. My tip to you is to make sure you sign up for housing right away once the agreement form is available.</p>
<p>Not for the full year.. It was temp housing for students but it took until Feb. to move remaining students in to on campus housing. Basically housing was overbooked at the start of the year which is why the school placed them there</p>
<p>Funny you brought this up. There was an article in the Targum today about the housing situation. </p>
<p>Apparently, my RA was correct. According to the article, the school will have to house students in a hotel again next semester! So definitely, it will happen again, unfortunately (or fortunately -- at least you're getting housing).</p>
<p>I think they made attempts to stick a lot of freshman in lounges that had been converted into rooms. It's mostly transfer students that will wind up stuck at the hotel, though I've heard it isn't too bad. Swimming pool downstairs, gym access, maid service, plus I heard a rumor floating around that RU pays you $15 a day every day you stay there (seemed a little sensational to me, but I've heard this a ton of times).</p>
<p>I also know that housing goes around and finds out which students are the most unhappy living in the hotel and makes attempts to move them out first.</p>
<p>the rumor going around that they pay you to live in the hotels is true. my friends (who live in a lounge, not even a hotel) got paid every day they lived there.</p>
<p>For some reason I feel like they won't pay students a fee per day for the next semester because people are now aware that they could be placed in a hotel for housing. </p>
<p>I think most people didn't find out until they got their housing assignment back in August. So the money was a compensation, like "sorry we didn't tell you ahead of time that we were going to put you in a hotel/lounge, but here's $15 per day as a compensation for our carelessness!"</p>
<p>as a transfer if i get stuck in a hotel you think rutgers would be cool with me living in the basement of my friends house until i can get on campus?</p>
<p>I'm not too sure about that, but my guess it that the students living in the hotels would get first priority in getting housing, and then anyone else after. Just hope that you won't get placed in a hotel, although living in the hotel might not be bad.</p>
<p>I wish they had put me in a hotel.</p>
<p>As for it happening again - it will.</p>
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Over the past few years, students have had to sleep in residence hall lounges as result of the overcrowding issues facing the University.
“It’s a combination of more students enrolled and larger percentages of students choosing housing,” she said.
As of Feb. 2, she said there were approximately 300 more housing registrations received for the lottery than there is room for in residence halls.
Registration for the lottery ended Jan. 28, according to the housing Web site. Although students are not required to sign a housing contract if they have registered for a lottery number, once they accept a room and sign, the contract is binding.
Carbone said students would probably end up in a hotel next year.
“We will be offering students who do not qualify for housing through the lottery some spaces in hotels,” she said.
A mix of transfer and continuing students will mostly be placed in a hotel, like last semester.
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<p>For some reason, I really wouldn't mind being put in a hotel.</p>
<p>Pepsitruck -- where are you currently residing on campus? (considering you state how you wanted to be placed in a hotel)</p>
<p>It may just be me but I feel like being placed in a hotel might hinder a students social life. I'm not terribly concerned for myself, being that I have friends who have a house and know a good amount of people in Greek Life, so I know I have social safety nets if you will, but it'd be nice to meet friends in the dorm kind of setting.</p>