Has anyone gotten housing information yet? My son’s admissions counselor said it was set to go out by Friday, but we haven’t seen any emails?
Son received email today about Housing contract:
Greetings from the staff at The Ohio State University Office of Housing Services!
We are excited to have you join us in the residence halls beginning this autumn semester. You can access all of the housing information and materials that you will need for submitting a housing contract for a space on campus for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 academic year(s)* via the website listed below. Please make sure to read the Terms and Conditions section carefully before completing the online contract process.
- Those students who graduated high school (or educational equivalent) during the 2014-2015 academic year: The full 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 academic years, or remainder thereof* (autumn through spring semesters of the relevant academic years, inclusive).
- Those students not bound by the 2 year live-on requirement: The full 2015-2016 academic year, or remainder thereof (autumn through spring semesters, inclusive)
WEB ADDRESS: http://housing.osu.edu/livingoncampus
Once you have reviewed these materials, you can then follow the instructions to access your housing contract online. There are two options available for completion of your housing contract. You may complete your contract entirely on-line and submit your contract signature and filing and space reservation fees electronically via credit card. Or, you may choose to print a hard copy of the contract and return it signed and dated by mail with payment via check or money order. Students under the age of 18 are required to print and mail their contracts as the contract form requires a parent or guardian signature.
Please contact us if you have any questions.
Welcome Home to The Ohio State University!
Office of Housing Services
350 Morrill Tower
1910 Cannon Drive
Columbus OH 43210
The Ohio State University
University Housing/Dining Services
Quick question from what I have read is it true that incoming freshman required to live on campus for two years or did I read that wrong?
My understanding is that a two year residency on campus policy will begin with the fall 2015 incoming class. They want their students more invested in campus life.
Yep 2 years start next fall, I think its a good thing.
We got our contract yesterday, completed it last night and it’s in the mail to go back this morning along with the deposit. It was very easy to complete. Do your research on what dorms and dining plan prior to logging in.
I’m going to assume that the students waiting on Scholars program results are also still waiting on housing contract email? Anyone have any insight???
Thanks! About when did you accept admission and send in the enrollment deposit?
@PeanutsMom – the Scholars decisions for the Nov 1 applications are due out by April 1, according to their staff last week. Housing is based on the scholar assignment, and orientation must be booked according to the dates assigned by scholar community. For example, Business Scholars are given certain dates within the Business major orientation dates for all scholars. At least that’s what they told me last week. There was an earlier round of Scholar assignments already made, one made based on a late February deadline (my son), and there were subsequent decisions (I didn’t ask how many). The remaining decision rounds would be announced into April. They told me they were running behind due to volume.
She applied August 1st, acceptance letter came right before Thanksgiving and we paid deposit about 7-10 days after. Hope that helps. Anyone know if this was the first set of housing contracts sent out?
I believe this was the first set of housing contracts that were sent out. It was always stated to us that the contracts would be sent out in the order that Ohio State received your deposit. My daughter was accepted November 21 and we sent our deposit in when they were posted online about 7 to 10 days later.
@nuum83 Thanks for the info!!! My son returned his 3 choices by the February date as well so hopefully he’ll find out something soon!!
Question: Did those of you who received the information get it through snail mail or through email?
@Redjericho I got an email about housing and information about a week ago. Then the other day they sent another email with a link for a page with instructions and another link for the actual contract. I believe you can go ahead and start the contract even if they haven’t sent you the link, here it is: http://housing.osu.edu/livingoncampus. It was the same email that @prithis above received.
My son signed up for housing last week. As he is under 18, I had to print and sign the contract and mail it in with a check. My son received an email today saying: “Your housing contract for living on campus for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 academic year(s)* has been received, and we are currently reserving a space for you in the residence halls beginning autumn semester.”
Ok, so if you just received housing contract, when did you send in your acceptance fee? My son sent his in on 3/1 and we’re still waiting. Thanks!
My son paid his acceptance fee on January 6th.
My son committed about 10 days ago, and his orientation link posted earlier this week. Not sure when housing will post, but he is also in the Scholars program, so I don’t know if there is any connection to waiting for Scholars assignments to go out first.
I’ve yet to receive my housing email, though im interested in completing the contract online using the links provided. can anyone offer any insight as to whether this is possible or not? I’d like to get a good housing assignment but when i visit the link, it asks for my ID number, which i’ve found, and a password that I do not know. It’s not the same as the password for my student center. again, any insight would be appreciated.