<p>mtown - yes, if you want to live on campus, you will be able to, as evidenced by last year. This was one of the reasons why Rutgers decided to decrease the incoming class size by about 4%. With the addition of the Livi Apartments and the reduced class size, people who want to live on campus are no longer being forced off as was the case back in the day. Obviously you may not get the most ideal or desirable housing, but everyone last year who wanted to live on campus was accommodated.</p>
<p>rualum - The only issue with having seniority for everything is that you screw the freshmen. All freshmen are guaranteed on campus housing for their first year. How can you then give them the worst priority for housing in their sophomore year? What happens in the event that they cannot accommodate everyone who wants to live on campus and these rising sophomores are forced to find off campus housing (I don’t think this is going to be an issue going forward, but it could happen)? I doubt once someone goes off campus that they are then going to want to go back on. That’s why giving the rising sophomores priority for some on campus options makes sense. Also, many juniors/seniors want to live off campus anyway to start making the transition toward life outside of college and having responsibility (or just to be closer to parties/host them, maybe I’m too idealistic). So I feel that this system gives a nice balance, allowing those who want to be on campus to have priority for some kind of housing, whether it be apartments or suites/doubles. I do see the issue with how rising juniors are at a disadvantage (I actually am one of them, currently debating whether to get a house or stay on campus), but some group is going to have to take the hit given the large amount of people they need to accommodate.</p>
<p>I generally agree. All-seniority would have to assume that they can accommodate everyone. It will be interesting to see how it all turns out this year.</p>
<p>Rhetorical13, I agree with you. My son is a rising Sophomore and has a lottery number in the 2500s. He is already looking to live off campus if he does not get a decent housing on campus. Having some options might change his mind. It would be really interesting to see what happens in a couple of months.</p>
<p>mytwosons: I’m cautiously optimistic that the whole lottery will work out well. I would tell your son to see if he can find 5 friends to get a suite. It would be practically guaranteed. The suites are pretty nice, you get your own living room and bathroom, proximity to classes on Busch and the second best dining hall. Even if it’s say two or three friends he knows well and two others he maybe doesn’t know as well, it can work out (that’s what I did this year). If he does want to go off campus, he needs to start searching now because many people are already signing contracts. By March/April, the off campus options are going to be limited.</p>
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<p>Rhetorical13- thanks so much for the info. He has two Sophomore friends and trying to find one more and his last option will be off campus. He really wants to be on Livingston so not sure what options he has there since he does not want to be in a dorm again next year. Any suites on Liv?? The suites take 4 or 5 students?? What do you think of his 2500’s lottery number??</p>
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<p>This year single rooms are going by total earned credits as of Feb 12, followed by lottery number. A student poster on Res Knights FB said that housing said ~77-80 and up credits are usually needed to get a single.</p>
<p>sixflags the way I look at it is that sophomores have priority for suites and dorms, and juniors and seniors have priority for apartments. So housing must have divided up the total rooms in each category, and know ballpark figures for each level applying for housing each year. For ex. so many seniors, so many juniors, and they know that this is the fairest way. Maybe I am giving them too much credit, it has happened before :/</p>
<p>I would guess that your 7000 might get you an apartment with an all junior group, but who knows which ones. Right now no one knows so I would just apply for everything you want and see what happens. </p>
<p>I added up the undergrad Busch apartments and Livi apartments (only counted 1200/1600 Livi spaces there as some are for grad students) and the total I get is 3920. So ~4000 spaces for juniors/seniors in apartments vs 8000 for sophomores in ‘other’ (I just subtracted 4k from 12k, the stated lottery number total, and didn’t divide by special interest or suites vs dorms, BEST (which alone has 500 spaces), Douglass Residential, etc).</p>
<p>So it will be interesting to see what groups get what housing. If a lot of juniors end up in dorms they may have to go to all seniority, or give juniors seniority for suites, cause I can’t see juniors standing for dorm living. Or maybe it will work out and everyone will be happy!</p>
<p>Notice that I keep saying ‘apply for everything you want’. You must fill out a separate application for each thing you want. Every year, people post, ‘why didn’t my group get a pick time?’ and it turns out that one person did not apply with the group. Be organized.</p>
<p>You don’t want to be pessimistic and not apply for something and then your group would have made the cutoff. Also, the total amount of people applying for a space will show housing what categories are in most demand and they can adjust future lotteries accordingly.</p>
<p>Hey rualum, what were the cutoffs for livingston apartments for 2 and 3 bedrooms? How many spaces for 2 bedrooms are available? My friend got a lottery number in the 1100’s, and both of us will be seniors next year, so what are our chances?</p>
<p>Barium I am not sure what the cutoffs were; I actually called housing last year to ask and no one would tell me. They kept saying, ‘we don’t know that! it doesn’t matter anyway!’ That is when I get mad at housing. Very uncooperative at times.</p>
<p>You could call housing and ask how many doubles and triples are available, then post it here ;)</p>
<p>I do know that there are very few doubles and triples. You can go ahead and apply for them but try to get a quad application in as well. I think all-senior groups have the best chances, of course. But I have no idea what the cutoffs will be for Livi. I’ve seen a lot of junior groups going for Livi with excellent lottery numbers, but remember that an all-senior group with a 10k number beats a senior group with a junior and a 1 lottery number.</p>
<p>btw if you are applying as a double you can also apply for a quad- they will slot you in with another double. It will increase your chances over applying for doubles only.</p>
<p>troy12 I am not sure. Usually they fill Newells from front to back. You could always call housing and make your request. They can sometimes be very accommodating.</p>
<p>btw troy what was your lottery number and what section of Newell did you get? (you don’t have to say the exact number).</p>