<p>sixflags I hear you. As a sophomore my son wanted to live in an apartment and he got one of the last Newells. He was happy just to get an apartment.</p>
<p>I am guessing that an all junior group should get you a Newell/Starkey at least. We will see! Another option is to break up your group and try to get in with other junior groups with better numbers. People are still posting for roommates on Resident Knights FB, Class of 2014 FB and Roommate Gateway. Groups are always reconfiguring until the last minute so this is still a viable option for you.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if a lottery number near 7,000 is considered bad? (My seniority points are 2 and reverse seniority points are 3.) If I applied for a double without another person, would I still have a shot?</p>
<p>Righthand- last year everyone who had a lottery number and applied for housing got it. Doubles will fill up last, but you should get a double room even if you apply as a single. They will just put you in a room with another single.</p>
<p>facebook.com resident knights (rutgers housing dept web page)</p>
<p>facebook.com accepted rutgers class of 2014 (for seniors)</p>
<p>facebook.com accepted rutgers class of 2015 (for juniors)</p>
<p>facebook.com accepted rutgers class of 2016 (for sophomores)</p>
<p>rutgers roommate gateway (not a facebook site) you must register and fill out a short roommate info survey. I would use a separate email for contacts here as my son’s regular email got spammed last year after posting on this site. Also, it shows your real name when people look you up so don’t go crazy making up an annoymous user name.</p>
<p>Scroll down a few times on the FB pages as sometimes people post once and it gets lost in the scroll.</p>
<p>People are still looking and will be looking until the last minute so keep checking back. Some groups break up when they don’t get their first choice and those people look for other groups.</p>
<p>I got the first building in Newell and I am appreciative. There is a lot of foot traffic next to that building. That was my concern but i decided to stay. My lottery number didn’t matter since I was in SEBS priority and only 30 groups qualified.</p>
<p>People usually like those buildings at the front because they are closest to the bus stop, CAC, and laundry. Last year I think they said about 25 groups qualified for priority SEBS so it’s interesting that it is about the same this year, although they didn’t seem to publicize it as much as last year.</p>
<p>If anyone participates in a selection process and receives the following email, please post your results for informational purposes:</p>
<p>The lottery cutoff for the <em>housing name</em> was at <em>#</em>.</p>
<p>Number of students who applied: xxxx
Number of Available Apartments: xxx
Lowest Eligible Lottery Number: xxx
Highest Eligible Lottery Number: xxxx</p>
<p>You do not have to post any personal info, just the overall results for that particular housing selection.</p>
<p>Rutgers really should provide housing selection priorities to students based on their majors. For example, engineers and pharmacists should get priorities on Busch while SEBS and Mason Gross have their priorities on Cook/Douglass. It doesn’t make sense that they’re “providing an opportunity” to upperclassmen to live in apartments while they stand no chance to live in suites and doubles. Think about upperclassmen who have God-awful lottery numbers. If they don’t get an apartment, what will become of them? This isn’t even RU Screwed anymore. This is RU 4ucked.</p>
<p>That’s why I think housing should be all seniority. However, even if you are an upperclassman with a bad number, you should still get housing. They’ve allotted apartments to juniors and seniors so I assume that there are plenty of apartments for those groups. Maybe the total number of juniors/seniors who apply for housing is much less than the number of apartments available. I don’t know but I wish housing would be more transparent with their facts and figures; it would save people a lot of stress.</p>
<p>Also, will that many juniors/seniors want to live in Newell/Starkey? Not sure. C/D is out of the way if you are on Busch/Livi, especially if you have an 8am class. So they are allotting a good portion of housing that may not be popular enough to be designated priority, even though it is an apartment. I think a good amount of juniors/seniors would prefer suites on Busch vs Newell on C/D.</p>
<p>In any case, everyone should get something. Sixflags you are a rising junior? So housing still has one more year to get it right for you, and I hope they do.</p>
<p>Groups of two or four interested in an apartment on the Livingston, Busch, College Avenue, or Cook Campus should review the application procedures and apply by the deadline. Also included are groups of 3 interested in 3-bedroom single apartments in Rockoff Hall (Annual contracts only) or the New Livingston Apartments.</p>
<p><strong><em>Application Period: Friday, February 15th - Tuesday, February 19th</em></strong></p>
<p>Based on what I have read, I am guessing my lottery number of 3559 is not good enough for busch apartments. What do you think my chances are of the Easton Ave apartments?</p>
<p>andy I don’t know. If you are 4 seniors, or 3 seniors with a junior, you will have priority over all-junior groups, or 3 juniors with a sophomore, etc. That doesn’t mean you won’t get into a certain category, it only means that higher seniority groups will choose before you.</p>
<p>I would still apply for Busch if I were you. Apply for Easton/Rockoff as well. And Livi. Apply for everything you want because no one knows where the cutoffs will be for any housing category. </p>
<p>Even if you don’t want to live in Newell, you may want to apply just in case you don’t get your first picks. After apartment selections, if you have not chosen or not made the cutoffs for an apartment, you will be able to apply for suites and doubles, but sophomores will have priority over you (I am assuming you are at least a junior). Again, I would still apply because you don’t know where any cutoffs will be.</p>
<p>You are not committed to any housing until you actually pick your room so apply for whatever you want.</p>
<p>During signups, after you have all selected your choices, you will get an email(s) confirming that all roommates have applied for each selection. Make sure you get confirmations for all of your choices. You cannot just apply for one apartment category and be eligible for all: all roommates have to apply for each category and confirm their roommate choices.</p>
<p>Extremely Important: All students in a group will be required to complete an application for each housing option and indicate their requested roommates’ RUID numbers and full names.</p>
<p>Yes, I’m a junior. I was just wondering because you said busch apartments was the one of the most popular ones right after livi. So I was just curious in where Easton stands in that category.</p>
<p>People are still looking to complete groups of 4 on the Rutges Resident Knights FB page and Accepted: Rutgers Class of 2014 on FB. If you still need a spot keep checking these pages all weekend. People wait until the very last minute!</p>