<p>What does everyone think the cutoff for different apartments will be this year? They are adding the livingston apartments so I think overall all the cutoffs would be pushed back. 1900 ish should at least get me an apartment (aka starkey or newell) on cook right?</p>
<p>I’m wondering the same thing. Does anyone have any idea of what the cutoff would be for a livingston apartment?</p>
<p>Last year my son got a Newell with >2000, but this year they are giving 500 spots priority to SEBS students so who knows. It really does vary from year to year. </p>
<p>There are an additional 1000 undergrad spots in the Livingston apts but those will be chosen first, so it’s hard to predict the cutoff.</p>
<p>Sometimes people give up early if they don’t think they can get a spot and you have higher numbers being successful.</p>
<p>I’d guess the livingston apartment cutoff to be 500-750</p>
<p>1000 undergrad spots
~300 apartments
special needs also takes up a lot of those apartments (health problems) so keep that in mind as well</p>
<p>My son was told that the livingston apts have 1500 beds. Where are you getting the 1000 number?</p>
<p>It’s hard to tell. Last year, the Busch suites selection was before all of the apartment selections, so the suites cutoff was low (~750), and the apartment cutoff was pretty high (above 2000). This year, the apartment selection is before the suites selection, and the Livi apartments will be full super fast. I can’t make predictions about cutoffs based on last year’s numbers because the circumstances were much different.</p>
<p>In case anyone here is considering the livi apartments, take a look at the rates in case it’s a problem for you: ([Livingston</a> Apartments](<a href=“http://newlivingstonapartments.rutgers.edu/athome.html]Livingston”>http://newlivingstonapartments.rutgers.edu/athome.html))
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<p>That’s a little pricey for me lol.</p>
<p>Anyone has any knowledge about the McCormick High rise suites? Where can I find floor plan of it?</p>
<p>“My son was told that the livingston apts have 1500 beds. Where are you getting the 1000 number?”</p>
<p>500 of those beds are reserved for graduate students.</p>
<p>drexeler good point about the pricing, I figured (and I’m not sure why…) it would be comparable to other apartments. Those 2BR/2BA are really expensive @ 9k. You’d save 2k by living in a dorm double. However, you’d pay more for a minimum dorm meal plan so it kind of offsets it. That meal plan pricing is a joke.</p>
<p>how bad is a lottery number above 5000? Will that get you anything on Cook/Douglas?</p>
<p>I have a lottery number in the early 2000s does anyone think that I would be able to get into the 4 bedroom Livingston apartments? I know that a lot of people wanted to live in those new apartments but I wonder if now that the rates are up if people will just apply for other apartments since it is a little pricey.</p>
<p>Here are my apartment guesses: Livi will be done @ around 1000 or less and (by the time they get to…) Newell/Starkey will go to ~3000.</p>
<p>Cutoffs might even be lower because last year they did suites first and people used up their lower numbers fearing they wouldn’t make the (later) apartment cutoff.</p>
<p>My son is dying because he keeps hearing people say they have numbers in the 100s and they a) want to go off campus or b) want a double.</p>
<p>The RAs supposedly told everyone to apply for a number even if they planned on living off campus.</p>
<p>njmom I don’t think you will get an apt on any campus with a 5000 number.</p>
<p>@ rualum, are the Silver apartments more popular than Newell/Starkley? The silver apartments are my second choice since I probably won’t get the apartment in Livingston then. Rutgers should have included a seniority priority with the Livi apartments this year instead of waiting to do it next year. I would have gotten one for my senior year :(</p>
<p>@Jenny: Remember that there are livi apartments reserved for grad students and staff, not to mention, just about everyone wants one. The facebook page for “Rutgers Housing Assignment Office” says there are only 300 apartment units on livi. I would apply, but apply to all the other apartments as well! Last year, Silvers was more popular than the cook apartments.</p>
<p>@nj2011mom: That’s not a bad number, but I don’t think it’s good enough for the newell/starkey apartments if that’s what you’re asking. It’s easily good enough to get a double.</p>
<p>@rualum: What makes me mad is that I know commuters who applied just for the heck of it, and a couple got really good numbers. It seems like everyone who wants to live on campus got bad numbers, and all the people who are certain about living off campus got the good ones.</p>
<p>drexeler I know. It seems like they wanted everyone to apply regardless of interest. </p>
<p>I think there should be some seniority involved in all of the apartment selections.</p>
<p>Jenny last year Newell/Starkey filled last. On Busch, I’m pretty sure it was Richardson, then Silvers, then Nichols.</p>
<p>Last year they did suites first so like I said, this year apartment cutoffs might be lower than last year.</p>
<p>There is seniority in the Easton ave. and rockoff apartments, but those are more expensive :/</p>
<p>I’m curious what the suites cutoff will be, the selection is dead last right before the doubles, so a lot of people might apply in groups of 2.</p>
<p>@Sixflags: They never post floorplans anywhere. All of the suites have the same floorplan. In a nutshell:</p>
<p>-You enter
-Double sinks on one side, followed by the bathroom door, and an open living room
-On the opposite side, the three bedroom doors are lined up one after another, extending from across the double sinks to the end of the living room</p>
<p>I’ve been inside McCormick High Rise (not the rooms, though), and each floor has two small lounges that are apparently shared only by the 12 people who are living on the floor. How many lounges do Thomas, Morrow, or any other suites get? Is each lounge shared by ALL people on the floor?</p>
<p>Yes lounges are shared by all people on the floor - about 8 suites. </p>
<p>Lottery is not done by seniority, though some buildings are upperclassmen only. In which case, lottery numbers still matter.</p>
<p>With a lottery number in the early 2000s do you think I can get an apartment? My friend is an RA and she can get me a spot in one of the suites /w her but she needs to know by Tues. but the Busch apartments selection process isn’t until next week. I’d rather have an apartment over a suite but since the cutoff was so low for Livi I’m afraid I won’t be able to get into the Silver’s apartments and will end up stuck in a dorm. </p>
<p>So you guys think I can get into Silver /w a lottery # in the early 2000s or should I go with the suites b/c it’s guaranteed that I will get a spot and I’ll be living with people I get along /w even though I’ll have to buy one of those overpriced meal plans which in the end will cost me more.</p>