<p>If I applied for housing on November 17th what are the odds that I will get my first choice for neighborhood? I selected Northwest and I would really like to live there but I'm just worried I won't get it.</p>
<p>Generally anyone who gets their housing deposit in prior to around March 1st is pretty much guaranteed the neighborhood they choose. The sooner you get it in, the higher you will be on the priority list. </p>
<p>One reason for not being late is that two out of the past three years they have had to room some people in the lounges temporarily, rather than in a regular dorm room. To avoid that, submit your housing deposit early.</p>
<p>P.S. If you do submit late, choosing a single (rather than a shared room) usually allows you to get the neighborhood you want--but this will cost slightly more.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot</p>
<p>I also have a housing-related question: How crowded are the residence halls? Has IU had to resort to either "forced triple" rooms or "supplemental housing" (i.e., students being temporarily housed in residence hall lounges)for their incoming freshman class due to higher than anticipated student enrollment?</p>
<p>northwest is quite far from the "actual" campus. i would any day go for central. Mainly because everything is much closer and it's not big of a party scene. good balance.</p>
<p>momonthehill,</p>
<p>As indicated in my post #2 above, IU-B has had to temporarily house some people in residence hall lounges in two of the past three years. My understanding is that this affected fewer than 100 students each year (out of the approximately 7,200 students accepting spots in the freshman class each year). </p>
<p>However, I'm sure it is something that the IU administration is quite concerned about--especially considering the flood of in-state applicants, which is probably due to the severe economic downturn--and is a likely reason why the IU administrators will probably accept a smaller percentage of those applying for admission this year than in years past (to prevent overenrollment). Note: Last year they admitted 20,100 students to get the 7,200 who decided to attend. My guess is they will probably admit only around 19,000 or so this year, since the likelihood of attendance from that group is probably greater--and they don't have spots for more than the 7,200.</p>
<p>P.S. The administration came in for a lot of complaints last year due to this problem, and I'm guessing they will want to avoid this if at all possible. The difficulty for them is that you need to enroll a full class, but you really can't tell how many people will attend this year just to save money (by staying in-state), and how many in-state and out-of-state students (and their parents) will not be able to afford the college due to economic hardships, even if the student is accepted. Also, they have to worry about current students dropping out due to the economic climate (or maybe delaying their degree until they can afford attending again)--so then the question comes as to whether they should enroll more freshmen, but not require them to live in the dorms.</p>
<p>Thanks for an informative post, calcruzer. First of all, I'm sorry for the repetitive question; I should have read your previous post more carefully. I'm guessing from your reply that IU has resorted to temporary supplemental housing to manage the overenrollment rather than forced triples, which I happen to think might be the lesser of the two evils. I totally agree with your point about the difficult balancing act that the university has in trying to manage their freshman enrollment levels. I also agree that <100 students in supplemental housing out of an incoming class of over 7000 is not too bad. From reading your previous post, I'm also encouraged that, so long as an incoming student gets the housing deposit in promptly (i.e., by March 1) (s)he has a decent chance of avoiding the supplemental housing. We happen to be out-of-state but, with the merit aid potential, IU seems like a great value, so I can understand how it, and other public universities, are going to attract even more applications, given the poor condition of the economy.</p>
<p>Calcruzer, the bad economy and predicting who will enroll sounds like a tough problem indeed and one they probably have not dealt with before. Maybe they will relax the live within 25 miles of campus rule if they overbook the rooms. A lot of people whose families live near campus like Bloomington students live on campus despite the extra expense so as to not miss out on the college experience by living at home. I would say that given the bad economy that this is a good year to get the housing deposit in as early as possible. Economically, Residence Scholars in Ashton, at about $2800 a year for a single room is a great way to save some money if you are not into the party atmosphere and don't mind doing some chores.</p>
<p>My niece just got accepted to IU and she is over the moon. Having gotten both DS & DD through this process with help from CC, I am her "consultant" --although neither went to a state school so I'm not familiar with post-acceptance details like choosing housing, signing up for orientation, etc. She was just notified today that she is in. Would it be to her advantage to send in a housing deposit now, or is it fine to wait for her acceptance package, which she should get in 4 weeks or so?</p>
<p>I'm sure I'll be back with other questions for you Hoosiers, so thanks in advance!</p>
<p>DG5052 - I think it would be okay to wait 4 weeks.</p>
<p>I agree with lakeeffect. </p>
<p>Lots of students who are considering IU-B will have also applied to other, non-rolling-admission schools. These schools will send out acceptances and rejections around the period between March 1st and April 10th. As a result, a lot of people who get the rejections will then send in their housing deposits to IU-B. It is possible that these people could have sent housing deposits in earlier and then planned to try and get them back after backing out (if they were accepted to a different school), but in this economy, most will not do that--especially if they applied to a whole bunch of other schools.</p>
<p>As long as your niece gets her housing deposit in before this time (and the "mad rush") that will then occur, she should get her housing choice.</p>
<p>Article on housing price increase for next year. Not a huge increase.
Room</a>, board to increase 5.7 percent in 2009-10</p>