<p>Rice doesn't guarantee housing for all 4 years, right? How exactly does that work? I think someone told me everyone lives 1 year off campus or something like that...</p>
<p>Most kids live on-campus for at least 3 of the 4 years. Different colleges "jack" students off different years; some sophomore year, some junior year. There is always a way to stay on campus if you really want to (become a college officer, room with someone who is higher in the room draw, etc). Some colleges do not have to "jack" anyone offcampus, since they have enough rooms for all who want to stay on campus. My DD will have been offcampus in 4 different locations for a total of 5 semesters; one was in Chile (far off-campus!), and the others were 3 different houses/apartments within walking distance to campus. There is a lot of nearby walkable housing, and there is one large apartment complex that runs a free shuttle to the medical center right next to Rice. With Rice building two new residential colleges, housing space at Rice should increase next year. The increase in student population, I believe, is slated to take place more gradually.</p>
<p>i'm not a student, but i'm pretty this is how it works. freshman all get housing, then priority goes from senior, to juniors, to sophomores with least priority. my alumni interviewer said they are building two more colleges (in process of planning/building) that will eventually provide housing for all students that want it. if you volunteer some in community, you get "points" that help increase your status for getting a spot, or you could just make friends with upperclassmen and join their group or somethin.</p>
<p>priority of class standing varies by college. i think each college has a main "kick off" year, which is either sophomore or junior. i think, effectively, any student could live on campus for every year but the kick off year, and for the kick off year housing is uncertain. there are definitely people who live on campus for all 4 years.</p>
<p>what does DD mean... distant daughter?</p>
<p>I got to stay on as a sophomore, which is my college's kick-off year.</p>
<p>If you are that desperate to live on campus, it's possible to manipulate the system.</p>
<p>DD is short for "dear daughter" or "darling daughter" - definitely college confidential usage. Another point; Rice budgets offcampus and oncampus room and board costs the same in its financial aid budget. It is possible to save money by choosing to live offcampus, especially if you live with housemates. (Which also can make it more fun!) We saved several thousand dollars a year with daughter. My son wants to stay on campus next year, like most of the males. I think it has something to do with being close to 3 all-you-want-to-eat meals a day, and the ease of rolling out of bed to get to class. A larger percentage of females choose to live offcampus.</p>
<p>Close to what westsidewolf said</p>
<p>Freshmen are guaranteed on campus housing. Some colleges then kick off sophomores and some juniors. </p>
<p>All sophomores/juniors (based on college) are kciked off initially. Then freshmen, seniors and the remaining class is offerred beds. The remaining beds are given to sophomores/juniors who were initially kicked off.,</p>
<p>This lottery or "jack" occurs mid spring, so there is plenty of time to look for housing</p>
<p>I think Wiess, Hanszen, and Lovett kick off sophomore year, whereas the other colleges wait til junior year. BUT, at most colleges enough people volunteer to go off-campus that only a handful of people actually need to be booted after all is said and done. The only college where bump is largely inevitable is Wiess (which I think is due to the fact that they have beautiful dorms, strong college spirit, and kick off sophomores)</p>
<p>and you get singles for junior and senior year.... so some people prefer losing out the double</p>
<p>Im a sophomore at Wiess and managed to stay on...</p>
<p>Wait, singles for junior/senior year, really? Or is that just for Wiess?</p>
<p>Wiess and Martel mainly</p>
<p>some others hAVE them but less numbers</p>
<p>That's really cool... now if only I can get in :)
Thanks for the replies</p>
<p>I'll quote my own post here re: housing...
Rice undergradutae population will grow to 3800 over the next decade. The President's plan for the University is also to find affiliated housing near campus for those students who choose or get jacked off-campus. The new colleges, and the migration of other students from their colleges to the new ones should mean that none of the students applying this year will be jacked off-campus. New colleges are slated to open in fall of 2009, when the current applicants are sophomores. Enrollment at Rice is going to rise slowly (not all 1000 new students in one year!!!!), so all should be able to be housed on campus from fall of 2009 through... I'm thinking at least 2011. And before then, Rice should have been able to line up affiliated housing like in Leebron's plan, so that students don't have to find their own places. (Although, DD lived in 3 different places,all within walking distance to campus, substantially cheaper than living oncampus - so we are happy with things the way they are.) :)</p>
<p>Pretty much any non-freshman gets a single at Martel. Some of the freshmen do, too.</p>
<p>with the new colleges opening, will they move students from existing colleges to the new colleges for rooming purposes, or will the new colleges house only freshmen in the fall of 2009. cuz it would suck if you go there for 1 year and get indoctrinated into all the college traditions, and then change colleges the next year :(</p>
<p>If it is like Martel, they will ask for volunteers to establish the new colleges. Some students are pioneers and enjoy challenge of creating a new college organizational structure and traditions. The new colleges will have students of all years in them, not just freshman.</p>
<p>I think we're straying from topic and getting too anxious about certain things here. Really, the only thing that matters is:</p>
<p>The housing here is good. Really good. Even the worst rooms on campus are better than the housing at 75% of other schools, if not more. Getting kicked off for a year is not a big deal. The colleges are awesome.</p>
<p>That is all.</p>
<p>I agree, we are straying, but this needs to be clarified: So far in the plans, the administration has decided that they do NOT want to populate Duncan and McMurtry the way they did Martel. They will start with a full class of freshmen, as early as 2009. There are various ideas floating around about how they will provide upperclassmen in the new colleges for their first years, but nothing is definite right now, so I won't spread around theories.</p>