<p>Does anyone know how they decide who gets what housing? Is it done by how early you send in your housing request?</p>
<p>During Orientation we were told it is by a Lottery. If you have chosen a roomate and their Lottery number is better than yours you will get pulled in to the Dorm you want with their number.</p>
<p>The first criteria is going to be space. A lot of girls are going to end up in JL even if it wasn’t their first or second choice simply because there are so many more women than men. Then there is what your choice is, with Butler and Wall being exceptions. That is, if you are not Honors and ask for Butler, you won’t get it if there are enough Honors kids requesting it to fill it. Wall of course is selective by committee. So of the ones that are left, for freshmen that is, it only leaves Sharp, Monroe and Paterson, I think. Did I forget anyplace? So for the student that isn’t Honors and didn’t get/want Wall, it will generally go by what you put as your choice, especially if you found a roommate who put the same choice, if there is still room in that dorm. I think I heard last year that it does not depend on getting it in more before the deadline that someone else, that they just wait until the deadline has passed and then start assigning. But I don’t know that for a fact.</p>
<p>I now see josie says it is a lottery. That is consistent with what I heard and what I just said. Just to repeat, the lottery part won’t apply to Butler or Wall unless, for the former, there are more kids that want it than it can hold. I think that is usually not the case.</p>
<p>I’m trying to understand why some women will end up in JL just because of the high proportion of women in the entering class. Has JL been utilized at less than full capacity in past years? Do the other dorms lack the ability to flex the proportion of women:men according to the need? Thanks.</p>
<p>JL is women only, so in essence yes, the other dorms cannot flex that much.</p>
<p>At orientation, they said that 1 out of 4 freshman women would end up in JL.</p>
<p>Mom222, Many girls get placed in JL, often against their own desires, freshman year. I was placed in Monroe (which was my first choice) and ended up moving OUT of it to JL 2nd semester. Most girls end up LOVING JL (though it may take a bit of time). It’s a quiet dorm, yet there are common areas to have fun in, bake in, etc. I personally think it gets a bad reputation, but I really enjoyed it.</p>
<p>ptcgal - over the years I have heard the same story many, many times. There is a lot to like about JL, not least is the history. While I would not say the dorm one is in doesn’t make a difference, it isn’t (or at least shouldn’t be) as determinative as people think. Usually when I hear something about a dorm being a big subject, it is more on the negative side, like being too noisy to study. Between classes, meals, clubs, community service, dating, and other activities like sports and/or exploring New Orleans, the dorm one is in doesn’t have to dominate. Wall is something of an exception, it makes a bigger difference since everyone serves a role in that community by design. It will be interesting as more dorms change to the Residential College system.</p>