<p>Just a quick question, since I an never find any information online at all regarding housing or the various processes involved with it.</p>
<p>So my predicament is this: last year two friends from my freshman dorm and I lived in a suite together in Palladium and my boyfriend lived on another floor. This was all well and good because sophomore room selections are smooth sailing. Since I knew dorms would be more of a crapshoot this year, my friends and I split up and registered separately and figured we'd just try to get into the same building since it would be difficult to find available rooms for a group of three with a later selection time.</p>
<p>Well, my boyfriend, one of my friends and I all had selection times on the 12th and we all ended up in Carlyle but the other had a time earlier today (the 13th) and got stuck in Second St. I told her to submit a post selection room change form and it was my general assumption that she'd have a fairly good chance of being switch to Carlyle because she's only one person and she submitted the form fairly early in the game. So I ask, does anyone have any experience with the number of room changes typically done or the chances of being switched post selection?</p>
<p>I don’t have an answer to your question, but I guess that means that Carlyle is entirely full ? Do you happen to know what else is left besides Second Street?</p>
<p>Yes unfortunately Carlyle is full. From what I’ve seen online as of right now everything but Lafayette is full, and that might have filled up by now as well. I assume the next step is for NYU to start moving extra people to hotels unfortunately.</p>
<p>Thanks for your answer.</p>
<p>I think there’s seven more days of lottery. A hotel doesn’t actually sound that bad…</p>
<p>lauren,</p>
<p>From what I HAVE READ, students who had asked for room/ dorm re-assignment after the official lottery period closed had not met with positive response. In the past, they had been asked to wait for the 30 day period after the start of the academic year to allow the housing staff to take inventory and then re-assign IF there were available spaces in the dorm desired.</p>
<p>londonb,</p>
<p>It is no wonder some Juniors and Seniors turn to market/ private rentals with the lousy priority they get. I remember reading some very negative comments about Second St. housing a couple of years ago. I was thinking then that is the dorm to avoid. So, yes, a hotel might be preferable. In fact, it would be very nice if that comes with room service. :)</p>
<p>Actually evolving, when you click on the form for re-assignment, it tells you that forms will begin to go through review in late May and I believe any switching of housing goes on in late summer before the start of the school year. If the room you request to be switched to is available your assignment is switched without any further asking for permission. Considering the number of students that probably apply for a re-assignment, I’m sure there are at LEAST a dozen or so done a semester, and I seriously doubt you will be asked to drag all of your stuff to another room or perhaps even another building 30 days after you’ve settled in without any sort of advance notification.</p>
<p>Second Street is not a bad dorm at all, it’s nice, clean, new, pretty close, but insular. It’s either all or almost all singles.</p>
<p>For next year, IRHC managed to convince the university to give juniors and seniors equal priority in the housing lottery, so after sophomore year, everyone’s on a level playing field.</p>
<p>Hey, sorry, gang,</p>
<p>I did recollect incorrectly the dorm with very memorable posts full of complaints (at least by one person). It is the following link about Lafayette (not Second St.) and frustration with some of the smaller rooms and conditions. The link is p. 7 of the NYU Housing thread and the main complaints about Lafayette (and 26th St.) continue on p. 8 of the thread.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/new-york-university/759340-housing-assignments-7.html?highlight=nyu+dorms[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/new-york-university/759340-housing-assignments-7.html?highlight=nyu+dorms</a></p>
<p>It is good to hear they are leveling the playing field for all classes in the housing lottery starting next year.</p>
<p>lauren88,</p>
<p>It is good the hear about the form for switching room assignments in late May or before that one month “frozen period.” I cannot retrieve the thread where I read the discussion about people not getting switched in the summer. It could be they missed out on the first round of switching.</p>
<p>However, I do believe NYU is not kidding about some of the switches being made at the end of the “frozen” period in September when inventory has been completed. I was informed of this when I called (2 possibilities for room changes: 1) after official assignments are completed? and 2) after the Inventory period in September) Here is a post even though it is from a freshman for last year, so their schedule may be tighter than for upperclassmen/ women who get notified sooner of housing assignments.</p>
<p>OhMySwoon
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<p>Join Date: Nov 2006
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i got a LCT in hayden and i wanted a double in founders. i’m freaking ****ed. i call them and email them and they always tell me that nothing is set in stone. however, i would like to change it before it is set in stone so that i wont have to move out of my dorm room 3 weeks into the semester (thats the rule for a room change -.-)</p>
<p>I hope you can get back to us and let us know of what actually happens now with requests for room changes. GL!</p>
<p>Thank you for posting the thread evolving, however I believe that is standard procedure for the freshman dorms. I spoke to a couple of other students and they seem to have the same impression as I do. Also, I believe it says on the form that the switches are done in late summer though I can no longer access it since I’ve already submitted mine.</p>
<p>And hellodocks, the equalizing of juniors and seniors actually went into effect this year. I’m a junior and was priority 2 whereas we used to be priority three. I’m sure second street is nice, we all just wanted to live in the same building is the problem.</p>