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<p>I should clarify, I think that it is much less likely that the 10s will experience this problem in spring of 07 because I doubt that housing will be guaranteed next year, particularly if there is a significant waitlist. When a 10 gets a number as a rising sophomore in spring of 2007, they will be able to guesstimate based on the number whether or not they are likely to get a room or end up on the waiting list - just as had been the case for years before 2006. The system broke down because no one really knew what would happen with the new dorms.
They've got their answer now, more people want to live on campus than they thought - the question is Will they honor the guarantee? Given what we are paying, I really hope so!</p>

<p>All you 10s - don't worry, you get housing, it does not effect you at all this year! But is you want to take a gap year, can Greensleeves have your room?</p>

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<p>I know where administration can get a bunch of FEMA trailers, cheap ;).</p>

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<p>let's hope it won't come to that.</p>

<p>they may end up back in the tree houses</p>

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<p>For some reason, I can't see Dartmouth turning into Trailer U (like Auburn University)</p>

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<p>how about pitching a tent on the green and having and calling it an extended DOC trip?</p>

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<p>Damn I feel sorry for all the sophs who are getting screwed by room draw. I went yesterday and even though I had a good number, the process is terrible.<br>
Lucky for us, my roommates and I scored a sweet two-room triple right on Mass Row.</p>

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<p>my daughter will be a soph this fall and she said she had a wide selection of room types and locations. she drew her room last night. i don't think they will reopen the tree houses but they could keep open the lodge and north. i think they were closing those buildings because they didn't think they would need them for 06-07.</p>

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<p>They didn't close north - i know people who are living there next year.</p>

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<p>during freshman parents weekend we attended a meeting that dealt with housing at dartmouth and we were told the lodge and north would not be open for 06-07. maybe they changed that decision since the date of that meeting.</p>

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<p>ORL could always do what Johns Hopkins did two years ago -- put the excess up in the neighborhood hotel, which in their case, was the 4-star DoubleTree across the street. </p>

<p>Instead of a tent on The Green, how about maid and room service in the Hanover Inn 24/7?</p>

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<p>I think the worse case scenario they will use some of the spaces that they had not anticipated using next year- Hinman, the tree houses, north and the lodges (as there are enough beds in these locations to fill the shortage). </p>

<p>Nothing has been finalized yet, and from what D told me when they went to their UGA meeting that housing is working to get it resolved.</p>

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<p>Greensleeves got a bed, although lots of people elected to go on the waiting list. It is unclear what will happen with the waiting list. She reported that they were told that everyone who signed up ?on the waiting list? by June 1st would get a spot somewhere. One issue is the 1 room triples that no one wants - whether or not people on the waiting list will be assigned to those rooms. I think she will be PO'ed if they open the TreeHouses, I think she would have preferred them to her current situation - but she has a room. Now she's never met her roommates, it is worse than freshman year, at least someone matched her with her roommate!
One of the roommates is trying to move out to an apartment already, and GS is planning to go back through Housing for winter term.</p>

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<p>I just read that people on the wait list will not hear anything about housing until august. </p>

<p>Congrats to GS for knowing that she will have some peaceful sleep over the summer because this will not be on her plate.</p>

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<p>I am not sure how exactly it works, but at least in the past, you could both secure a room but still stay on a list so that when new (better?) options opened up you could opt to stay where you were or move to a different room. By August of last year there was a lot of movement - and this involved a larger number of students than this year.</p>

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<p>There's an article about the chaos of room draw in The Dartmouth today</p>

<p><a href="http://www.thedartmouth.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.thedartmouth.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The 10s have nothing to worry about for freshman fall, but it sounds like it may be chaotic again next spring at room draw unless they can get a handle on whether upperclassmen genuinely want to live on campus, or are just hedging their bets - that may take a year or two to shake out. They definitely made a poor estimation for this spring - expected to have at least 200 empty beds, and ended up with 120-140 people on a waiting list. Granted they do have some empty triples, but I think about half of those are 1 room triples - can't blame the kids for taking a chance on the waiting list if that is their choice.</p>