<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I'm currently a freshman student in the College of Arts and Sciences, and I'm wondering if anybody could shed some light on some of the finer workings of the lottery system that upper-level students use for selecting housing for next year? I've grasped that you sign up for a number, and you can select a room based on when your number comes up, but much of the other information doesn't seem very easy to find. What's the success rate of someone who has 3 friends that they want to live with successfully getting a suite together? Is it difficult getting housing on West (I would want to live in the 4-house W.C. housing system, preferably)? Sorry for the lengthy post, and I would appreciate whatever advice any upperclassmen could provide.</p>
<p>And to add to this line of questioning...I have convinced my daughter not to look for an apartment yet, but to wait to see how the lottery works out. If she and her friends got really bad lottery numbers and no more singles were available, she would prefer to try to get a studio somewhere. How hard would that be if she waited until March?</p>
<p>I got a studio apartment in Collegetown Plaza in mid-April...they even knocked a little bit off of the monthly rent.</p>
<p>I loved my apartment...it was perfect for all of my needs and was in a great location.</p>
<p>is it a bad idea to sign a lease in Fall? I heard Collegetown real estate is beign bought up really quickly now...or is it jut people freaking out and the landlords taking advantage of that?</p>
<p>You can still get a great apartment in the spring...often landlords drop prices or offer other incentives at this point in the year.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. And I didn't mean to hijack this thread. I am also interested in the OP's question about the lottery system, and how likely it is that a group of sophomores will get to live in a suite on West.</p>