<p>I sent in my acceptance fee two weeks ago. When should I receive housing information? Should I be worried that I haven’t gotten anything yet or does it just take time?</p>
<p>I sent my deposit in early February, and received my housing info in late April.</p>
<p>Recall also that there is not a linear relationship between time deposit sent in and time you receive housing info.</p>
<p>For example, whether you sent in your deposit in January or March, if Ohio State only got a small number of people, they'd ALL get housing info in April, since Ohio State did not START sending out housing info until April.</p>
<p>That said, the longer you waited to send in the deposit (March, April, maybe even May 1st) the greater the odds of more people having sent theirs in before you. It's only about when you sent in the deposit in the sense that it's in the order of when the deposits were received.</p>
<p>I believe they aim to have ALL housing info out by mid-June in the name of students knowing information for summer Orientation.</p>
<p>I'm a transfer student and just recently received 3 mailings (acceptance, info about how my credits are transferring, and info on creating an OSU account even though the website is currently not allowing me for some reason.)</p>
<p>Am I to wait for more mailings about housing and orientation before I can do anything or is there anything I can complete through the website? I can't help but be a bit anxious to secure housing and especially to register because a couple classes I want to take are already just about filled! </p>
<p>It seems they've already confirmed my credits that are prereqs for the classes. With that said, I don't need to take placement tests at orientation or meet with an advisor to plan the schedule because I have all the info on my major from the website unless that's just standard required procedure?</p>
<p>Nmike, the only exams incoming first years usually take are for math placement and language. If you have credit for math and at least some language, I doubt you'll have to take a placement test. Math is taken online before orientation... language at orientation. I had tested out of my language requirement due to APs, but I took it anyway because my group was taking it and I was curious.</p>
<p>Assuming they treat transfer students relatively similarly to new first years... you won't register until orientation. And they usually send you a packet about housing when it's time to fill that out.</p>
<p>I see. So the orientations are held throughout summer and it seems I should be getting a letter about registration soon...</p>
<p>If anyone needs me I'll be waiting by my mailbox :)</p>
<p>I attended orientation (and registered for classes) last Friday. Handed my acceptance fee on that day and was told to expect housing information by early June. I'm hoping that because I'm an upperclassman (based on credits I'm a junior) I could still get some decent housing despite relative lateness of application...</p>
<p>I've heard there are some dorms on North campus that are somewhat larger with AC and such. I'm almost positive I want to live in North campus.</p>
<p>@Chrys how did everything go?</p>
<p>The North Campus dorms have AC, but IMO for person-per-space they're definitely the least spacious. (It seems to go, most to least room, Towers > South > North. Make sure to visit all of the dorms if possible.)</p>
<p>Unless you're aiming for a single!</p>
<p>Whew, I just got my info. Thanks everyone.</p>
<p>Now for deciding on the dorm. And actually finding time to do it...</p>
<p>(I'm pretty sure I'll go for Lincoln, though, or maybe Taylor.)</p>
<p>We put our deposit in back in early March because we wanted to make sure we were in line for Lincoln.</p>
<p>Shame about those of us who were indecisive about college until April... I should've just sent in the deposit, but I didn't want to send it in until I was at least pretty sure. Alas!</p>
<p>My fingers are crossed, I'd love Lincoln, but Houck and Taylor are alright too.</p>
<p>Anyone from last year(s) able to speak about how good housing placement is vs. when people turned stuff in?</p>
<p>I just sent my housing contract + fee in today, after receiving it all today.</p>
<p>I know, I was going back and forth between Lincoln and Taylor. Anyone have anything really good to say about Taylor?</p>
<p>Speaker, it does matter when you turn things in. My daughter did not decide to go to OSU until May 1st last year, so her housing was turned in sometime in May or June. Houck (North campus) was her first choice, as she wanted to be part of the Women in Engineering learning community. She didn't get in. She was assigned to her second choice, Taylor Tower (North campus), an honors dorm. </p>
<p>Chrys, my daughter likes Taylor Tower because it is close to her classes and because it has a bathroom inside the room for the four girls to share. It is an honors dorm, which makes it nice for forming study groups and such (more people interested in doing well in classes). It has air conditioning. The negative is that it is cramped for four people.</p>
<p>She is living in a dorm again next year and has decided to live in Morrill. There is a lot more space than what she has now and it is air conditioned. There is a suite bathroom, which is not as good as what she has now. but at least it's not a hall bath. Although she won't be as close to her classes, she said it's not a big deal (although I don't know if she'll still be saying that next January).</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>There's nothing wrong with Taylor, it's a perfectly nice place. Having your own bathroom could be a big positive, or a big negative if you hate cleaning and live with slobs. It depends what setup suits you. If it helps, one of the reasons I chose Lincoln was because I think it's has the best of both south and north. For example:</p>
<p>South - one room shared with one roommate. bathrooms shared among floor, cleaned by housekeeping.
North - a bedroom and study room shared with three roommates. a bathroom shared in room, cleaned by you.
West - a bedroom and study room shared with one roommate, a living room shared with seven. bathrooms shared among suite, and cleaned by housekeeping.</p>
<p>Are the pods in each Lincoln suite doubles or quads? or are they both? I was unclear there. And am I right that a suite double costs more?</p>
<p>The rooms are doubles, and there is one room of 4 people on each floor. The housing fees are grouped by different categories (that is discussed on the housing request forum) - but yeah, quads cost less than suites. Suites cost a bit more than normal south campus, I think - I'm not sure how it all compares.</p>
<p>Cost depends on what type of room it is. On the link below, scroll down a bit and you'll see costs. Scroll down further and eventually there's a chart that explains which rooms/which buildings fit for each cost category.</p>
<p>It's a year old, so the prices are a little lower there than they are now, and now there is the 125 swipe Carmen meal plan in addition to those listed there.</p>
<p>For anyone at OSU: have you found the RPAC to be more than sufficient or is it better to have a weight room where you are living?</p>
<p>Yikes! I just checked the website above. Didn't realize that my daughter's choice for next year is about $300 per quarter more than this year's dorm. That's before the increase, too. I think I read that tuition is staying the same but room and board costs are going up something like 6 to 8 percent. Anyone else recall seeing this?</p>