Room Draw

Grand Hall Room Selection Process

All students, including current Grand Hall residents, who are hoping to live in Grand Hall next year must complete the following steps. Pay $25 to the Business Office and present the receipt at Grand Hall room draw lottery on Tuesday, April 8th between 9am and 5pm in Forum Room 9. Room deposits are non-refundable. At that time you will enter a lottery by drawing a number to determine whether you will be eligible to pick a room in Grand Hall. You should enter the lottery with the person with whom you hope to room with in Grand Hall. You will each be able to pull a lottery number and we will go with the better of the two numbers. On the evening of Tuesday, April 8th, all students who entered the lottery for a chance to live in Grand Hall will be sent an informational email that outlines the anticipated picking order. Students who do not turn in their receipt by 5:00 pm on April 8th will have to wait until the Supplementary Room Draw on April 17th to select a room in Grand Hall (if spaces remain).

On Wednesday, April 9th rooms in Grand Hall will actually be selected. Rooms will be selected according to class year and lottery number. Entering the lottery to live in Grand Hall does not guarantee that person a space in Grand Hall. Only after 5pm on April 8th (when the Grand Hall lottery closes) will we be able to determine how many people want to live in Grand and each person's individual chances of getting into the residence hall. To maintain a mix of students who represent all class years, 25% of the hall's total occupancy (approximately 22 spaces) will be set-aside for each class year. 5th year seniors get no special category. They are classified only as seniors. In the event that all senior-designated spaces aren't used by seniors, those spaces will trickle down to juniors, and so on.

After a room has been selected on April 9th, that housing assignment is FINAL. Actual times for Selection will be distributed at the Grand Hall Lottery.

SINGLES: Designated singles in Grand Hall can be selected during the Grand Hall room selection process. All single rooms in Grand will be assigned through this lottery process. Individuals currently living in a single elsewhere on campus do not receive any additional priority. They will choose according to the outlined system.

WHAT IF I DON'T GET INTO GRAND HALL? Students are always encouraged to make arrangements for back-up plans. Therefore, even though you may have your heart set on living in Grand Hall, it's a good idea to know the process for selecting a room in Pierce, White and/or Swope Hall(s) in the event that you are unable to select a room in Grand.

An informational meeting for the Grand Hall room selection process will be held on Wednesday, March 26th at 7:30 pm in Forum Room 2. Students interested in living in Grand Hall are strongly encouraged to attend this meeting.