2008 Woodie Awards
Stay on top of your upcoming housing selection
Rachelle Murphy
Issue date: 3/19/06 Section: Perspectives
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The housing process can be an eye-opening experience for some students. They have to decide where they want to live next year, who they should live with, and make sure to have some backups in case the first plan doesn't work.
"Housing was the most anxiety ridden thing I have ever gone through at school, I didn't even freak out for finals as much. I got kicked out of one suite because they didn't get a big enough suite for all of us. I thought I would have nowhere to go or live and that freaked me out even more. But luckily something similar happened to a friend of mine and now I live in a suite with her. I really feel bad for the people who didn't have the luck of another possibility for rooming," said Holly Finneran, sophomore, Glen Ridge, N.J.
This past month, three housing meetings took place for all returning students. At these meetings, Alan Machielson, the director of Residential Life and Housing, discussed the housing options with students. He also answered any questions that students had about the process.
"One of the more anticipated and quite possibly most stressful, times of the year is always the 2006-2007 housing selection process. In order to participate in the selection process week (which this year begins on April 3 and ends on April 7) a housing deposit was due on March 3," stated the Residential Life webpage.
"I think that the housing process is overwhelming and complicated. For the most part, they spell everything out to the freshman for sophomore housing, but upperclassmen really don't have a good understanding of what their options are. I also find it kind of ridiculous that there is not enough housing for all the resident students on campus," said Katie Duratti, sophomore, Wakefield, Mass.
Sacred Heart does guarantee housing for all four years. However, some students may get frustrated with the growing population of the school. The increased population of students leads to a more difficult time to find a place to live during the housing process.