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Cross your fingers, because the student housing process is officially underway
Kathleen Vissichelli
Issue date: 3/15/07 Section: News
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The student housing process for the 2007-08 school year is underway!
According to the Office of Residential Life, housing information requirements were met and all the paperwork has been handed in so that the lottery process can finally begin.
The housing process is done using a lottery system. Students are assigned a random lottery number according to their credit hours and class status once they've handed in their deposit.
On April 11, the lottery numbers will be posted, and students will be able to choose where they want to live throughout the week of April 16.
"Once you receive a lottery number, you are guaranteed a bed here but you must go through the housing process. Just because you receive your number, doesn't mean you have a bed yet," said Allen Machielson, director of Residential Life and Housing.
Housing for incoming freshmen will remain limited to Seton, Merton, and Roncalli halls.
Dean of Student Affairs Larry Wielk said that during the freshmen and sophomore year, students still face the issue of making the transition from high school to college. As a result, more responsibility is placed on students as they continue their education and reach upper grade levels.
"If you look at the types of housing there is and the location of the buildings, there are progressively more levels of responsibility placed on the students as they get older," said Wielk.
In terms of housing students in the same grade level together, Scott Panza, sophomore, Hamden, said he thinks it's for the best that they have freshmen living together.
"Seton was awesome you saw everyone all the time. I met all my friends on the wall outside of the building," said Panza. "It was fun but it's something that doesn't need repeating."
Catharine Oehm, sophomore, Staten Island, N.Y., said that as a freshmen, the "main concern is definitely living with your friends."
She said that for her and her friends last year, as long as they were all housed together it wasn't a big deal. Most of their issues came from that.
According to the Office of Residential Life, housing information requirements were met and all the paperwork has been handed in so that the lottery process can finally begin.
The housing process is done using a lottery system. Students are assigned a random lottery number according to their credit hours and class status once they've handed in their deposit.
On April 11, the lottery numbers will be posted, and students will be able to choose where they want to live throughout the week of April 16.
"Once you receive a lottery number, you are guaranteed a bed here but you must go through the housing process. Just because you receive your number, doesn't mean you have a bed yet," said Allen Machielson, director of Residential Life and Housing.
Housing for incoming freshmen will remain limited to Seton, Merton, and Roncalli halls.
Dean of Student Affairs Larry Wielk said that during the freshmen and sophomore year, students still face the issue of making the transition from high school to college. As a result, more responsibility is placed on students as they continue their education and reach upper grade levels.
"If you look at the types of housing there is and the location of the buildings, there are progressively more levels of responsibility placed on the students as they get older," said Wielk.
In terms of housing students in the same grade level together, Scott Panza, sophomore, Hamden, said he thinks it's for the best that they have freshmen living together.
"Seton was awesome you saw everyone all the time. I met all my friends on the wall outside of the building," said Panza. "It was fun but it's something that doesn't need repeating."
Catharine Oehm, sophomore, Staten Island, N.Y., said that as a freshmen, the "main concern is definitely living with your friends."
She said that for her and her friends last year, as long as they were all housed together it wasn't a big deal. Most of their issues came from that.
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