Furman University

Housing Lottery 2013

Lottery Schedule

Lottery Day	Options	Submit Request	Results Available
Tues, Mar 19	The Vinings Lottery	7am to 1pm	7pm
Tues, Apr 2	North Village Co-Ed Blocks (A-F) all private bedrooms	7am to10am	11:30am
Tues, Apr 2	North Village Co-Ed Block (G-K) all private bedrooms	12 noon to 3pm	7pm
Wed, Apr 3	North Village Blocks (A-F) all private bedrooms	7am to 10am	11:30am
Wed, Apr 3	North Village Blocks (G-K) all private bedrooms	12 noon to 3pm	7pm
Thurs, Apr 4	North Village Private Bedrooms	7am to 1pm	7pm
Fri, Apr 5	North Village Shared Bedrooms	7am to 1pm	7pm
Tues, Apr 9	Triples (residence halls)	7am to 10am	11:30am
Tues, Apr 9	Singles (residence halls)	12 noon to 3pm	7pm
Wed, Apr 10	Ramsay Blocks of Four	7am-10am	11:30am
Wed, Apr 10	Ramsay Doubles	12 noon to 3pm	7pm
Thurs, Apr 11	South Housing Blocks of Four (residence halls)	7am-10am	11:30am
Thurs, Apr 11	Lakeside Housing Blocks of Four (residence halls)	12 noon to 3pm	7pm
Fri, Apr 12	Doubles (residence halls)	7am to 10am	7pm

Housing Lottery Videos

• Welcome to the Housing Lottery (Note: Video by former Director of Housing & Residence Life)
  
• Why are deadlines important?
• What exemptions are there to the on-campus housing requirement? (Note: Video by former Director of Housing & Residence Life) - Medical requests are no longer sent directly to Disability Services. Please use the link provided under Off-Campus Exemptions.
• How does The Vinings Lottery work?
• What are pre-assignments?
• How can I find a roommate? (Note: FirstClass is no longer available but Roommate Finder can now be utilized through OrgSync)
• What is the Housing Lottery?
• How does priority work?
• What happens if I don't get my North Village housing assignment?
• What is the waiting list? (Note: Video by former Director of Housing & Residence Life - The Vinings is referenced in this video; however, there will be no student assignments to The Vinings for 2013-14.)
  
• What does being on the waiting list mean? (Note: The student in this video references the North Village waiting list. The same process applies for students who receive no assignment during the lottery and are on a waiting list during the summer.)
• Why are deadlines important? (references The Vinings)
• What options for study away? (includes reserving fall assignment)
• What options are there for students living on campus during the summer?

 

Declare your Intentions

Each Furman student is required to declare their intentions regarding campus housing for 2013-14 no later than February 27, 2013. Simply enter your information under Select Housing Intention at MyFurman Portal and make a selection from the screen that follows. You may change your intentions as many times as you desire before the February 27th deadline.

Please note that declaring your intentions is only the first step in the room selection process, which includes requests to live off-campus. Declaring your intentions does not mean that a housing assignment has been made or that a request to live off-campus has been granted. All it means is that Housing & Residence Life will expect you to participate in the process below according to your selection.

Students who plan to study away fall or spring semester should enter the intent to "live in campus housing". Students who will graduate prior to Fall 2013 should enter the intent to "graduate".

Time and Place

 

All room requests for the 2013 fall semester will be submitted in MyFurman Portal under the Housing & Residence Life section on the dates and at the times provided.  Please be sure to carefully note the dates and times. Requests that are not submitted during the designated time CANNOT be considered.

Online Request: A step-by-step process

1. Read through this Website.

2. Check MyFurman Portal to make sure you are eligible.  Then Check Roommate Eligibility to make sure the students you are submitting your request with are eligible. You will need each roommate's housing code to check their eligibility.  Names will not be accepted in the housing request window if this statement appears - "You cannot participate in the Housing Lottery until you resolve the above problems".

3. On the appropriate day and time, go to MyFurman Portal under the Housing & Residence Life section's Enter Housing Lottery to enter the system.

SCREEN #1 - ENTER PARTICIPANTS' HOUSING CODE
4. Only one request can be made, so make sure the student entering the request(s) has each roommates' housing code.

5. Potential errors that may occur and will not let you progress in the lottery at this point are:

** Each student in the group will receive an e-mail at their Furman e-mail address describing the error if you encounter an error while submitting your requests. **

SCREEN #2 - SELECT ROOMS
6. You must select the room(s) or apartment(s) where you are interested in living next year. It is advised that you know which rooms are available ahead of time so you can make informed requests.  Male spaces and female spaces will be available on March 21.

7. You cannot select the same room/apartment more than once, but you must select multiple requests if possible. The maximum selections you can make will vary with the rooms or apartments available on that day. When you participate during a certain lottery window, you must be willing to accept any assignment within the list of available rooms/apartments for that window.

8. When entering each student's housing code, be sure to enter in the preferred bedroom order for North Village (for example: the first name listed will be assigned to bedroom 1, the second name listed will be assigned to bedroom 2, etc.).

9. You must choose a preference which will aid the computer in making the most suitable assignment in the event you do not get one of your choices:

10. Finally, you can provide any written comments in the comments section at the bottom of Screen #2.

• For those of you studying away the entire fall semester and someone is living in your space while away, their housing code and name must be entered in Screen #1. Your name should be entered in the comments section telling us that you will return to that assignment for the spring semester.  Also, tell us whose space you will be taking upon your return.

SCREEN #3 - CONFIRMATION
11. This screen will confirm that your requests have been submitted. At this time, your request will be randomly assigned a lottery number by a computer-generated program and it will be used to make your assignment within the prioritized groups.

12. Each student will receive an e-mail informing them that their name was submitted on a room request. If this is not correct, you MUST contact Housing & Residence Life at x2092 immediately.

13. Once the results for each window are available, you may check to see if you received an assignment in MyFurman Portal under Verify Assignment Status. If you did not receive an assignment, you will want to participate on another day.

14. North Village only - between April 9-14, students who would like to change bedroom assignments in North Village MUST log into MyFurman Portal under North Village Bedroom Select to assign each roommate the appropriate room in the apartment. The last entry made prior to the deadline will serve as the final request. Please be sure all roommates are in agreement with any requested changes.

15. When you check your Lottery Results, you will be prompted to update your meal plan for 2013-14.  This is important because ALL resident students will be defaulted to a meal plan for next year.  Please refer to the Meal Plan selection of the Student Business Center's website for more information about the meal plan default, meal plan costs and how to change your meal plan.

Residency Requirement

All students are required to reside in campus housing, which includes The Vinings, unless they are eligible and approved for an Off-Campus Exemption.

Determination of Priority

Priority for students who submit requests for housing will be based on the year each person entered college for the first time.  For example, groups consisting of four students who entered college in the fall of 2010 will have the most priority for North Village.  Groups consisting of a mixture of those who entered in the fall of 2010 and the fall of 2011 will be next on the priority list. To further determine a group's priority, a random number will be computer generated when the group submits their request online. One's official classification through the Academic Records office and the number of academic hours one has earned will have no bearing on your housing assignment.  Students who entered college earlier than the fall of 2010 will not provide additional priority for a group. They, too, will be treated as fourth-year students or seniors.

Disability & Health-Related Accommodations

NOTE:  Any special accommodation must be requested through this process. This includes requests such as a student with back problems who would like to bring a different mattress.

Students who need to be assigned to a specific housing space due to a disability or health-related accommodation MUST submit the appropriate documentation at Disability & Health-Related Accommodations no later than February 18, 2013.

Study Away or Leave of Absence

Students who are studying away or taking a leave of absence should carefully review their Study Away Options.

If you are eligible and plan to pay to reserve fall or guarantee your spring assignment, you MUST inform Housing & Residence Life of your intentions by completing the Reserve Fall/Guarantee Spring Assignment Request no later than Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at 5:00 p.m. Students will not be able to pursue this option after this deadline.

Students living at The Vinings must pay 100% of the housing cost to reserve their space while studying away and do not have the option to have a student fill-in for them.

Completing and Submitting your Request

On-line requests must be submitted on the correct day and during the time span indicated on this site. A request will not be accepted during any other time. Assignments will not be made immediately; only one person can submit the request.  Duplicate entries will result in error messages. 

The number of names on the on-line request form must coincide exactly with the capacity of the living area(s). Students applying for North Village must have a group of four students in order to request an apartment. An entry with less than room capacity will NOT process.

Listing Your Choices

The maximum number of choices (eight in most cases) should be listed so that you will more likely be assigned to a preferred space. You must also provide us with a preference to aid in the assignment process.

North Village

While we are responsible for filling all campus housing, it is our goal that third-year students and fourth-year students who request North Village will be able to live in North Village.  However, we cannot guarantee that all third-year students or fourth-year students will be assigned to North Village.  We also cannot guarantee that all third-year students or fourth-year students will be assigned to a private bedroom apartment.  There are a number of shared bedroom apartments that will also be assigned.

 

Based upon current enrollment projections, we do not expect to house second-year students in North Village for 2013-14. Rising second-year students should plan to participate in the lottery for a residence hall assignment April 9-12.

When groups of four students request North Village, the four names submitted must be rising third-year or fourth-year students.  Again, fifth-year students may also participate, but only if they can commit to living on-campus for both semesters.  This will help ensure that most third-year students have the opportunity to reside at North Village.

On April 2-3, rising third-year and fourth-year students will have the opportunity to request a two-apartment North Village block.  A "block" means two NV apartments next door to each other. Groups requesting blocks at North Village must be rising third-year students or fourth-year students. 

Groups of eight rising third-year students and fourth-year students, or combinations of third-year students and fourth-year students, may request certain blocks in North Village that are predetermined.  Per student requests, we will again offer coed blocks this year on April 2 (this means that four males live in one apartment and four females live in the other).   Same gender blocks will be on April 3.  April 4 is for North Village Private Bedroom Apartments and April 5 is for North Village Shared Bedroom Apartments.

Squatters at North Village

Current third- and fourth-year students living in North Village are given the opportunity to retain their current apartment for the upcoming year if the following conditions are met prior to the Housing Lottery:

• Names of four eligible students are submitted on the request form by the designated deadline.
• At least two residents currently live in the apartment for spring semester.
• All four residents must be rising third- or fourth-year students.
• All four residents must submit their Housing Intentions in MyFurman Portal under Select Housing Intention by February 27 (submit "live in campus housing").
• No student listed on the request is studying away fall semester unless he/she agrees to pay 75% of the cost for the reserved space by submitting the Reserve Fall/Guarantee Spring Assignment Request form by March 12.
  
• The apartment being requested is NOT the Resident Assistant's apartment.
• None of the students on the request are second-year students currently residing in North Village.

If you want to squat your apartment, you MUST submit the North Village Squatter Form no later than Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 5:00 p.m.  Please note that we cannot allow students to leave their belongings in the apartment over the summer because these buildings are used for summer camps and conferences and summer students.  Please be aware that students cannot request to block with students who squat their apartment.

Can't find a roommate?

In support of the University's budgetary goals, Housing & Residence Life must make every effort to see that residence halls are filled to capacity in the fall. This goal cannot be achieved if everyone is assigned housing during the regular assignment process. Otherwise, those who decide (between May and August) to withdraw from the University will leave empty spaces. It is estimated that between 30 and 40 men and 30 and 40 women will be placed on a waiting list and assigned campus housing once attrition and the consolidation of those left without roommates has occurred. In most cases, Housing & Residence Life will make waiting list assignments in early August. By waiting until most activity has occurred, Housing & Residence Life can try to keep waiting list students in roommate pairs and assign them in preferred areas.

A meeting for those placed on the waiting list will occur on Monday, April 15, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. in the Thomas Room, Trone Student Center.

May Experience & Summer Housing

Details about May Experience housing are available at http://www2.furman.edu/studentlife/housing/Selection/Pages/MayExperience.aspx.  Details about Summer housing are available at http://www2.furman.edu/studentlife/housing/Selection/Pages/Summer.aspx.  Summer housing will be in North Village Buildings A, B, C, and F.  Applications for both terms will be made available online February 20 and will be due by April 8.

 

Students planning to be on campus during Summer Session II might want to request one of these summer buildings as a 2013-14 assignment. Housing & Residence Life makes every attempt to coordinate summer and fall assignments in order to eliminate student moves.

If you have any questions about the Housing Lottery, please call 294-2092 or e-mail Housing Lottery.