Special rules for incoming students.
Incoming students may complete a General Waitlist form during Orientation Week, however, incoming students will not join the established queue until the first day of classes of Autumn Quarter (after Orientation Week). At that time, the Office of Undergraduate Student Housing will randomize the General Waitlist forms that have been submitted by incoming first year students to determine their priority in the larger queue.
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What happens next?
There is a freeze on room changes for the first three weeks of Autumn quarter. Once room changes begin, if you are the next person in the queue for an available space and the available space matches one of your preferences, we will offer you the space and you will have 48 hours to accept or decline the offer. You will then have another 48 hours to complete the move.
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What happens if my second or third choice is met?
You will remain on this waitlist until your highest preference is met, unless you specifically request otherwise in writing.
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Can I turn down an offer to move?
Yes, you can turn down an offer. If you turn down an offer that matches your highest preference, you will be removed from the General Waitlist. If you turn down an offer that matches a lower preference, you will remain on the waitlist for your higher preference(s), unless you notify us otherwise.
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What happens to my In-House seniority?
When you move, you gain seniority for every quarter that you live in your new House, including the quarter that you move in. You do not retain or carry-over any seniority from your former House. If you move during Winter or Spring quarter, you will have accumulated fewer quarters in your new House than students who have lived in the House since Autumn quarter which will impact in-House seniority during the Spring Lottery for the following academic year.
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What if I want to change my General Waitlist preferences?
If you want to change the order of your original preferences or change the room type of your original preferences, you may do so without losing your place in the queue. These updates must be made by you in writing (email is fine).
If you want to add a new Residence Hall or House to your preferences, you must complete a separate, additional General Waitlist request form. The original form will remain in its original place, and the second one will join the queue in the order it was received.
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When does the General Waitlist close?
During the last three weeks of Autumn and Winter quarters, the General Waitlist freezes while each House offers vacant spaces to its own residents in preparation for end-of-quarter room changes.
The General Waitlist closes for the year on the Friday of the first week of Spring quarter. This means nobody can get on the General Waitlist after this date and that the final General Waitlist offers of the year will be made the Monday of second week of Spring quarter.
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What else should I know?
The following residence halls have community kitchens that traditionally charge a kitchen use fee to all residents regardless of year or dining plan: Breckinridge, Broadview, Maclean, Max Palevsky, and Snell-Hitchcock. Please contact the Resident Head of that community for specific rates and rules of their community kitchen fee.
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