Process for Current Sophomore and Junior Students
(rising juniors and seniors)

The housing lottery is the essential process a rising junior or senior student must apply through to be given the chance to participate in the housing selection process. The need for a lottery process to generate a random population from this group for on-campus housing is necessary because there is limited space available for these students. From Jan. 14– Feb. 8, 2008, these students may apply for the housing lottery through “MySJU”. A participant may choose to enter the housing lottery as a single person or as one person within a group (up to seven people). Participants of the housing lottery will be notified if they have been selected to participate in the housing selection process on February 12, 2008.

Those upperclassmen students selected through the housing lottery to participate in the housing selection process will be instructed to complete the first two steps in the housing selection process: making a $350 non-refundable housing deposit and completing a housing contract via MySJU. They will be given four days to complete this process, from February 13-17, 2008. Once a deposit and contract have been completed a student is guaranteed on-campus housing. Please note that the housing contract is a binding contract for the entire 2008-09 academic year and students will not be released except for extraordinary circumstances.

Beginning on March 10, 2008 students participating in the housing selection process will be able to log into “MySJU” to find out their housing selection date & time, and Housing PIN number (unique number used to participate in the housing selection process). The housing selection process will begin on March 20, 2008, and will be conducted via the web, much like class registration. Available housing options will very depending on the assigned housing selection date & time of your student. Current juniors will choose first, sophomores second, and then current freshman.

Finally, it is highly encouraged that all students who enter the housing lottery and housing selection process review all housing literature provided concerning participation in these processes.

HOW WILL IT WORK?

CURRENT RESIDENT SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS AND SENIORS who wish to continue in University housing for the 2008-09 academic year will apply for housing via the web by Friday, February 8, 2008. If the number of upperclassmen students who apply for housing exceeds the number of beds available, a process will be run that will randomly select Housing Lottery Applicants to participate in the Housing Lottery (a lottery to get into the Housing Lottery). If the number of upperclassmen who apply does not exceed the available beds, everyone will make it into the lottery.

Before you click on the actually application, you will see that we have outlined the terms of applying for the Housing Lottery. Please read through those terms.

When you get to the “Housing Lottery Application” screen, you will see the following information:

Application status: This will tell you whether an application exists, and if so, how you applied the last time that you logged in. application Selection: (You will have three choices)

Application Selection
	Apply for Housing by Yourself
	Apply for Housing and Create a New Group
	Apply for Housing and Join an Existing Group
You will make your choice and then click the “Submit” button.

Once you have submitted your Application Selection choice you will be taken to a screen that will show that your changes were saved successfully. It will also show your Application Status, which will be one of two things:

• You have applied for the Housing Lottery by yourself

• You have applied for the Housing Lottery and belong to group ######## ( The members of your group will be listed.) Note- Group ID is the ID number of the first person to create this group.

At that time the process for applying for the Housing Lottery will be complete and you may exit the session.

The form will also have the flexibility to let you change your application selection if you wish. You can come back into this form any time until February 9th to change your choice. You will be given the following options depending on whether you applied as a group or by yourself:

Application Selection Group ID
	Remove Your Housing Lottery Application
	Change Group
	Remove Yourself from this Group
	Create a New Group
	Join an Existing Group
You will make your choice and then click “Submit”

ABOUT THE APPLICATION SELECTION OPTIONS

We are providing the opportunity to apply to housing as a group. This is done to accommodate those who wish to live with a specific group of friends, but do not want to risk half of the group making the lottery, and half having to go off campus. So, if you know who you want to try to live with, you will also know that you all either made or did not make the lottery together.

• One person in your group will “Apply for Housing and Create a New Group.” The Group ID’ becomes that person’s student ID number.
• Everyone else in your group will “Apply for Housing and Join an Existing Group.” They will then enter the ID number of the student who created the group as the “Group ID.”
• Groups must be all one gender and no larger than seven (7) people.

Note: Making the lottery together does not guarantee that you will room together. (i.e. If you apply for Housing as a group of seven, this does not guarantee that you will therefore sign into a seven person Townhouse.) You will each get individual lottery numbers for the lottery.

THERE IS NO MORE OR LESS ADVANTAGE IF YOU APPLY FOR THE HOUSING LOTTERY AS A GROUP OR BY YOURSELF.

How WILL I KNOW WHETHER I MADE IT INTO THE HOUSING LOTTERY?

• Notification of selection to participate in the Housing Lottery will be communicated via the web beginning February 12, 2008. Simply go through steps 1 - 3. When you get to the “Housing” Screen there is an option “Status of Participation in the Housing Lottery.” Click on this option and your status will be displayed. An e-mail will also be sent to your University e-mail address.

• Upperclassmen students who have made the Housing Lottery must then pay the $350 non- refundable deposit and contract for housing via the web, between February 13– 17th.

• Failure to do so will result in loss of your position in the Housing Lottery, and we will offer your slot(s) to the next group on the application list.

WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR HOUSING ELIGIBILITY?

• You must be a current resident student in good standing, currently enrolled for a minimum of 12 undergraduate credits, and enrolling for a minimum of 12 credits for the Fall 2009 semester.

HOW IS 2008-09 HOUSING CHOSEN?

The University uses an on-line room selection process for current resident students to choose their room for the upcoming academic year. Once it is determined who makes it into the lottery, selection times will be assigned randomly by class year. Current seniors will choose first, juniors second, then sophomores, and freshmen.

The housing lottery and room selection will be conducted via the web, much like class registration. All of the Lottery “rules” will be the same i.e. in regards to filling a room to capacity, but you will be able to make your choice where it is most convenient for you.