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Frequently
Asked Housing- Related Questions
The
Department of Housing and Residential Life would like to provide
you with some key information regarding new student housing. The
answers to these questions often come via the phone or email. In
an effort to ensure information is being distributed accurately,
we hope that you will use this as a guide to answer any questions
or guide the student to the correct person.
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Summer Housing
Assistant-
assists in tracking incoming students housing
information and matches
roommates.
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Cindy
Vogelzang, Housing Coordinator- coordinates housing processes
under the direction of the Associate Dean of Students. Also,
responsible for returning
students housing information and housing assignments.
- Dee Campanella, Associate Director of Residential Life and Housing
- Dr. John Jobson, Associate Dean of Students and Director of Residential
Life and Housing
FREQUENTLY
ASKED HOUSING QUESTIONS:
Is
there guaranteed housing?
Where
are students generally housed?
All
my friends have received their housing assignments but I have not
received mine:
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We will begin emailing out assignments starting the week of July 10, for those housing applications received by June 10, 2013, and after
that on a weekly basis.
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Since
we hand match all roommates, we often want to make sure we are
able to have as many options as possible in the pool of roommates.
This sometimes forces us to wait until more housing cards are returned.
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If
you have not received your housing assignment by Friday, August
9, please contact the Housing Office (housing@hope.edu or 616-395-7943).
I received a housing assignment
indicating that I have been placed in "alternative housing". What
is it?
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Due
to increased enrollment, housing spaces are being utilized in a
variety of ways. If you received your assignment stating you are
in alternative housing, you are housed in a location that is not
utilized unless we are in this situation.
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Alternative
does not mean that the space you are given is not comparable to
other spaces on campus. You will have the same amount of furniture
(bed, dresser, desk, desk chair, closet).
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Alternative
housing arrangements may be in a study lounge, or other common
area such as an exercise room. Bathroom and shower facilities are
located near all locations used for alternative housing.
I
requested to live in X hall but was placed in Y hall:
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While
we do try to honor hall preferences, we have limited space for
first year students in certain residence halls.
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Students
may be placed on a waiting list and if anything opens in that particular
hall, we can contact them. To be placed on a wait list students
should contact the housing office (housing@hope.edu or 616-395-7943).
I
requested to live anywhere BUT Dykstra:
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We
try to honor all of the requests that we receive. However,
because of limited spaces in residence halls, we were unable to fill
all
of them.
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Dykstra holds
about 300 freshmen women. Being our largest female hall, most frist-year
women are assigned to this hall.
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The majority of women who have lived in Dykstra their
freshmen year have enjoyed their experience in Dykstra Hall.
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Students
may be placed on a waiting list and if anything opens in that particular
hall, we can contact them. To be placed on a wait list students
should contact the housing office.
I
heard rumors about this residence hall:
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It
is important to remember that not all reputations or rumors are
true.
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Our
residence halls are what the students make of them. We have different
students living in each hall, each year and the dynamics change
with the students. It is important to go into your living situation
with an open mind and no preconceived notions.
I
requested to live in the same cluster/residence hall as my friend
and we didn't get housed together:
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We
receive many housing requests and try to fill them as best as possible.
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The
most common cause for this occurs if either you or your friend's
Housing applications came in after June 10, 2013. We
are
often
unable to fill this request in these situations.
I
am playing a sport and wanted to live with a teammate or other
student-athlete but didn't get one as a roommate:
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Although
there are quite a few incoming student-athletes, we
are not made aware unless the student identifies on their Housing
application that they are a student-athlete.
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We
do try to match student-athletes request to live with another student-athlete,
but we do look at other information on the Housing applications as well
to ensure
the best
possible
roommate
match.
Why
was I housed with an upper classmen?
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We
had a few upper division students without roommates. We consolidated
as many of them as we could to house incoming students together.
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As
we begin to house the incoming students we fill the empty rooms
first and then move on to filling the spaces with these upper classmen.
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Although
you will be a roommate with an upper classmen, you will have other
first year students in the residence hall with you.
Why
do I have two roommates instead of one (triple rooms)?
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If
you are a new student, you can move in on Friday, August 23, 2013
at 10:00am. Please check in at your residence hall.
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If
you are a returning student, you can move in on Sunday, August
25, 2013 at noon. Please check in at your residential facility.
Can
I come and see my room?
What
size sheets should I purchase?
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