VILLAGE Housing Selection 2013-2014

• Who is eligible to live in The Village?

• When does Village Housing Selection happen?

• Priority for Village Housing Selection

• Priority within the lotteries

• Step-by-step detailed instructions

• Housing Selection Terms/Glossary/Definitions

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO LIVE IN THE VILLAGE?

The Village townhouse community is for students of at least junior status who have lived on campus at Oswego for a significant portion of their undergraduate experience. Specifically, to take occupancy in The Village, residents must have at least 57 earned credits and have fulfilled the requirement for semesters lived on campus at SUNY Oswego based on their status when they first enrolled at SUNY Oswego (4 regular semesters if they first enrolled as freshmen; 2 regular semesters if they first enrolled as transfer students).

Most assignments to The Village are made during the Village Housing Selection process, which takes place during the preceding spring semester. To be eligible to participate in the spring Village Housing Selection process for the upcoming year,

• current RESIDENT STUDENTS who first enrolled at SUNY Oswego as freshman must:

• have at least 45 earned credits,
• have lived on campus at Oswego for at least 3 regular academic semesters (not including current semester or summer/winter terms), and
• be enrolled as full-time students.

• current RESIDENT STUDENTS who first enrolled at SUNY Oswego as transfer students must:

• have at least 45 earned credits,
• have lived on campus at Oswego for at least 1 regular academic semester (not including current semester or summer/winter terms), and
• be enrolled as full-time students.

• NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS who first enrolled at SUNY Oswego as freshman must:

• have at least 45 earned credits,
• have lived on campus at Oswego for at least 4 regular academic semester (not including summer/winter terms), and
• be enrolled as full-time students.

• NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS who first enrolled at SUNY Oswego as transfer students must:

• have at least 45 earned credits,
• have lived on campus at Oswego for at least 2 regular academic semesters (not including summer/winter terms), and
• be enrolled as full-time students.

WHEN DOES VILLAGE HOUSING SELECTION HAPPEN?

STEP 1

• Accept terms of Village Housing Agreement
• Pay the $100 Housing Deposit via myoswego.oswego.edu

STEP 2

Preferences & Mate-Matching via myHousing.oswego.edu

• Current Village Residents ONLY

• Non-Village Residents

STEP 3

Choose from available townhouses via myHousing.oswego.edu

Village Squatter Lottery

• Current Village residents (individuals who are "squatting" their current room)

Village Resident Lottery

• Current Village residents (individuals and groups, including squatters)

Village Majority Lottery

• Groups made up of more than 50% current Village residents

Village General Lottery

• All other Village Housing Selection participants

PRIORITY FOR VILLAGE HOUSING SELECTION

Village Housing Selection Participants will choose townhouses in this order:

1. VILLAGE SQUATTERS LOTTERY - Matched groups of current Village residents who are filling a townhouse that at least 1 member of the group currently occupies.
2. VILLAGE RESIDENT LOTTERY - Current Village residents who are not squatting.
3. VILLAGE MAJORITY LOTTERY - Matched groups made up of more than 50% current Village residents. Specifically, matched groups of 6 including at least 4 current Village residents and matched groups of 4 including 3 current Village residents.
4. VILLAGE GENERAL LOTTERY - All other Village Housing Selection participants. A participant is one who completes Step 1 of the Housing Selection Process (pays the $100 Housing Deposit and accepts the terms of The Village Housing Agreement).

Current Village residents who choose to participate in Lottery #1, #2, #3 ARE GUARANTEED a space in The Village for next year. Current Village residents who choose to participate in the VILLAGE GENERAL LOTTERY ARE NOT GUARANTEED a space in The Village for next year.

PRIORITY WITHIN THE LOTTERIES

For all 4 lotteries, priority will be established as follows:

• Class of 2013 members will be assigned the lowest (best) lottery numbers
• Class of 2014 members will be assigned next best lottery numbers etc.