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HOUSING LOTTERY: ROOM DRAW

Room Draw will be held in the Carroll Room in the Campus Center from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. for all houses.

Tuesday, March 24th for rising seniors (Class of 2010J and 2010) & 150 Elm

Wednesday, March 25th for rising juniors (Class of 2011J and 2011) and some rising sophomores (Class 2012J and 2012)

Thursday, March 26th for rising sophomores (Class of 2012J and 2012)

Students will be randomly assigned a room draw number by computer, based on their official class year. This number will designate the order in which each student selects a room in their house. (HPs will be allowed to choose their rooms first in their class year.)

Students who entered the lottery to change houses will receive an email on Monday, March 11th informing them of the house into which they will draw a room, their assigned room draw number and the date and time they need to be in the Carroll Room. A range of houses will be assigned an arrival time each night. Students may not enter the Room Selection Area before their name is called.

When you enter the Carroll Room you will be given an index card with your Name, ID Number, Class Year, House (you are drawing a room in) and Room Draw Number. There will be space provided to indicate the room you have chosen, your confirming signature and the signature of a staff person.

Once inside the Carroll Room:

  • Your name will be called to enter the Room Selection Area.
  • You will be sent to a designated table to wait for your name to be called. Once called you will be able to choose a room in the house you are assigned.
  • Once you have chosen a room, your name will be written on the blank house roster for the room you choose. The room number you choose will also be written on the index card you were given when you entered.
  • Take the index card to the computer table
  • You will need to give the staff person your index card in order for them to enter your room choice into Banner. Please sign the index card indicating that this is the room you have chosen. The staff person entering the room into Banner will also initial the card.

Please show up with at least 6 rooms in your house you would like to choose for the fall semester. Floor plans will be posted in the Carroll Room.

If you are a rising junior or sophomore and there is a chance you will not get a single for the fall semester, please also have in mind at least 5 other students in your house that you want to live with in a double or triple room. Students will not be able to draw into a double or triple room by themselves.

The schedule for Room Draw is now available here.

If you have further questions, please check the housing lottery frequently asked questions page, if the faq does not answer your question, contact Elizabeth Hait, housing coordinator, extension 4940, housing@smith.edu.

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