Welcome home, Pirates!
Due to a system upgrade, we are experiencing technical difficulties with the Housing Profile on PirateNet. We hope to have the Profile back up and running by Wednesday, July 22nd.
Additionally, the Housing Profile will be unavailable on Monday, July 27th, due to another piece of the system upgrade. It will be back up and running on Tuesday, July 28th.
Don’t worry, you’ve got until September 8th to change your meal plans!
We’re pleased to say that we’re typing and clicking away at our computers to get assignment letters out this week. Unlike past years, this year students can expect their assignment letters and parking permits for move-in day right in their emails. The email will also contain more useful information, such as links to linen vendors and a packing list for college.
Students will find out their residence hall, room, and roommate(s’) name(s) in this email. We encourage students to contact each other and discuss living together. It’s also a good idea to talk about roommate expectations as well as decide who wants to bring what for sharing.
HRL will not be accepting roommate change requests as we believe college is all about learning through different people’s experiences. Remember, roommates don’t have to be the best of friends, but rather just a respectful relationship.
Keep your eyes on your email…it’ll be there soon!
HRL is very excited for our next few days of Orientation! We can’t wait to meet the Class of ’13 and their families!
The First Year Area Res Life staff (in Boland that’s Sarah, Will, Rae, and Meghan-Rose and in Aquinas that’s Jackie and Karoline) is planning many exciting and fun programs for your first 40 days at The Hall.
Meanwhile, the staff in Housing Services is working hard to make room assignments for the incoming class. Room assignments will be made after July 4th. We assign students in Boland and Aquinas based on their Journey of Transformation class registration. This means we can’t accept roommate requests. The philosophy behind this method of assignments is to support the academic endeavors of our freshmen. Think about how nice it is to live in the same suite or on the same floor as the familiar faces you see in the classroom during the week. That means there’s a lot of opportunity for collaboration and continuing in-class discussions outside the classroom walls!
Later in July, all students will receive their room assignment and roommate information via the email address they supplied on their housing application. Stay tuned in for that email as it’ll also contain your parking pass for move-in day and important information from our recommended vendors.
Housing & Residence Life staff members will be present at Orientation. We’ll be at a table in the University Center if you still need to apply for housing and there will be a special informational session for parents on Day 1 of each Orientation at 11:15am (presented by our Director, Tara Hart.)
We hope you enjoy your time at Seton Hall during your visit. August 27th (move-in day for the incoming freshman class) will be here before we know it! Have a great summer!
Day 1 of Room Selection is now complete. Today’s lottery was for students who were eligible to retain their current room assignments (28 Priority Points or more) and pull-in an eligible roommate (25 Priority Points or more.) If you were supposed to retain your room today but missed your time, don’t worry. You can log in tomorrow (Tuesday) from 10am-4pm and still do so as long as your room is available.
Students who do not wish to retain their room are eligible for the Open Room Selection Lottery this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. You may have noticed that your Open Room Selection lottery times disappeared from your Housing Profile. Don’t worry, they didn’t vanish completely. We had to hide the Open Room Selection lottery in order to make today’s Room Selection a success. You’ll see them appear once again on Tuesday evening.
Got questions during our lottery times? We’ve got a helpful AIM screenname staffed by a real, live person (Josh) to help you out. Buddy list him at HallHousingHelp.
Lost the Room Selection instructions email? Find it at our blog here.
If you’ve put in an application and a room deposit but have changed your mind about living here, give up your spot so that a friend can stay off the wait list. Fill out the Cancellation form available here.
Online Room Selection Instructions – Final.ppt
Above is a link to instructions for our Online Room Selection process. Please note only students who are eligible to participate in Online Room Selection will be able to select a room through this method.
We’ve pushed back sending out lottery numbers until today because we wanted to make sure we heard everyone’s Priority Points appeals and made all the necessary changes.
Lottery numbers and times as well as Room Selection instructions will be emailed out today so stay tuned!!
Check out our recommended vendor for student storage, The Student Storage Company.
Priority Points were sent out on April 3rd to all students who are eligible to participate in the Room Selection process for next year. (Just a reminder, that means students who applied AND deposited by the February 20th deadline received the Priority Points.) There was a second emailing of corrected Priority Points emailed out on Wednesday, April 8th.
We learned a few things from our email pushes:
Seton Hall’s first ever online room selection processes were run today for Turrell Manor and Sophomore Discovery Program accepted students. Both were successful!
Feel free to ask any of the students involved how easy it was! This is just a great sign of things to come!
Priority Points will be emailed to students this Friday and will include a break-down of what you received for each category as well as your Priority Point total.
This was a terrific year for Priority Points! Here are the facts that prove it: