Housing Application Instructions

posted on February 23rd, 2009 by Jen

Since we have gotten a few questions about this…

Depending on your class year and where you currently live, when you log-in you will see some or all of the following options:

  • Squat my Central Campus apartment (aka Return to Same)
  • Squat in your preferred roommate’s Central Campus Apartment
  • I am not blocking
  • I am blocking
  • I decline housing

You will select ONE of these options.  You will then get a drop down box that includes the remainder of the application information you need to submit, based on the option you chose.  As applicable, these drop downs will have spaces to indicate that you are interested in Sophomores on Central, East Meets West, and Substance Free.

If you want to live on West Campus in a single, double, or triple and are not blocking, select “I am not Blocking.”

If you want to live on West Campus and are blocking, select “I am blocking.”

If you want to live on Central Campus, are not blocking, and are not squatting an apartment, select “I am not blocking.” Select “double” for your room occupancy, and then check “Central Campus” below.
If you want to live on Central Campus, are blocking, and are not squatting an apartment, select “I am blocking.”

If you want to live in a 4-person apartment on Central Campus, select “I am blocking.”  You will need to be in a block of at least 4 people.  You will NOT indicate anything on the application about wanting a 4-person apartment.  Select “double” in the room occupancy dropdown and then check “Central Campus” below.

If you plan to live in your preferred roommate’s current Central Campus apartment, select “Squat in your preferred roommate’s Central Campus Apartment.”

If you plan to live in your own current apartment again, select “Squat my Central Campus apartment (aka Return to Same).”

Please let us know if you still have questions, and good luck!

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Unaffiliated Rooms for Room Picks

posted on February 20th, 2009 by Jen

Hi Everyone,

The room/apartment locator will be available on March 2nd.  Until then, here are some VERY ROUGH numbers to help you get a sense of what will be available during unaffiliated RoomPicks 2009.  The numbers below are how many rooms/apartments are available, as opposed to how many bedspaces. These numbers include the beds that may be used for Sophomores on Central, Substance Free, and East Meets West, since these areas are considered unaffiliated.  You may review the floor plans and the Central Campus map to get a sense of how the different room sizes are distributed.

Female Rooms/Apartments:

Central Campus:

  • Studio Apartments - a handful, only in Sophomores on Central area, pending demand.
  • 1-bedroom apartments:  ~120
  • 2-bedroom suites:  ~40
  • 2-bedroom apartments:  ~20
  • 3-bedroom (4 person) apartments:  ~15

West Campus:

  • Triples :  ~12
  • Doubles:  ~390
  • Singles:  ~175

Male Rooms/Apartment:

Central Campus:

  • Studio - a handful, only in Sophomores on Central area, pending demand.
  • 1-bedroom apartments:  ~100
  • 2-bedroom suites:  ~45
  • 2-bedroom apartments:  ~20
  • 3-bedroom (4-person) apartments:  ~15

West Campus:

  • Triples:  ~13
  • Doubles:  ~330
  • Singles:  ~145

SLG locations have been finalized and posted, as well.

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Recycle During Move-In!

posted on August 13th, 2008 by Jen

Hi Everyone,

We can’t believe move-in is just around the corner.  Here are some tips for staying green and keeping campus clean during move-in:

  • Reduce, reuse, and recycle!
  • Leave trash at the store - ask them to keep shoe boxes, tubes from carpet rolls, and excess packing materials.
  • Save reusable crates, bags, and boxes for move-out.
  • Pack smart - remove appliances from boxes before arrival.  Pack breakable items in clothing/towels instead of bubblewrap.
  • Empty and flatten old cardboard boxes - recycle them!
  • Recycle various items with Duke Recycles (toner cartridges, batteries, cell phones, computers, furniture, etc)

Get ready for move-in by checking out the list of recycling locations.

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First-Year Housing Reassignments

posted on July 14th, 2008 by Jen

Hey everyone!

The assignment process for first-year students living on East Campus is complete. Students who did not previously have a housing assignment were given one, and reassignments were made, as possible, for those students who requested them. A handful of students who did not request reassignment were moved as part of this process. Every effort was made to keep their new assignment as similar to their old assignment as possible. Moves of this sort were generally made to accommodate the gender balance of the incoming class.
Reassignment requests received after this point will not be processed. Our office has to send assignment information to various other University departments - changes at this point lead to a trickle down of problems as we and other offices prepare for your arrival. We ask that you give your current assignment a shot for a few weeks. We will begin reviewing requests again after September 15, 2008. Information on the reassignment process during the school year available here.

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Welcome Class of 2012!

posted on June 9th, 2008 by Jen

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to Duke from RLHS! We’ll be using this blog to keep you up-to-speed on various housing topics. For the moment, what’s probably on your mind (and definitely on ours) is where you’ll be living next year.

Applications were due Friday, June 6th. We have begun processing the applications that are in so far, and we’ll keep checking for late applications as we go. In the next few days we will clean up the data, contact anyone whose application didn’t make sense (you say you’re a smoker but you also want to live in the Wellness Community, etc.), and begin assigning people. It takes a while to process all of the assignments, and once they’re done, we spend a few days checking things to make sure everything came out all right. You can expect your assignment to be available on DukePass around June 25th.

If you want to change your application, you still can try, but keep in mind that we download the data and work with it both inside and out of the database, so there is no guarantee that a preference you submit after the June 6th deadline will be taken into account in your assignment. You can re-enter the application here.

If you have questions, let us know at housing@studentaffairs.duke.edu.

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