What if I am taking a leave of absence?
Students taking a leave of absence will be guaranteed housing when they return.
Students returning from leave of absence must contact the Housing Coordinator
to arrange for a new housing assignment.
I am going to be off campus for a term, or I have selected a housing assignment in a group house and need additional housing in addition to this selection. How does this affect things?
If you anticipate that you will be away from the Appleton campus for one or more terms during the next academic year, or you have signed up to live in a formal group or theme house for a portion of that year, you can choose housing at the END of single or double room selection. If you fulfill the Combination Rule you may pick in the general lottery.
Please attend the Off Campus Info Sessions to sign your name up on a list to find others who are willing to combine. You can find this list here:
Combination List - students who need housing for 1 or 2 terms.
Combination Rule-Students Going Off Campus
To accommodate those students who do not need one housing assignmentfor all three
terms (studying off campus, taking a leave, living for a term in a group house),
students may combine with other students who are in the same situation complementary
terms. All the housing needs for all students involved must be fulfilled through
the combination. This would allow the students to choose during their scheduled time
in the housing lottery, rather than choosing at the end of the process.
Example #1-combining for a single: Joe will be gone 1st term; Matt
will be gone 2nd term and 3rd term. These two students may combine to
create a single person for the purposes of picking a room. They may choose
housing during single room selection since this combination will fulfill
their housing needs for the year.
Example #2 combining for a double: Mark will be gone first term, Jack will be gone 2nd term, and Sam will be gone 3rd term. These three students may all pick a double room together because Jack & Sam will live together first term, Mark & Sam will live together 2nd term and Jack & Mark will live together 3rd term. They may then pick in the normal housing lottery because this combination fulfills all their housing needs.
Students who are planning to go off-campus are encouraged to attend one of the Off Campus Housing Info Sessions.
Whose lottery number do we use if we're doing the combination rule?
If students are combining to get a single room or a double room, the lowest (best) lottery number is used during selection.If students are combining for a suite/quad/triple room, the numbers are averaged based on the amount of time each student will live in the room.
Example of lottery average for students combining for a quad:
Lottery #s: Jack = 2000, Steve = 2400, Jason = 3000, Bob = 3100, Frank = 3300
Jack, Steve, and Jason will be in the room all three terms. Bob will only need housing terms 1 and 2. Frank will only need housing term 3. Their numbers will be averaged as follows:
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Total of all lottery numbers = 31,700
Average lottery number (Total divided by 12) = 2642
