Bryn Mawr College

Step-by-Step Guide to Room Draw

Any deadlines are listed on the Room Draw Calendar. If you have questions concerning the dates when forms must be submitted, refer to the calendar or contact the Office of Residential Life in the Campus Center.

A SUMMARY

• CLASS STANDING VERIFICATION: prior to room draw students should verify that they are listed in the correct class year.
• HOUSING SIGN-UPS : all students (except McBrides) must complete a white card at Housing Sign-ups.  This includes those students going abroad or living off campus.
• PRIORITY NUMBERS ASSIGNED : a computer-generated random number assigned to each student within her class
• SENIOR AND JR&SOPH ROOM DRAWS: a series of draws determining who may live in which dorms.
• ROOM SELECTION: draw for specific rooms in each dorm.
• ROOM TRADE PERIOD: a process for trading rooms.

   

In all draws, those who will be seniors draw first according to their priority numbers, then rising juniors, and finally rising sophomores. In some cases special arrangements must be made prior to sign-ups in order to be considered eligible for a particular residence. Further description of each of these arrangements is included in the following sections.

 

l. CLASS STANDING VERIFICATION

• Class lists are posted in the Campus Center and online prior to Room Draw.  Check your class standing now:  Class of 2010,   Class of 2011,   Class of 2012
• Any student believing she is listed incorrectly should consult her dean.
• Residential Life must receive in writing notification of any change of class year from the student's Dean prior to the end of housing sign-ups.

 

II. HOUSING SIGN-UPS

• All students must complete a white card at Housing Sign-ups.
• Any student unable to sign up or to attend a draw should appoint a proxy to act for her.
• A student's (or her proxy's) failure to sign up or to appear at the draws will result in her name being placed at the bottom of the priority list for her class.

II. PRIORITY NUMBERS ASSIGNED

• Class lists with randomly assigned, computer-generated priority numbers will be posted on the Room Draw Bulletin Board in the Campus Center Main Lounge and on the Room Draw website.
• Every student is assigned a priority number which is valid for the entire year.

III. SENIOR ROOM DRAW AND JR & SOPH ROOM DRAW

• Hall Group Draw - check hall group draw order
• Multiple Occupancy Draw - check multiple occupancy draw order
• Dorm Draw for rising seniors - check quotas and draw order
• Dorm Draw for rising juniors and sophomores - check quotas and draw order

IV. ROOM SELECTION

• All students who draw into a dorm on the Bryn Mawr campus must attend Room Selection at the dorm which they selected in order to choose individual rooms and elect hall officers.
• Students drawing into hall groups must also attend to select their individual rooms within their hall group.
• All students with previously assigned rooms are also expected to attend and to participate in elections.
• Current residents are asked to post information about their rooms on their door, especially if they are unable to be present on the evening of Room Selection.

V. ROOM TRADE PERIOD

• Students who do not draw their preferred dorm or room may participate in Room Trade.
• Students are responsible for trying to trade their rooms; room trades are not guaranteed.
• Rooms may be traded only with Bryn Mawr students of the same class so quotas are maintained.

• Rooms may be traded only for like rooms; i.e. spaces in suites cannot be traded for singles.
• All trades must be documented on Room Trade Forms and approved by Residence Council.
• Any trade planned before rooms are drawn or made outside the trade system will not be approved.
• Notices about room trade possibilities may be posted on the Room Draw website