2012-2013 Stouffer College House Lottery/Reassignment Information

IMPORTANT DOCUMENT: Download the Room Preference Room (to be turned in to House Dean Alison by January 23rd for reassignment or January 26th for lottery) here: Room Preference Form

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The 2012-2013 Stouffer College House lottery/reassignment proccess is for those who 1.) currently live in Stouffer or Mayer and want to live in either Stouffer or Mayer next year, or 2.) those who currently live elsewhere on campus but are applying with a current Stoufferite, to be pulled in as a roommate.

First, you must go to https://myhomeatpenn.upenn.edu and register to live in Stouffer College House (listed as a residential program) for next year. This applies to current residents as well as students being pu lled in. This website will be available from January 11th to 20th at noon. This is mandatory.

Next, read below to find the category that fits you. All the forms referenced below will be available on Monday, January 9th from the House Office (144D Stouffer) or the Information Center in Mayer and will also be available here as a .pdf.

If you are a freshman living in Stouffer Hall...

-- Reassignment: If you're seeking to get a similar room to the one you have now in Stouffer Hall then you are asking to be REASSIGNED.First, you must go to https://myhomeatpenn.upenn.edu and register to live in Stouffer College House (listed as a residential program) for next year. This website will be available from January 11th to 20th at noon. Next, you must fill out a Stouffer College House Room Preference form, which is due back to the House Dean by 5:00 pm on Monday, January 23rd. Forms can only be returned to the House Dean's office (Stouffer Hall, room 142D).
Room assignments will be sent via email on Tuesday, January 24th. You must let the House Dean know by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, January 25th if you accept that space or if you will participate in the lottery.
-- Lottery: The lottery will take place on Thursday, January 26th at 9pm in the Mayer Seminar Room. See below for details.
-- House Dean contact information: Alison can be reached by email at alalond@upenn or in her office in 142D Stouffer.

If you are a freshman living in Mayer Hall...

-- Reassignment: If you're seeking to get a one bedroom double in Mayer Hall, then you are asking to be REASSIGNED. First, you must go to https://myhomeatpenn.upenn.edu and register to live in Stouffer College House (listed as a residential program) for next year. This website will be available from January 11th to 20th at noon. Next, you must fill out a Stouffer form, which is due back to the House Dean by 5:00 pm on Monday, January 23rd. Forms can only be returned to the House Dean's office (Stouffer Hall, room 142D). Room assignments will be sent via email on Tuesday, January 24th. You must let the House Dean know by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, January 25th if you accept that space or if you will participate in the lottery.

If all 3 occupants want to be reassigned, then two of you must opt to be roommates and the third person will be assigned a different room and will have the option to pull in a roommate. If all 3 occupants want to be reassigned, but no one wants to be roommates, then one person must participate in the Stouffer College House lottery or find another resident who would like to pull him/her into their room. If two of the occupants want to be reassigned, then they must be roommates. If only one person wants to be reassigned, they can pull in a roommate (including someone from outside Stouffer, if they wish). If you cannot decide who will be roommates, you must bring those issues to the House Dean's attention by Friday, January 20th at noon.
-- Lottery: The lottery will take place on Thursday, January 26th at 9pm in the Mayer Seminar Room. See below for details.
--House Dean contact information: Alison can be reached by email at alalond@upenn or in her office in 142D Stouffer.

If you are a sophomore, junior, or senior in either Stouffer or Mayer hall...

-- Reassignment: If you're interested in keeping the same room type you have now for 2012-2013, you must go to https://myhomeatpenn.upenn.edu and register to live in Stouffer College House (listed as a residential program) for next year. This website will be available from January 11th to 20th at noon. Then you must fill out a Stouffer reassignment form, which is due back to the House Dean by 5:00pm on Monday, January 23rd. You will have an option to choose your current room as your first choice. If your first choice room is assigned to you, then you agree to accept the room, and you do not need to respond to your room selection notification email. Forms can only be returned to the House Dean's office (Stouffer Hall, room 142D). You will receive notice of your reassignment via email on Tuesday January 24th. If you did not receive your first choice, you must let the House Dean know whether you accept your room assignment by 5:00pm on Wednesday, January 25th
-- Lottery: The lottery will take place on Thursday, Januuary 26th at 9pm in the Mayer Seminar Room. See below for details.

Timeline of Events

January 9th - Forms made available
January 11th - Online registration at https://myhomeatpenn.upenn.edu becomes available.
January 20th - Online registration closes at noon. You must register before this deadline.
January 23rd, 5pm - Reassignment Forms due to House Dean, Alison LaLond Wyant in her office, Stouffer 142D
January 24th - Room reassignments sent out
January 25th, 5pm - Deadline to accept the reassigned room or decide to enter the lottery
January 26th, 9pm - Stouffer Housing Lottery

Stouffer College House Lottery, Thursday January 26th, 9pm:

If you are not able to attend the lottery, then you can send someone else to pick a room for you, but you must email the House Dean your request to have that person responsible for your room selection. At the lottery, you will pick a number, within your seniority group, and choose a room based on your number. If you lived in Stouffer in the semester before your Fall/Spring/Full year abroad, then you may count that semester or year abroad as time in Stouffer. This does not apply to summer abroad.

The lottery will take place on Thursday, January 26th, beginning at 9 pm in the Mayer Seminar Room. The schedule is as follows:

9:00 pm – residents who have lived in Stouffer for 6 or more semesters (including Spring 2011)
9:20 pm – residents who have lived in Stouffer for 4 or more semesters (including Spring 2011)
9:50pm – residents who have lived in Stouffer for 2 or more semesters (including Spring 2011)

You should be prepared to pick a room when your time slot comes up, so you may want to arrive early to see what is still available.

If you want a one-bedroom double in Mayer, it is preferred that you sign up with a roommate. If you want a two-bedroom double, you must sign-up with a roommate. Your roommate need not live in Stouffer College House now. You can pull them in during the selection process. Room selection sheets should be turned in together.

From time to time the most desirable rooms (efficiency apartments and two-bedroom doubles) become available over the summer, or even during a semester. The Assignments Office may assign anyone to those rooms depending on the needs of the system, but the House Dean is sometimes consulted about who should fill those rooms. We will maintain a hopeful list, in seniority order, for those rooms. When the House Dean is consulted, she uses extenuating circumstances, and then the hopeful list in deciding her recommendation to the Housing Assignments Office. You must select another room during the in-house process in order to be on the hopeful list. All room assignments are ultimately up to the Housing Assignments Office.