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'''First Year Housing''' at Columbia is assigned to incoming [[Columbia College|CC]]/[[SEAS]] undergrads on the basis of indicated preferences, and roommates are assigned based on a rudimentary habit survey (are you noisy? messy? do you stay up late?) and any special requests. You'll need to go online and specify your preferences.  
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'''First year housing''' at Columbia is assigned to incoming [[Columbia College|CC]] and [[SEAS]] undergraduates on the basis of indicated preferences. You need to register these preferences online [https://www.urh.columbia.edu/fyapps/application.html here]. 75% of students get their first choice and 90% get their second choice. There are 7 options in 4 buildings:
 
 
First Year Housing consists of 7 Options in 4 Buildings:
 
  
 
* [[Carman Hall]], doubles
 
* [[Carman Hall]], doubles
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* [[Furnald Hall]], singles and doubles
 
* [[Furnald Hall]], singles and doubles
  
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If you are assigned a double, your will be assigned a roommate based on a rudimentary habit survey (are you noisy? messy? do you stay up late?) and any special requests.
  
First Year Housing is considered to be among some of the best housing available to Columbia students. Given the right (unfortunate) set of circumstances, it's quite possible that you'll never live in accommodations as nice as you do during your first year.
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Each [[:Category:Residence halls|residence hall]] is located directly on the main [[Morningside Heights campus]] around the [[South Lawn]] 'quadrangle' and has a distinct atmosphere mwith it's own advantages and disadvantages. While each dorm has an overriding stereotype, they aren't necessarily entirely accurate.
  
Each dorm is located directly on the main [[Morningside Heights campus]] around [[South Lawn]] 'quadrangle' and has a distinct atmosphere and it's own advantages and disadvantages. While each dorm has an overriding stereotype, they're not necessarily entirely accurate.
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First year housing is considered to be among some of the best housing available to Columbia students. Most sophomores live in mediocre doubles, and most juniors live in small but decent singles. Only by the time you become a senior will you be more or less guaranteed to get better housing than first years. However, if you are unfortunate in the housing lotteries for soph, junior and senior housing, you may never end up in as nice housing as your first year.
  
 
[[Category:Housing]]
 
[[Category:Housing]]
 
[[Category:Prefrosh]]
 
[[Category:Prefrosh]]

Revision as of 05:22, 29 March 2007

First year housing at Columbia is assigned to incoming CC and SEAS undergraduates on the basis of indicated preferences. You need to register these preferences online here. 75% of students get their first choice and 90% get their second choice. There are 7 options in 4 buildings:

If you are assigned a double, your will be assigned a roommate based on a rudimentary habit survey (are you noisy? messy? do you stay up late?) and any special requests.

Each residence hall is located directly on the main Morningside Heights campus around the South Lawn 'quadrangle' and has a distinct atmosphere mwith it's own advantages and disadvantages. While each dorm has an overriding stereotype, they aren't necessarily entirely accurate.

First year housing is considered to be among some of the best housing available to Columbia students. Most sophomores live in mediocre doubles, and most juniors live in small but decent singles. Only by the time you become a senior will you be more or less guaranteed to get better housing than first years. However, if you are unfortunate in the housing lotteries for soph, junior and senior housing, you may never end up in as nice housing as your first year.