Housing results released, not surprising to DCL
Housing selection officially ended on Tuesday, March 12, leaving the Department of Community Living to assess the results.
Statistics are compiled each year after the housing process is completed, and general trends proved to be relatively applicable for upperclassmen housing specifically.
This year, Ridgewood six-person apartments ran out at number 1035, while Ridgewood four-person apartments ran out at 1059 soon after, wrote Assistant Director for Operations and Off-Campus Housing Sarah Hogan-Crowley in an email to the Justice. Ridgewood suites can be occupied by both juniors and seniors.
Mods, which are solely for seniors, ran out this year at relatively low numbers. Four-person Foster Mods ran out at 1137, and six-person Mods ran out at 1211.
Charles River Apartments, which can be occupied by juniors and seniors, as well as a limited number of graduate students, according to the DCL website, ran out later on during the selection process. Efficiencies ran out at 1302, three-person apartments ran out at 1234 and five-person apartments ran out at 1274.
"We did not run out of 6-person Ziv suites or 2-person Charles River apartments without living rooms," wrote Hogan-Crowley. Sophomore housing results were not available as of press time.
According to the DCL website, in 2011, Ridgewood six-person apartments ran out at number 1007, while Ridgewood four-person apartments ran out at 1049. Ziv suites ran out at 1222, although the single rooms were some of the last rooms remaining. Four-person Foster Mods ran out at 1163, and six-person Mods ran out at 1129. Charles River efficiencies ran out at 1550, Charles River three-person apartments ran out at 1187 and Charles River five-person apartments ran out at 1254. Similar to this year, two-person Charles River Apartments were the last housing selected. The most considerable differences between 2011 and 2013 upperclassman room selection are present in the Charles River efficiencies, Charles River three-person apartments and six-person Mods.
According to Senior Director of Community Living Jeremy Leiferman in an interview with the Justice, he is not surprised by the results of housing selection, despite the fact that there are Ziv suites left. "I have been at Brandeis for over 10 years. Most years [Ziv Quad] has filled by the end of housing selection. There were years when it hasn't, but most years it is," said Leiferman in an interview with the Justice.
Students tend to use these statistics when making predictions to select housing. However, DCL claims that nothing is guaranteed and that these trends might not always hold true. "When reviewing this information, be aware that many variables change each year including designations and class size, and the order that housing is selected and completely taken varies from year to year," the DCL website states.
According to Leiferman, about 60 students are on the wait list to receive housing. "We anticipate that everyone on the list will get housing," he said.
Leiferman explained that about 45 living spaces are reserved for graduate students and assigned over the summer; these rooms are not available to undergraduate students at housing selection. However, according to Leiferman, if the housing is not filled, spaces are given back for undergraduate students. "It varies year to year, ... but they gave back spaces this year," he said.
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