For New Students
The majority of students in the entering class will be assigned to double
and triple occupancy rooms. Some first-years will be assigned to single rooms
or quads (four students).
All first-year students will participate in Dartmouth’s First-Year
Residential Housing Program. Approximately half the class will live in all
first-year clusters, the River and the Choates, while the rest of the class
will live in mixed-class housing in the Russell Sage, McLaughlin and East
Wheelock Clusters. The professional and student staff who live and work in
these communities endeavor to foster a strong sense of community and class
unity, and aid new students in their transitions to college life. The live-in
staff works in collaboration with educators and faculty to offer events and
programs designed to meet the unique needs of first-year students, and
acclimate them to life at Dartmouth.
First-year students are not eligible to request specific buildings on their
housing applications. Housing and roommate assignments are made using the
responses to lifestyle questions that are found on the housing questionnaire
for the incoming class. These questions have proven to be our best indicators
for roommate compatibility, so it is crucial that students answer the questions
realistically and honestly. It is also important to note that assignments are
made without regard to race, religion, color, age, sexual orientation, national
origin, disability, or veteran status.
For Returning Students
The Housing Office conducts the assignment process four times per year. Room
Draw, held during the spring term, is the process by which returning students
and their roommate(s) select the rooms they will live in for the upcoming fall
term. In an arena style setting, students within a particular class select
their rooms in order based upon a randomly assigned priority number. Students
who are away from campus for the spring term, but will be on campus for the
fall, choose a proxy to select a room for them. A student's housing assignment
and contract are in effect only for those consecutive terms the student is
enrolled in classes and actually living on campus. Students who are away from
campus in the fall or winter terms file a web-based housing
application for the term they will return to campus. Students wishing to
live on campus for the summer term also file a web-based housing
application. The housing priority number determines the order by which
those who apply for housing by the appropriate deadline will be assigned.
More detailed information regarding the Room Draw process is published in Your Home Away from
Home: A Guide to Housing Processes and is mailed to students each
winter. Housing application deadlines for the Summer 2008 and the 2008-09
academic year are:
- Summer Term 2008 - May 9, 2008
- Winter Term 2009 - October 29, 2008
- Spring Term 2009 - February 10, 2009
- Summer Term 2009 - May 18, 2009
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