Are all students guaranteed housing in the GSAS Residence Halls?
Only first-year GSAS students whose complete applications and all supporting materials are received by the application deadline are guaranteed a room. All others are assigned on a space-available basis or as cancellations are received. After the initial assignment process, students are placed on a waiting list and are offered a room when they reach the top of the list. Typically, approximately one-half of students who remain on the waiting list are offered a room by academic registration in mid-September. However, it is impossible to predict in any given year what will happen.
Only first-year GSAS students whose complete applications and all supporting materials are received by the application priority deadline are guaranteed a room. All others are assigned on a space-available basis or as cancellations are received. After the initial assignment process, students are placed on a waiting list and are offered a room when they reach the top of the list. Most recently, the majority of students who have remained on the waiting list have been offered a room well before academic registration in late August. However, it is impossible to predict in any given year what will happen.