Housing contract renewals for on-campus apartments are under way.
Today is the final day of the three-day process for renewing contracts for East and West Campus Apartments.
Students who want to renew contracts for residence halls may do so from Feb. 28 until March 3.
According to the Campus Housing Contract Renewal Guide, current apartment residents wishing to remain in the same rooms renewed Monday, and those desiring a different room in ECA or WCA renewed Tuesday. Today, all on-campus residents can reserve a space in an apartment, beginning at 3 p.m.
Jay High, communications manager for Residential Life, said current apartment residents who renew their contracts are guaranteed a spot for the following semester. However, ResLife is unable to guarantee rooms in apartments for students who are moving from a residence hall into an apartment.
“Our advice for those who don’t get into apartments is to apply for a residence hall and wait for cancellations over the summer,” High said.
About 30 percent of residents typically renew their housing contracts, High said.
As of Tuesday afternoon, High said ResLife received 262 renewals. ResLife expects to receive 1,300 to 1,400 renewals for both apartments and residence halls.
High said 1,170 rooms are available in on-campus apartments, but half the spots in WCA are designated for scholarship athletes.
Meaghan Hussey, kinesiology freshman, renewed her housing contract at WCA on Tuesday. She said she likes living in WCA because of the proximity to classes.
Hussey said the process was easy and residents were adequately informed. Her only complaint concerned traffic on the server.
“I had to wait 10 minutes to pick my room,” she said.
High said ResLife added additional servers in recent years to alleviate the problem.
High said incoming students who already applied for housing will begin selecting their rooms in residence halls April 12. They will choose from the rooms left over from returning students’ contract renewals.
Housing for fall 2011 is currently 95 percent full, and High expects to implement a standby list in early March.
Beginning in the fall, second-year students living in residence halls will be required to have a meal plan, according to the Campus Housing Contract Renewal Guide.
 
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