Housing Lottery

Monday and Tuesday nights were full of suspense and anticipation as everyone gathered in the auditorium lobby waiting for our housing lottery numbers to be called. “Number 1, 2, 3, 4…16!” Oh, that’s mine!

The housing lottery gives all returning students the chance to pick their own rooms for next fall. This was my third time going through the process, but it was still exciting to see who my neighbors will be and where everyone is going to live next year.

At Thomas there are four different options for housing as an upper classman. You can choose to live in Grant, Parks, or Heath Hall (GPH), The Village, Bartlett Hall, or the Townhouses. GPH is where the entire incoming freshman class lives, but upper classman can choose to lottery into GPH if they want. The Village is motel style; you and your roommate share a common bathroom and a front door that opens out to the lawn. Bartlett is set up with suites of five and seven. You can choose to live in a double room or even have a single all to yourself. This year I live on the third floor of Bartlett in a seven person suite. The townhouses were built new this fall and offer students the chance to have more single rooms to choose from. There are six singles and one double in a townhouse and both floors have their own bathroom. There is also a common area/entryway that students often put a couch and TV in. Like the Village the front door opens to the outside making it easy to visit your friends and get to class quickly.

“Number 16!” My roommates and I selected the townhouses and we can’t wait to move in this fall.

Go enjoy the sunshine!
Maggie

P.S. It’s a game day! See you at 4:00 as we play UMF at home!