Housing Lottery Instructions for 2009-2010
Returning students who have signed a housing agreement and have a roommate may participate in the Housing Lottery. The lottery will run between February 24th and 25th. If you do not have a roommate you will be assigned to a room based on preferences you will enter online.
You may go online now at info.ship.edu, Student SIS, enter your secure information, and select Housing. You will find the latest housing news and a button labeled "Go to Housing". Select this button to see the new online housing information. In this area you will find your MyHousing Overview, Personal Preferences, Room Preferences, Roommate Requests, and Room Selection.
My Housing Overview gives a summary of current information. Students will see general information, current room assignment if applicable, roommates, future roommate information, and the housing lottery information.
On the left hand side of the screen students will find these navigation buttons:
Roommate Requests - Use this area to enter roommate requests. After students enter a roommate that the system can uniquely identify the system will indicate if that person has also selected the 1st student as a roommate. If the 1st roommate sees the 2nd roommate's name and a message "Does not Match" it means the 2nd roommate has not entered a preference for the 1st roommate. When the 2nd roommate picks the 1st roommate both students will see "Match = YES". Once the requests match any student in the matching group may choose a room in a room lottery. Roommate requests may only be entered when all students are members of the same room lottery and the roommate selection time is active (February 24th at 8:00 a.m. until February 25th at 4:00 p.m.). The system will indicate if it cannot find a student or it is not time to choose a roommate. Please come to the Housing Office for assistance by March 6th at 4:00 p.m. if you are not able to complete your roommate match. No e-mails or phone calls will be accepted.
Separate Lotteries
New freshman and transfer students will be in one lottery. Returning students will be in another lottery. For this reason a returning student will not be able to select a new freshman or transfer student as a roommate online.
Returning Students wishing to live with New Students
If a returning student would like to select a new student the returning student will need to come to the Housing Office directly during the lottery time to have the student assigned. Phone calls or e-mails will not be accepted. The housing office must also have received an e-mail from the new student at housing@ship.edu indicating that he/she prefers the returning student as a roommate.
Room Selection - Students who are members of an active lottery may select a room during the time noted on the MyHousing Overview screen (February 24th at 8:00 a.m. until February 25th at 4:00 p.m.). Roommate preferences must match in order to pick a room during the lottery. One roommate will select the room for the pair. The room assignment will appear on the Overview (MyHousing) screen. The student and matching roommate will only have one opportunity to select a room.
All students can go through the lottery at any time during the lottery.
