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Wait List Information FALL 2009

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The Wait List Housing Process operates after regular Fall and Spring housing assignments are made for new students. The purpose of the wait list is to provide housing to:

  • New students who have applied but could not be approved for housing by their school;
  • New students who applied for housing after their school's deadline;
  • New students who declined or failed to respond to their housing offer, or;
  • Continuing or returning students who have not received housing and submit a housing application for the Wait List.

The inventory of units available for the students on the Wait List is comprised of accommodations that become available after the regular housing assignment process. Students on the wait list are placed into categories which are used to prioritize housing assignments. Please keep in mind that housing availability is limited. Housing is not guaranteed for students on the Wait List.

As many students secure housing outside of UAH, our goal is to only offer housing to those students who are still in need of housing. Housing will be offered to students on the Wait List who have updated and activated their housing applications as well as those who applied for housing after the activation period. Assigments are made as housing becomes available.

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Updating and Activating Your Housing Application

IF YOU HAVE APPLIED FOR HOUSING ON OR BEFORE JULY 15, 2009

If you are a student placed on the Fall Housing Wait List and are still interested in obtaining housing through UAH, you will be required to confirm and update the information on your existing housing application. Instructions on updating and activating your housing application will be E-mailed to students on July 15, 2009. You will need to respond by July 21, 2009.

Your Wait List Number and Category, along with detailed information on the Wait List Process, will be e-mailed to you on July 22, 2009.

IF YOU APPLIED ON OR AFTER JULY 16, 2009

Your housing application will be activated automatically, and your Wait List Number and Category will be E-mailed to you.

Housing applications will be accepted through September 15, 2009.

Wait List Eligibility

Housing through the Wait List is available to all full-time students in housing eligible programs in the following schools:

  • Graduate or professional schools located on the Morningside Heights campus
  • General Studies

Student housing is limited to a maximum of five years from the date of first enrollment in the program at Columbia or for the duration of the program whichever is shorter. Students first registered prior to 2005 are not eligible for Wait List housing. American Language Program students and transfer students enrolled in the School of Engineering Combined Plan Program are not eligible for housing through the Wait List.

Wait List Application/Placement

If you are a new student whose housing application is not approved by your school or if your application was received after your school's deadline, an E-mail will be sent by UAH office notifying you that you have been placed on the wait list with instructions on how to activate your application. This notice will be sent on July 15, 2009. (Your housing application status can also be monitored online.)

If you are a new student who declined or failed to respond to your housing offer or a continuing student, you must submit a new Housing Application in accordance with the stated deadlines to be placed on the Wait List.

For the Fall semester, the UAH office will send Wait List assignments by E-mail from August until October, depending on availability. Housing assigments are made as units become available.

For the Spring semester, the UAH office will send Wait List assignments by E-mail from mid January until the beginning of March, depending on availability. Housing assigments are made as units become available.

Each semester new Wait Lists are generated and any student interested in Wait List housing must file a new housing application.