Room Selection Process (RSP) · A certain percentage of suites, quads, and apartments will only be available to those with a full group. All other suites will be available during

Room Selection Process

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It’s not just a room, it’s a lifestyle

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New This Year

Adirondack: The Housing Director

Roommate Profiles

Roommate Selection Process

Roommate requirement for all double rooms

More convenient and easier Room Selection Process

One person from your group can select a suite, quad or

apartment for everyone

Later date deposits (due May 13)

Zero percent (0%) increase in room rates

Who can live on campus?

All SUNY Cortland students are eligible to live

on campus.

Housing is only guaranteed to current freshman and

sophomore students required to live on campus.

Current juniors and seniors who meet the RSP

deadlines can also select a room.

It’s not just a room, it’s a lifestyleRSP

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Who is required to

live on campus?

All new first year students from Fall 2015 or

Spring 2016

All new transfer students from the Spring 2016

with less than 26 credits


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By following the steps for RSP, you can live in…

Suites

Quads

Apartments

Doubles

Singles in a suite, corridor, or apartment

Designed or optional triples in a double

Special interest housing

Availability is determined by time ticket

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Special Interest Housing

Options

Gender Inclusive Housing (Casey Tower, DeGroat Hall, WCA)

21+ (Alger, Clark, Higgins, and WCA)

Wellness Floor (Shea)

24 Hour Quiet Floor (Bishop and Higgins)

International Hall (Fitzgerald)

Winter Athlete Buildings (Fitzgerald, Randall, Casey, Smith, WCA)

Co-Ed by Room Floor (Hendrick, Fitzgerald, Randall, Alger, Clark)

Green “Sustainable” Living (WCA)

Leadership House (application required)


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Step by Step

Step One: Go to an RSP Information Meeting

Monday, February 15 @ 7 p.m. - Corey Union Function Room

Tuesday, February 16 @ 8 p.m. - Corey Union Exhibition Lounge

Monday, February 22 @ 7 p.m. - Corey Union Fireplace Lounge

Wednesday, February 24 @ 8 p.m. - Jacobus Lounge, Brockway

Monday, February 29 @ 8 p.m. - Corey Union Exhibition Lounge

Wednesday, March 2 @ 7 p.m. - Corey Union Exhibition Lounge


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Step by Step

Step Two: Fill out your RSP Form by March 23

Log in to myRedDragon, go to Student Tab

Scroll down to Residence Life and Housing section

Select “Housing Process and Information”

You will be redirected to The Housing Director


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Step by Step

Step Two: Fill out your RSP Form by March 23

(cont.)

Go to “Applications” at the top menu bar

Select “Room Selection Process Form”

Read and sign Room and Board License

Fill out and submit RSP Questionnaire

You will receive a confirmation page


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Step by Step

Step Three: Complete Roommate Profile (optional)

Select “Set Up Roommate Profile” and go to “Roommate Profile”

Decide to make your profile public or private

Select contact preference and fill out contact information

Complete My Profile (follow appropriate guidelines)

This is your opportunity to give any information you would like prospective roommates to

know about you!


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Step by Step

Step Four: Select Your Roommate(s)

Select “Housing Information” and go to “Roommate/Suitemates”

You will have the option to search for roommates by…

Last Name, First Name, or Email (Simple Roommate Search)

Matching answers to Roommate Match Questionnaire (Advance Roommate Search)

Request your roommate (note: they must confirm your request)

ONLY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR RSP FORM WILL BE PART OF THE

SELECTION PROCESS


Step by Step

Step Five: Select a Room

View your time ticket and process(s)

If you are in a group process, we recommend that the person with the earliest

time ticket, select your room/suite

Choose your room by going to “Select a Room/Suite”

Only rooms eligible in your selection process will be available.

For example, if you are selecting during the Gender Inclusive Housing

process, only Gender Inclusive suites/apartments will be viewable.

Confirm your housing assignment by viewing your assignment on the main

screen.


Step by Step

Step Five: Select a Room (Time Tickets)

Credit Hours

Each student’s credit hours toward graduation as of December 2015, will

determine your time ticket to select a room. Students with the most credit

hours choose first.

Dean’s List Points

An extra three points will be added to your total credit hours for each

semester you have been on the Dean’s List at SUNY Cortland.

DeGroat residents Fall 2015

An extra three points will be added to your total credit hours if you lived in

DeGroat Hall in Fall 2015


Step by Step

Step Five: Select a Room- troubleshooting

There are no more suites/apartments available…

If you are closed out of suites and need to select a standard double: remove all

members of your roommate group except for the one person you want to share a

room with.

I do not have a roommate…

You will not be able to select a double room and will only be able to select from

available singles or choose to be auto-assigned by Residence Life and Housing.


Step by Step

Step Six: Pay your Room Deposit

Room deposit of $150 is due by Friday, May 13, 2016

You can pay this at any time during RSP- you don’t have to wait to

choose a room first

Pay $150 either…

Online by logging into myRedDragon, scrolling to Residence Life and Housing, and selecting

Pay Room Deposit Online (recommended)

At the Student Accounts Office, 3rd floor Miller Building.

Room Changes

Beginning April 6; once a week (every Wednesday) until May 12

Once you have chosen a room, you will be allowed to change your room once a

week

Once a change is made you will have to wait until the following Wednesday to

change it again

You may only change your assignment

Your roommate must change theirs


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Swap Days: June 22 and 23

If you decide that you want to change your room assignment

after May 12, you can do so during Swap Days.

Swap Days occur June 22 and 23.

You can only change your assignment.

After Swap Days, your room assignment will be permanent


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DeGroat Hall

DeGroat Hall will be open in Fall 2016 and is available for

room selection.

DeGroat will offer double and single rooms. The 3rd floor will be

mostly singles that can be selected during RSP.

Students who lived in DeGroat during Fall 2015, will be guaranteed

a space in DeGroat if they so choose.

Fall 2015 DeGroat residents will also get three extra housing

points.


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Whitaker Hall

Whitaker Hall will be closing at the end of Spring 2016.

It will no longer be a residence hall.

Renovations will begin next year and the following departments

will be moved to this location.

University Police Department (UPD)

Facilities, Planning Design, and Construction Office


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Full Group Selections

Students with roommate groups of four or six may be

eligible to participate in Full Group selection process

A certain percentage of suites, quads, and apartments will only be

available to those with a full group.

All other suites will be available during regular room selection

This does NOT guarantee that all Full Groups will get a

suite/quad/apartment


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Triple in a double room

Returning students now have the option to live in a tripled

room if they so desire.

When filling out your RSP Form, select Yes to Question 29

Select two other roommates

Rooms that can be tripled will be available during the selection process

This option is only available in low-rise buildings

Students will receive a 25% room rebate at the end of each semester

What if I want to live with an

incoming new student?

Returning students who wish to live with a new student

can do so, but will not be able to select their own room.

When filling out your RSP Form, select Yes to Questions 18 and 19.

Once the new student is officially enrolled in the college, Residence Life

and Housing will assign you both to a room.

Your assignment can be viewed on The Housing Director


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Can off-campus students go

through RSP?

Yes, any current SUNY Cortland student will be able to go

through room selection.

Complete all required steps (RSP Form, pay your deposit, etc.)

Any off-campus student wishing to move on campus after room

selection is completed, will have to fill out a wait list form

This form can be found on the Residence Life and Housing

website


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Can I move off campus

mid-year?

If you choose to live on campus (especially juniors and

seniors), do not assume that you will be released from your

housing for the Spring 2017 semester.

When signing the Room and Board license, you are

agreeing to live on campus for the full academic year.

The only automatic expectations are for those students with

academic reasons to leave (i.e. student teaching, graduating,

study aboard, etc.)


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What if I do not complete my

RSP Form?

A new form will be available for you to complete

after March 23

You will not be able to choose your own room;

Residence Life and Housing staff will assign you


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What if I do not pay my

deposit?

You will be removed from your room

Once your deposit is paid, you will be assigned to

an available room

If you are experiencing financial hardship and

unable to pay your deposit please visit the

Financial Aid office, located 2nd floor Miller

Building, as soon as possible and

before the deadline.


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Room Deposit Waivers

Room deposit waivers will be provided to

RHA Executive Board members

CURE students

EOP students

Residence Life and Housing student staff members in

good standing

You must submit the waiver to the Student Accounts

Office by Friday, May 13 by 4 p.m.

Current on campus students

You need to either complete the….

RSP Form- if you plan to live on campus next year

Release from Housing Form- if you:

are graduating

are student teaching

have met your housing requirements

Students studying abroad in the Fall but plan to live on campus in

the Spring must first complete the RSP form and then the Release

from Housing Form

Request for Medical/Disability

Housing Accommodations

Medical/Disability Selection

Students eligible may select their room on March 29

You must provide medical documentation to Disability Services or

Health Services by March 4, 2016

SUNY Cortland is committed to upholding and maintaining all aspects of the Federal

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of

1973. Any information regarding your disability will remain confidential and will only be

shared with your permission.

Harassment Policy

Harassment

◦ When a student selects a room, they have the right to not be harassed

by any other student who may have wanted that room. Please note

that any harassment of another student, including sending abusive or

threatening messages by any means, will be processed through the

student conduct office and could result in the forfeit of your on-

campus housing assignment (according to the College Code B-10–

Electronic Use Policy and C-1-Harassment).


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Room Consolidation

Residence Life and Housing reserves the right to reassign any

students without a roommate. Students are consolidated

within the residence hall they chose during RSP.

Consolidation usually takes place during the summer as

spaces open up.


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Important Deadlines

Fill out the RSP form

◦ Due Wednesday, March 23, 2016 by 11:59 p.m.

Room Selection

◦ By Thursday, May 12, 2016 by 11:59 p.m.

Pay your $150 deposit or submit room deposit waiver

◦ Due Friday, May 13, 2016 by 4 p.m.


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Questions?

If you have questions regarding RSP, please do the

following:

1. Attend an RSP information meeting.

2. See your RHD during their office hours.

3. Stop by the Residence Life and Housing Office located in Van Hoesen Hall,

room B-33.


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Documents

Room Selection Process (RSP) · A certain percentage of suites, quads, and apartments will only be available to those with a full group. All other suites will be available during