Housing Lottery Guidebook
Blocking Lottery
Sign-Up Deadline
Thursday, April 12 at 4pm in the Office of Residential Life
Blocking Lottery
Monday, April 16 at 6 p.m. in the Annex
Blocking is a system which allows a number of friends to live together. Many suites from Babbitt and Milbank will be offered, but not all suites. There will be partial pulls available in the general lottery. These blocks are available to all students. Lottery numbers of individuals in each group will be averaged with consideration given to class year, thus assigning the group a blocking number. The group with the lowest block number chooses first. Members of those groups not receiving a block will be reinstated into the General Lottery on Sunday, April 22. Any blocks not taken in the Blocking Lottery will be put into the General Lottery as individual rooms.
Rules
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Students must sign-up in person with their Hamilton ID and can only sign up for one block.
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If a group member is currently abroad, they need to have an approved proxy attend the blocking lottery on their behalf. Proxy information
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All blocks accommodate 6 people (four singles and a double).
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Block groups should arrive at the Annex on Monday, April 16th , a few minutes before the lottery starts at 6pm. Only the block leader is required to attend, though other block members are encourage to participate.
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Once a group is formed, the number of members cannot be changed. Once a group, always a group!
(**Note** You may drop out of the Blocking Lottery at any time, but if one person drops out, the entire block is withdrawn from the process)
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Block assignments are final upon completion of the Blocking Lottery. Upon choosing a block, groups may not be reinstated into the General Lottery.
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In the event of a vacancy in a block during the academic year, priority to fill the space will not be given to block members.
