Room Selection for the 2012-2013 academic year will begin on February 9, 2012. In order to help you prepare for the selection process, we just want to provide you with the following helpful reminders:
• You should plan to pay your nonrefundable $150 housing deposit as soon as possible beginning January 3, 2012.
• You should print, read, and complete a 2012-2013 Residence Hall Agreement. Return
the completed agreement to the Residential Living Office as soon as possible beginning
January 17, 2012.
• You must have paid your nonrefundable $150 housing deposit prior to submitting the
completed Residence Hall Agreement. The agreement will not be accepted until that
deposit is received by the Student Accounts Office.
• All room selection processes are completed through our online system.
Room Selection for returning students is done on a tiered system. Students need to consider both their current housing situation and where they would like to live for the upcoming academic year when determining which re-application window to use.
Some students will be “displaced” meaning that they cannot opt to live in the same building and/or room that they currently occupy. Students in this situation, like those in Western Carolina PEAKS who currently live in Buchanan, Scott, or Walker residence halls, still have several options including becoming roommates with someone who participated in Premier Selection or moving into any of the “upper-class” buildings. These include Albright, Benton, Blue Ridge, Central, Harrill (pending renovation completion), Norton, Reynolds, and Robertson which will be available through the based system beginning February 18.
Here is a summary of the different tiers of room selection:
Premier Selection
February 9, at 10:00 a.m. through February 12, 8:00 p.m. for students keeping the
same room that they currently have.
Platinum Selection
February 13, at 9:00 a.m. through February 14, at 10:00 p.m. for students who completed
Premier Selection and want to select a roommate.
Honor’s Level Selection
February 15, from 9:00 a.m. through February 16 at 12:00 p.m. for current Honor’s
students who wish to select a room in Balsam or Blue Ridge.
Gold Selection
February 18, from 9:00 a.m. until all buildings are full, any WCU student who would
like to select a room and has not yet gone through Premier, Platinum, or Honor’s selection.
Students planning to participate in this selection will select rooms through a first-come
first-served process. All Residence Hall Agreements will be issued an assignment
number based on the date that both the non-refundable housing deposit was paid and
the date the Residence Hall Agreement is completed and returned to the Residential
Living Office. Agreements will be assigned the number based on the latest completion
date of these two requirements and students will be sent an email to their Catamount
email account stating the earliest time that they are able to log into the online
system and select a room during this selection process. The first group of fifty
students will be able to begin selecting beginning on Saturday, February 18, at 9:00
a.m. with the next group of fifty beginning thirty minutes later. Students will continue
having access to the online system from the point that access is granted until they
have completed the selection process. Access to the system does not end when the
next selection group gains access. Gold Selection will progress using this same pattern
throughout that day.