Room Draw
Pomona College offers a variety of options for Room Draw: Substance Free Housing, Oldenborg, and Friendship Suites require an application. Oldenborg holds a separate selection process; procedure, time and place to be announced. Substance Free Housing and Friendship Suites are offered during Room Draw. Room selection for returning students is conducted in April each year for the fall semester. Each student is randomly assigned a computer generated lottery number to establish priority within his or her class. The lowest number has the highest priority. The actual room selection takes place after the numbers have been assigned. Based on their numbers, students will draw rooms or be placed on a deferred list. Students on the deferred list will be assigned housing in mid August.
| Date | Where |
|---|---|
| March 11 |
Substance Free Applications Available from the Office of Campus Life |
| March 15 |
Oldenborg Applications Due in Oldenborg Center |
| March 25 |
Substance Free Applications Due in the Office of Campus Life |
| March 25 |
Friendship Suite Applications Available in the Office of Campus Life |
| April 8 |
Oldenborg Room Draw Numbers Available |
| April 9 |
Substance Free Contract Due |
| April 9 |
Friendship Suite Applications Due |
| April 11 |
Oldenborg Room Draw 5:30 p.m. in Oldenborg Center |
| April 12 |
Room Draw Numbers Available |
| April 19 |
Room Draw for Seniors-to-be 7:00 p.m., Smith Campus Center |
| April 21 |
Room Draw for Juniors-to-be 1:00 p.m., Smith Campus Center |
| April 21 |
Room Draw for Sophomores-to-be 4:00 p.m., Smith Campus Center |
The Room Draw process is intended to provide for the equitable assignment of rooms through a combination of seniority, random number generation and personal choice. This process is strictly governed by the rules which follow.
Room Draw Numbers
Room Draw numbers are generated by computer and assigned randomly according to class, as defined by the Registrar, Seniors-to-be given priority, then Juniors-to-be, followed by Sophomores-to-be. A list of students and their draw numbers will be sent via Pomona email approximately one week before general room draw and will be posted on the web soon after.
Room Draw Numbers by Number for Fall 2013 [pdf]
Room Draw Numbers by Alpha for Fall 2013 [pdf]
Friendship Suites
Students wishing to draw into a suite together must complete the appropriate application by Tuesday, April 9 at 5:00 PM (no late applications will be accepted for any reason). Priority will be based on the averaged room draw numbers of each group. The names of group members and the averaged numbers will be sent out to all Friendship Suite applicants.
Friendship Suite Draw will be held in Edmunds Ballroom, Smith Campus Cetner. At least one student representing each group must be present when their number is called.
Seniors-to-be Friday, April 19 7:00 p.m.
Juniors-to-be Sunday, April 21 1:00 p.m.
Sophomores-to-be Sunday, April 21 4:00 p.m.
Selecting a friendship suite is a binding commitment. No room changes or room switches out of a friendship suite will be allowed until the end of the fall semester.
Double/Single Room Draw
Edmunds Ballroom, Smith Campus Center. STUDENTS MUST PRESENT ID CARDS TO PARTICIPATE.
Seniors-to-be Friday, April 19 8:00 p.m. (time is approximate)
Juniors-to-be Sunday, April 21 2:00 p.m. (time is approximate)
Sophomores-to-be Sunday, April 21 5:00 p.m. (time is approximate)
A student or a proxy must be present when his/her number is called. Proxy Form
Priority in Room Draw
Doubles and singles will be offered at the same time and will be drawn in the order established by the lottery numbers, with the lowest number having highest priority. Students with the best number will be able to "pull in" their roommates. All students being pulled in or their proxies must be present at the time of selection to verify that they wish to live in the chosen housing situation. These students then do not participate further in the room draw process.
For example: Sally has a draw number (DN) of 250. When her number is called she chooses to select a double room with Janice. It does not matter what Janice’s draw number is. When Steve’s number (DN-251) is called, he selects a single.
Deferred Housing
In the event there are students who have not been able to draw a room during Room Draw, they should file a Deferred Housing Form. These students are guaranteed housing and will be assigned during the third week in August.
The procedure for assigning rooms is as follows: Over the course of the summer, many rooms become vacant due to students deciding to move off campus, going on leave or deciding for various reasons not to return to Pomona in the fall. Also, after the new students are housed, there are generally rooms left that were previously held out for sponsor group areas. In mid-August, assignments will be made using room draw numbers for priority. Housing assignments will be sent via Pomona email approximately August 20.
Room Change Requests
If you have selected a room during Double/Single Room Draw and wish a room change, please complete a Room Change Request Form. Room Change Request Form You do not give up your room to enter the room change pool. Your room draw number is used to determine priority and if a requested room becomes available, the change will be made. Time does not allow for you to be contacted prior to the change in assignment. Housing assignments will be sent via Pomona email approximately August 20.
For further information, please call the Office of Campus Life, (909) 607-2239 or email Frank Bedoya