HOUSING SELECTION Process and Deadlines
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UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Panther Panther Central Central HOUSING SELECTION Process and Deadlines FALL TERM 2016 SPRING TERM 2017 Housing Services Dear Resident Student, Panther It is time to begin the housing application process for the 2016-17 Central school year. Every resident student must process a housing application in order to be eligible for the next year’s housing selection process. This application, along with a $325 housing deposit, is to be completed online by February 1, 2016. The following pages provide a brief overview of each residence hall and the apartment-style accommodations. You also will find explanations of housing eligibility and housing guarantees in this brochure. The Panther Central website, pc.pitt.edu, has additional information on University housing and the housing selection process. Please refer to pages 21 and 22 of this document for the date and time you will need to log on to the website and submit a request for a specific room. Your assigned date and time is the earliest you may access the selection site. Please take the time to read and understand this information completely. If you have any questions regarding this process, please visit or call Panther Central as soon as possible. Panther Central is located in the main lobby of Litchfield Towers and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The telephone number is 412-648-1100. For more information on the selection process, visit pc.pitt.edu. Sincerely, Your Panther Central Team Dates to Remember What dates do I need to remember? February 1, 2016 The housing application must be submitted online, including the payment of the $325 housing deposit. LLC/Honors applications due. Fraternity/sorority rosters are due to Panther Central. February 5, 2016 Additional LLC/Honors information sent to applicants. February 8, 2016 Suite/Apartment Retention and Selection Applications due to Panther Central. February 10, 2016 Room/Suite and Apartment-style Retention takes place online. February 17, 2016 Panther Central posts the Suite and Apartment-style Selection Schedule online at 5 p.m. February 23, 2016 Resident Assistant hiring notifications are sent by Residence Life. February 24–26, 2016 Suite and Apartment-style Selection takes place online. March 2–4, 2016 Guaranteed Rising Juniors Room Selection takes place online. March 21–24, 2016 Guaranteed Rising Sophomores Room Selection takes place online. Housing Eligibility and Guarantee AM I ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HOUSING APPLICATION PROCESS? You are eligible if you meet all three of the requirements below: 1. You are a current and continuing full-time undergraduate student. 2. You are currently a resident student living in one of our residence halls or apartment-style accommodations. 3. You have no outstanding financial obligations to the University or other holds against your student account. DO I HAVE A PENDING HOUSING GUARANTEE? All housing guarantees are pending completion of the 2016-2017 Housing Application and dependent on how students were admitted to the University of Pittsburgh as a first year student. Prospective freshmen who are admitted through Adimissions and Financial Aid for the fall term and pay their $300 enrollment fee by May 1 and their $325 housing deposit by their designated due date are guaranteed on-campus housing. This guarantee is good for three years, provided that all housing application and deposit deadlines for each subsequent year have been met. The Housing Information e-mail states whether or not you are a guaranteed student. If you believe you are entitled to a pending housing guarantee but find your Housing Information e-mail does not state such, contact Panther Central immediately. To keep your housing guarantee valid for the next year (2016-17) you must meet the housing application processing and deposit deadline of February 1, 2016. REQUIREMENTS FOR A PENDING HOUSING GUARANTEE Freshmen who currently live in the residence halls and who, upon entering the University, paid their tuition deposit on or before May 1, 2015, have a pending housing guarantee . Sophomores who currently live in the residence halls or apartment-style accommodations and who, upon entering the University, paid their tuition deposit on or before May 1, 2014, and met their renewal housing deposit and application deadline of February 1, 2015, have a pending housing guarantee. Other students with a pending housing guarantee, including full-academic scholars, Resident Assistants for 2016-17, full-scholarship athletes, and students with physical disabilities. Greek organization member students can gain a guarantee of housing to their specific Greek organization housing unit. This guarantee is limited to the total number of accommodations in the unit. In order to obtain this guarantee, your president must notify Panther Central by February 1, 2016 of your intent to reside in the unit. Your housing deposit and application must be completed by February 1, 2016. Housing Eligibility and Guarantee WHAT IF I DON’T HAVE A GUARANTEE? We encourage any senior or other non-guaranteed student who would like on-campus housing to submit their housing application, including the payment of the housing deposit, by the due date of February 1, 2016. By submitting your application with deposit payment by the due date, you will be automatically entered onto our electronic housing waitlist, which is processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the online housing selection and retention processes for guaranteed students are complete, Panther Central will determine availability of beds and will contact you via your pitt.edu email account or personal phone number. Please note: the phone number we have on file is sent to us by the Office of the University Registrar. You will have an opportunity to review your contact information when completing the housing application. Please contact the Registrar if your contact information needs to be updated. Students will be contacted by Panther Central on a first-come, first-served basis. Your housing deposit is fully refundable if we are not able to find a bed for you, or if you choose to cancel your housing application prior to being assigned. If you have any questions about the non-guaranteed student process, please contact Panther Central. ARE ANY OTHER STUDENTS GUARANTEED HOUSING? In addition to the incoming freshmen who are guaranteed housing, there are other categories of students who are guaranteed housing, provided they pay the $325 deposit and process their housing application by the due date of February 1, 2016. These include 2016–17 Resident Assistants, full-scholarship athletes, full-academic scholars, and students with physical disabilities. Your academic class and housing selection index number will be used to determine the order in which you will select your room. HOW DO I PROCESS MY HOUSING APPLICATION? Panther Central emails detailed housing application instructions to every student at their pitt.edu email address. The first step of the process is to complete and submit the online housing application, which includes the payment of the $325 housing deposit, by February 1, 2016. If you receive a full scholarship or a full financial aid package, you may have your $325 housing deposit deferred. In order to defer the deposit, you must submit verification of your full scholarship or full aid package to Panther Central. The submission of the housing application, including the payment of the $325 housing deposit, must be completed by February 1 2016. There are no exceptions, nor will any extensions be provided. Failure to meet this date will result in the loss of any and all guarantees. By completing the Housing Application, you are agreeing to a two-term housing contract for both Fall 2016 and Spring 2017. General Room Selection and Retention AM I ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ROOM RETENTION OR SELECTION PROCESS? You are eligible if you paid the $325 deposit, met the housing application deadline, and have both a housing guarantee and a valid housing selection index number. CAN I REMAIN IN MY CURRENT ROOM? As long as you are eligible to participate in room retention, you can retain your current room assignment by participating in the room retention process, which takes place online, February 10, 2016. After February 10, the room retention process will be suspended. You must currently reside in the room you wish to retain. Please reference page 10 of this book for a list of rooms that are excluded from the room retention process. The University reserves the right to designate currently occupied rooms as unavailable. If you retain your room, you will not be eligible to participate in room or suite/ apartment-style selection. CAN I SELECT A NEW ROOM? If you are eligible to participate in room selection, then you can select a new room assignment by following the room selection process for your academic class. Please refer to pages 11 and 12 for more details. Suite and Apartment-style Selection SUITE AND APARTMENT-STYLE SELECTION To be eligible for suite and apartment-style selection, the number of students must equal the designated suite or apartment capacity. A student may only participate as a member of one group. Any student found to be a part of more than one group voids suite selection for the members of all associated groups. Each group is required to complete a Suite and Apartment-Style Application and to nominate a group representative on the application. The Suite and Apartment-Style Application will be available at Panther Central on January 9, 2016, and are due back at Panther Central no later than February 8, 2016. * Important: If students currently living together as part of a suite or apartment want to retain the suite or apartment but no longer want to live together, all students in the suite or apartment must follow the normal Suite and Apartment-style Selection Process.