Online Room Selection

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Online Room Selection

• New Residents

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Two Main Steps forOnline Room Selection

• Decide where you want to live
• Plan ahead for at least a first, second and third
  choice (the more choices, the better)
• For example . . .
• 1st choice North Avenue Suite Single
• If they are all taken . . . Do I go for a North
  Avenue Suite Double or a Grand Mesa Single?
• 2nd choice Grand Mesa Single
• What if they are all taken as well?
• 3rd choice Monument Double

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• Choose your roommates, suite-mates or
  apartment-mates!
• Review the Roommate Selection Guide
• Set up your Roommate Group (if you have one)
  prior to your online room selection process .
• Make sure everyone in your group has mutually
  requested each other so that you have a fully
  matched group.
• Make sure you all agree on a plan! Which
  building, who goes in which room type within the
  suite, etc.

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All Room Selection is Online via
MyHousinghttps//housing.mesastate.edu

• Your MyHousing login is the same
• as your Novell/ login.

Password Your initial password is your birthdate
in the form of mmddyy The first time you log
into MAVzone, you will be prompted to change your
password. Your MyHousing password will
automatically change to match your MAVzone
password.
Username Your Novell/MAVZone username is
normally the first letter of your first name
followed by the first seven characters of your
last name. To look up your username, go to the
Campus Directory and use the search
function. Your username is the text in front of
the _at_ in your email address.
If you have forgotten your password, call the IT
Helpdesk, 970.248.2111.
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After you sign into MyHousing . . .
This would be your name
This box has yourRoom Selection Lotteries,
including start/end times.
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On the left-hand menu, hover over Room Selection
and then click on My Room Selection Information
On this page, you can view additional details
regarding your Room Selection processes.
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Lottery Times

• Every new, incoming student will be assigned a
  lottery time.
• Lottery times are assigned based on the date the
  housing application, contract and deposit were
  received. The earliest complete applications have
  the earliest lottery times, separated by 30
  minute intervals.
• Your lottery time is the earliest time you can
  select a room within MyHousing.
• You can select your room anytime between your
  start time and 500 PM on May 1, 2009, for the
  highest priority.
• For students who apply after mid-April or for
  students who wish to change their assignment, the
  online process will run continually from May 11,
  2009 until June 30, 2009.

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Remember . . . If you are requesting roommates,
you must have a fully matched roommate group in
order to select a room!
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When your lottery is activated . . . To choose
your room, just go to the menu on the left, hover
over Room Selection and click on Select a
Room/Suite
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Or, if you are eligible for more than one lottery
at the same time, you will need to select the
lottery in which you want to participate. Remembe
r, once you participate in one lottery, you will
be removed from the other lotteries!
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After you choose your selection process, you can
filter your room search. You can be general or
specific, but be careful being too specific you
could end up with an empty search. However, even
if you end up with an empty room search, you can
always search again!
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Here is an example of an available rooms
list. You can either select the room (for just
you or for you and one roommate) or you can
select the suite to place yourself and any
mutually requested roommates.
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Now that you have selected your suite, simply
place each mutually requested roommate into the
rooms of the suite. Make sure you are placing
your friends in the spaces you agreed on!
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Here is the final confirmation screen you will
see once your room selection is complete. As is
written on this screen, you and your roommates
will receive an email confirmation.
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Your new assignment will show up on your
MyHousing overview page immediately.
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Room Changes
If something comes up and you need to change
rooms . . . Please request a room change via
MyHousing. You will automatically forfeit the
room you previously selected upon
submitting. You will be placed in the New
Student Room Change Lottery (May 11 June 30,
2009).
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The list of available rooms you will be shown is
limited to what you and your roommate group (if
applicable) are eligible for . . .
A Few Important Notes!

• If you have a total of four people in your
  roommate group, you will only be shown suites
  apartments where there are at least four
  available spaces
• Males will be shown male rooms
• Females will be shown female rooms
• Non-freshman will be shown apartments
• If you feel you should be eligible for a room
  typethat you do not see displayed, please call
  or email the Housing Office and we will determine
  your eligibility (970-248-1536,
  housing_at_mesastate.edu)

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Handling Roommates Room Selection Scenarios

• Have a plan A, B and C
• Decide with your roommates what you will do if no
  5-person suites are left in North Avenue Hall
  (etc).
• For example, will you break up into two groups of
  three and two and try to get suites near one
  another?
• During room selection, you can delete or add
  roommate requests at any time.
• Remember that your requested roommate(s) will
  receive an email each time you add or delete them!

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What if I dont know anyone?Thats OK, too!

• If you do not have someone in mind that you would
  like as a roommate, focus on choosing the best
  available room.
• Once you pick your room, you will immediately
  have roommate and/or suitemate contact
  information available on your MyHousing homepage.
• Get in touch with your roommates email, call,
  use a web community (ie- Facebook, MySpace, etc).
  . . whatever is best for you!

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More Details onRoom Selection vs. Roommate
Matching

• You might wonder how compatibility matching will
  work with your roommate since you are picking the
  room and learning about your roommate after.
• MSC and other schools have found that traditional
  roommate matching works in some cases, but very
  often a match that looks good on paper does not
  make a perfect roommate pair. There are several
  variables
• Often, students fill out lifestyle choices based
  on how they want their roommate to be not their
  true lifestyle choices (ie a messy student may
  want a very neat roommate ?)
• Sometimes, the student is not the one filling out
  the application and the person acting on their
  behalf does not know the student as well as they
  think!
• Lastly, as intuitive as we try to make our
  questions, there is always margin for error in
  interpreting the answers.
• The most successful housing assignments are made
  by empowering the student - allowing the
  applicant to see all available rooms and make a
  choice!
• If you find that you are incompatible with your
  roommate, there is a room change process that
  will be discussed previously.

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Youre done! Now what?

• Once your room is selected, it will be your
  permanent assignment for the 2009-2010 academic
  year
• Unless you choose to participate in the Room
  Changes Lottery mentioned previously

Congratulations!

• Questions?
• Email housing_at_mesastate.edu
• Call [phone]
• Instant Message MSCRoomSelect
• Via AOL Instant Messenger

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