Pre-Assignment Applications for Ethnic/Academic Theme and Focus Focus Residences 2009-2010

Introduction to Pre-Assignments:

For 2009-2010, Residential Education will be offering a pre-assignment system for Ethnic/Academic Theme and Focus Houses. This process will allow Resident Fellows, Faculty Affiliates and house program staff to pre-assign a set number of 2009-10 residents who complete the preassignment application and meet all necessary requirements prior to the Housing Draw.

IMPORTANT: If you are intending to apply for pre-assignment to participating houses you must understand that if you are granted pre-assignment you automatically accept the pre-assignment and therefore are not eligible for the 2009 Housing Draw or other housing application periods.

Obtaining Pre-Assignments:

If you are interested in applying for pre-assignment please read the key points listed below. Once you have read the key points, please download and complete the application forms for the house where you are seeking pre-assignment. The application states the nature of the program in the house as well as the pre-assignment requirements. Submit the completed form(s) to the location specified on the pre-assignment application. If you have questions about a specific house, please contact the Pre-Assignment Representative for the house.

View a Complete List of Program Descriptions for Residences Offering Pre-Assignment

A calendar of important Housing Draw dates for 2009-10 can be found here.

Key Points

1. Applying to be pre-assigned in a house is analagous to applying to college 'early decision'. Students may only apply to one house and if granted pre-assignment you MUST accept the assignment. Do not apply unless you intend to take the pre-assignment if it is offered. (Note: Students applying to Ethnic Theme Houses may apply to more than one house - refer to individual applications for details.)
   
2. Pre-Assignment applications are due by April 22, 2009 at 5:00 pm. Hard Copies of Pre-Assignment applications may be turned in to the locations listed on the application for the relevant house. If your abroad please submit a copy of your application electronically to the Special Preassignment Representative.
   
3. Students granted pre-assignment to Row Houses will to use a Tier Two housing year. Students assigned to any other house will use a Tier Three housing year. Please refer to the Student Housing Website for additional information on housing Tiers.
   
4. Current Co-Op residents are not required to perform additional jobs for Co-Op pre-assignment, be they house jobs or priority work day, because they have already met this requirement through their work as a resident. Similarly, current residents of Co-Ops are not required to attend a House Tour. Please see specific Co-Op house applications for further details.
   
5. Resident Fellows, Faculty Affiliates and house staff members will review pre-assignment applications and notify Residential Education of who they wish to pre-assign no later than April 27, 2009. Once the choices have been submitted to Residential Education it is the responsibility of house theme staff to notify students of their pre-assignment status (whether or not they were pre-assigned).
6. Each individual student requesting pre-assignment must apply separately. Students granted pre-assignment cannot bring room mates into the house. Groups of students are welcome to apply for pre-assignment but applications are reviewed on an individual basis.
7. Students interested in touring residences that are offering pre-assignment should be in touch with the house pre-assignment representatives (make this a link to the pre-assignment rep info) to arrange tour times or to ask house specific questions.

Important Dates:

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Background on Pre-Assignments. Some of Stanford's on-campus residences offer special academic or social programs. Several residences sponsor intensive foreign language study. Some other residences are "co-ops", meaning that cooking and cleaning for the residence is performed by the students who live in the house.

One of the core principles of the Housing Draw is the concept of support for Residential Programs. This principle states that students who want to live in a residence offering a special program deserve to know that the other students who will be living in that residence are also committed to its program.

Without some sort of special provisions in the assignment process, a residence designed to support a special program could easily end up becoming filled with students who had no real interest in the program but who only wanted to live in the residence for other reasons -- such as, its desirable location on the campus, superior physical condition, or large number of "single" rooms.

The pre-assignment system is designed to deal with this problem. Students who are truly interested in, and committed to, a residence's special program can receive a pre-assignment for that residence.

Eligibility for pre-assignments is determined according to publicized, objective criteria for each residence.

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