Princeton University

Room Draw takes place over a period of several days and is held online. You will be assigned a room selection date and time to participate in each draw to which you applied. Separate procedures apply to the Married Student Draw.

Room Selection Date and Time Notification
The posting of your particular draw time will take place in advance of your date and time and will appear on your welcome page in the Undergraduate Room Draw Program. Your room selection time will also appear in draw time order on the Undergraduate Room Draw Website.

How am I Assigned a Room Selection Date and Time
You will be assigned a room selection time based on the following calculations.

• Your application for each draw you enter will be weighted and given a number following the process described here.
  • Rising juniors applying  as individuals will be granted 2 points
     
  • Rising seniors applying as individuals will be granted 3 points.
     
  • Rising juniors and seniors applying as a group will be granted points as follows:
    
    
    • Regular Upperclass Draw:
      • Each group member will receive a number based on their year
        (Rising juniors =2 points, rising seniors=3 points)
      • A group average is calculated by adding all group member numbers together and dividing by the number of individuals in the group. This average is your weighted number.
    • Four Year Residential College Draw
      • Regular Upperclass Draw weighting procedures apply with one exception as stated below:
      • Students applying to live in the residential college they are presently living in will receive an extra .1 point for every year of membership in that college or its paired college.
    • Independent Student Options (Spelman and Independent Draws):
      • Each group member will receive a number based on their class year
        (independent rising juniors =4 points, non-independent rising juniors=2 points, independent rising seniors=5 points, non-independent rising seniors=3 points)
      • A group average is calculated by adding all group member numbers together and dividing by the number of individuals in the group. This average is your weighted number.
         
  • The higher your weighted number the earlier your room selection time.
  • Each application you submit will be weighted individually and given a weighted number specific to the particular draw.
  • Applications with the same weighted number will be assigned a room selection time by a computer  program which randomly orders the applications without regard to name, social security number, number of persons in the group, etc.