Blackstone Hall
About Blackstone Hall
Blackstone Hall is our premier residence facility which opened for the
2007-2008 year. For 2009-2010, it is available for all returning students.
This year sophomore students are for the first time permitted to live in Blackstone Hall.
Blackstone Hall selection is priority based (see below) so SRs and JRs have the
best shot at getting housing there.
It is designed to offer independent living accommodations with apartment style
living options ranging for groups of 4 or 6 students. Three apartment
configurations are available. Six person units feature two double and two single
rooms. Four person units are available with four single rooms or two singles
rooms and one double room. Each apartment features a full kitchen with
dishwasher, stove, oven*, refrigerator, over range microwaves* and extensive
cabinetry including an island with breakfast bar*. *ADA accessible units feature
wall ovens, standard microwaves, and omit the island and instead have a larger
table. In addition, each unit shares a living room and bathroom space. See the
unit layouts
located here for details. Additional features of Blackstone Hall include:
Wired and Wireless internet access, phone service, air conditioning, extensive
study and lounge space, elevator service, fourth floor outdoor patio, laundry
room with computer stations and 42” plasma television, and a 50” plasma
television in the main lounge. Blackstone Hall bedrooms and common rooms are
fully furnished with comfortable and high quality furnishings. For more details,
visit the
Blackstone Hall project site.
Blackstone Hall offers its residents continuous housing from August through
May. Students are permitted to stay in Blackstone Hall during winter break if
they request to do so.
There is no additional cost for living in Blackstone Hall during the winter
break. Students may also choose to sign a 3 month summer housing
contract which will allow students to reside in Blackstone Hall during the
summer. When possible, RLH will assign students to the same room as their Fall 2009
assignment, but this may not be possible if consolidation is required for safety
or summer conferencing purposes. Pricing for Summer Housing has not been set at
this time, and student do not need to commit to summer housing until after
Housing Lottery.
Blackstone Hall Selection
Blackstone Hall Selection will take place on Monday, March 23rd. You may register for Blackstone Hall Selection through the
My Lottery online
registration tool. My Lottery will ask you to indicate if you plan
to apply for Blackstone Hall, although you will be able to participate in other
Housing Lottery processes if you are unable to secure a space in Blackstone
Hall.
Blackstone Hall Selection will be priority based, meaning that groups of
Seniors/5th Year Students will have preference over groups with Juniors.
Like in other lottery processes, groups will use the best lottery number to
select their space. The difference between Blackstone Hall and other
Housing Lottery processes is that groups will be called by priority group over
lottery number. Observe the following example.
- Student A is a Senior with Lottery Number 1... the best number you can
have.
- Student B is a Senior with Lottery Number 100
- Student C is a Senior with Lottery Number 200
- Student D is a Junior with Lottery Number 300
Suppose students A & D form a group, and students B & C form a group.
During regular Housing Lottery, students A & D will have top pick because they
will use Student A's lottery number... 1. At Blackstone Hall Selection,
students B & C will pick before students A & D because they are both Seniors.
There are 3 priority groups in which student groups can fall.
- Priority Level 1 consists of groups made up entirely of Seniors/5th Year
Students (U4).
- Priority Level 2 consists of any groups containing one or more
Juniors (U3), but NO Sophomores.
- Priority Level 3 consists of any groups containing one or more Sophomores
(U2).
As stated, all groups which qualify in Priority Level 1 will select housing
before groups in Priority Level 2. All groups which qualify in Priority
Level 2 will select housing before groups in Priority Level 3.
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