Why can sophomores pick their own rooms?
In the past, when sophomores picked their rooms, there was a limited selection as to what they could pick because they were so low on the selection list. Then, once overflows were assigned, the overflow students ended up with better rooms then those who actually got to pick the rooms themselves. So, housing has decided to assign all sophomores based on selection priority around July 1, when the most rooms are available to choose from (because of cancellations). This way, those highest on the priority list will actually get rooms they wanted from a larger selection of residence halls, instead of the smaller selection from what is available early in process.
