How are rooms assigned to first-year students?
Room assignments are given out lottery-style based on a computer generated number assigned to your application (not on a first-come, first-served basis). Since there are over 3,000 first-year students in the system, you could be assigned a number anywhere between 1 and 3,000 (or higher). • The allocation program considers your gender, your academic stream, and the information you provided on the online UW Residences Preference Form, including your medical information, residence community, roommate request and your personal characteristic preferences when assigning rooms.
Room assignments are given out lottery-style based on a computer generated number assigned to your application (not on a first-come, first-served basis). Since there are over 3,000 first-year students in the system, you could be assigned a number anywhere between 1 and 3,000 (or higher). • The allocation program considers your gender, your academic stream, and the information you provided on the online Waterloo Residences Preference Form, including your medical information, residence community, roommate request and your personal characteristic preferences when assigning rooms.
