75 CommentsUpdate, 11:41 p.m.: This page will only contain information for Wednesday, April 7. Please look for our new post on Thursday for live coverage.
A few notes before we begin (10 AM, get stoked): comment away on this post, but please keep a few things in mind. Please try to keep all comments topical. We’ll try to answer as many questions as possible, but we may not be able to tell what what your specific lottery number means at a certain moment. General debate, advice and chatter about the housing process is encouraged. Our revised comment policy can be found at the bottom of the page and will help explain our comment moderating system. We’ll be updating the chart in the top box as often as possible, posting the official Housing whiteboard, and telling you everything else that happens in John Jay lounge, minute by minute, for the next 7 days. Let’ s do the damn thing. Happy picking!
Please note that we are only posting official numbers from Housing and updating our chart as the whiteboard is edited. Numbers in bold are official and numbers in italics are speculative (due to conflicting or missing information).
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75 Comments
@ECX I am also curious whether or not every ECX group will get in. Any info appreciated.
@ECX Regroups I heard that usually only 5 or 6 groups of seniors regroup per year and pick into an ECX, but with more than that already gone and more groups of all-seniors to pick (and many more to be shafted), does BWOG think all groups that applied to ECX will get one? Or will many desperate seniors throw themselves into the small hole that is the ECX double?
@Anish Some 5-person groups were picking ECX over other available 5-person suites this morning, oddly enough. Groups could also decide to drop to senior regroup or general, so it’s really impossible to predict.
@Thanks for the Reply If they drop to senior regroup, could groups of 6 regroup to 5 and pick into an ECX before the ECX selection begins?
@Anish ECX selection happens before Senior Regroup, so if there are any ECX left during Senior Regroup, it’s a possibility.
@Thanks Again But I heard that Senior Regroup is happening at the end of the day tomorrow so the shafted seniors get to pick then and then ECX picking starts on Friday (after all of the Senior Regroup has occurred). Am I mistaken here?
@Anish We’ll get clarification from housing for you tomorrow morning.
@anon 30pt ECX groups pick tomorrow before senior regroup
@ECX Regroups Crap I’m 26.67. So, what do you think my chances are after all? I’m one of the last groups to go too, ugh. How come the re-groups pick before the 26.67 values? Seems a bit unfair since we specially registered for ECX and all.
@uh oh When is senior regroup?
@Anish Thursday (that’s tomorrow!) from 3-5.
@Wait How is there only 1 EC townhouse left? Were some of the EC 6-person suites withheld for something?
@Anish It’s possible- Housing didn’t have the full information about spaces held out of lottery when we asked last. We’ll ask for another update tomorrow.
@Question: Do they change the beds when a suite is renovated?
@what just checked spectrum. These are legitimately not that different.
@excellent this is awesome bwog! much clearer than spec.
@damn spec’s coverage is killin it. so nice that we actually have an better alternative to bwog now
@wrong Spec’s numbers have been wrong the entire day – for example, they claim there are 5 person and 6 person suites left in Claremont, when those are both SICs this year. Nice try.
@well at least spectrum doesn’t delete your comments-and like, bwog, your board wasn’t updated for half the day. come on!
@Eliza Hello hello! Two comments were deleted this morning, and stayed deleted for about 60 seconds before they were put back. There was confusion about a clause of our comment policy, and, again, the comments are on this thread for anyone’s reading pleasure. There were inaccurate numbers across the board (and blogs) for most of today, and we felt it safest to stay closest to Housing’s official tally, considering that they took into account last-minute SICs, Greek housing, etc. We’d rather have accurate numbers than constantly updated numbers, although our liveblog has been and will be updated every few minutes to account for groups reporting what they picked. A combination of our chart in the top box and our frequent reports from chatting with groups should give everyone a very comprehensive picture of what’s going on in John Jay Lounge. As always– really truly– email specific comments/concerns/complaints to me, eliza@bwog.net, and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.
@bwog quit censoring posts. this is a new low.
@disabilities housing is stupid. Sorry, but you don’t deserve any of the townhouses. Live in Wien or Schapiro.
@whoa what the fuck? why not?
@ANGRY RA STAY AWAY FROM RA SUITES. I WILL BE FURIOUS IF YOU TAKE SPOTS FROM MY FRIENDS. AND THEN I WILL BE YOUR RA AND YOUR SUITEMATE.
@HULK RA HULK RA ANGRYYYYY. DON’T WANT TO LIVE WITH HULK RA. HULK RA RIP OFF YOUR ARMS
@...Why RA….SMAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!
@you jerk this actually isn’t funny. I’m in a four person group that still has to pick and you’re making me nervous about picking into an RA suite and getting an angry RA….so KNOCK IT OFF
@surfin' UWS God, you sound annoying. Here’s to those living with you next year…poor bastards.
@wow have fun having an RA+ rider hate ur guts all year!
@lol AND theyre deleting any comments that have he word SPECTRUM in it…
@question what was the last number to pick?
@lol spectrum is totally owning you guys
@sorry bwog spec is kicking your ass.
@omg it totally is!!! why am still checking bwog!!!
@Twat Which is better, Watt o-line or c-line?
@please another picture of the white board…i don’t trust you bwog
@Eliza We’ll have a picture of the whiteboard as soon as housing updates it!
@Anonymous alright i call dibs on the last watt 2BR. so if you all would not mind leaving it be, that would be great.
@Anonymous In EC, 14 is not renovated and 16 is….
@Eliza 14 to be renovated this summer, 16 renovated a few years ago. Check liveblog for a slew of renovations updates.
@Eliza You were right, housing was wrong! Check liveblog.
@Anonymous is there a way to track how many groups fall down into general selection
@Eliza We’ll tell you as many as we hear about- one 3-person dropped down to general already, and we’ll keep you posted on others.
@...Why 6-Person Suites (All Singles) 24 2 13
Where is the math here? 24-2=13?
@Eliza Check remaining for now– that’s accurate according to the most recent housing/whiteboard update, and we’re updating total numbers now. So that’s 13 6-persons left, and ignore the 24 total for now.
@question why does it say there is only 1 2 bedroom watt suite left at 11:15?
@Your numbers are wrong! You guys have started with last year’s numbers and have been subtracting to reconcile those numbers with the ones currently on the housing board. Fix this!
@Eliza We’re updating this numbers as we go, we are using housing’s official numbers now, which are clearly imperfect. Check back for updates asap.
@Concerned junior Where are these numbers coming from. They don’t seem right…I’m trying to match them up with what I’ve heard is on the board and something’s not working.
@question which woodbridge suites were taken? on what floor?
@2 ECX suites are retained, somehow, probably for people with disabilities. Bwog, how on earth do the housing admins allow retention of the best housing at Columbia? Moreover, how is it fair to allow 6-person all single highrise suites to be retained????
@...Why is the date 4/6/2010?
@Eliza Whoops! Fixing, good catch.
@anon how on earth are 2 ECX gone already? i thought ECX starts tomorrow
@Anonymous I was wondering about that too!
@Anonymous Seniors can pick into Exclusion suites if they want.
@new brownstone wait. when bwog first reviewed the new brownstone you guys said that it was four floors with two doubles on each floor which would make for 8 doubles, not 16. spec said the same thing. did housing split all of the doubles in half?
@Anonymous How does this process affect an incoming first year grad student who is attempting to get couples housing? This whole process seems unnecessarily complicated.
@Anonymous this is for undergrads only, grad housing is done through university apartment housing http://facilities.columbia.edu/housing/
@ec floor 16 … will it be renovated? do you guys think any (if so, which) ec high-rise floor(s) will be renovated over this summer?
@Eliza EC 16 not renovated! That’s floors 8-14.
@Hey wait I can’t find it on the Mobile site… come on bwog i’ve gotta sit through a class for the next 45 min, i need my mobile updates
@Hans Sorry about that, it should show up now!
@Anonymous how many spots for Barnard students are left?
@Furnald Are we sure that there are 33 doubles available to sophomores in Furnald? I had heard that there are 7….
@Anonymous Yeah, can you guys try to confirm information about doubles? I know that it’s not relevant for a few days, but it would be nice to know in advance…
@Eliza Confirming asap, and will get you the official final tally from housing soon.
@awesome this is awesome bwog! i hope it works!
@Includes SIC housing? All I know (in life) is Ruggles, but I thought one of Ruggle’s 8-man suites was Q House, lowering the available total to 14. No?
@Eliza And it’s not on our chart yet because we don’t have official numbers from housing about how many rooms/what type of rooms are available.
@any news about that new brownstone?
@Eliza It absolutely is, and we’ll keep you posted/provide updates from housing reps as soon as we get them. In the meantime, read up on it here: http://bwog.net/2010/02/20/good-housing-options-are-surely-by-mistake
@Hey Bwog, isn’t that new brownstone in suite selection?
@Can someone please explain what the procedure is inside John Jay Lounge? This is my first room selection/first suite selection, so I was sort of wondering what to expect when I get there
@Eliza It’s a magical experience! Show up a few minutes early for your appointment time, eat a Twizzler, and wait for your group to be called. A housing rep will explain everything to you if you’ve never done it before as they walk you through the walls of floor plans set up in the lounge. Basically, they’ll walk you through the floor plans, show you what’s left, and you can compare rooms/suites a bit before you make your final choice. Then, you’ll be led to a table with computers, where housing reps will take down your selection. Finally, you’ll confirm your selection with a housing computer they provide. And voilà!