Most students received one of their top-three housing picks for next year, according University statistics.
During the inaugural run of the computerized program iHousing, 82 percent of applicants received one of their top-three housing choices, with 71 percent receiving their first choice, said Seth Weinshel, assignments director of GW Housing Programs.
"We are very happy with what the system has done," said Weinshel, referring to new housing software iHousing.
The day did not go off without a hitch, however. Some underclass students were pulled into junior and senior housing while others failed to receive an assignment and were put on a wait list.
About a dozen students unhappy with their housing selections started an iPetition from that Web site to lobby the University to bring back the old housing system.
"Eighty-two percent of the students are happy, and we'll obviously be hearing from the other 18 percent," Weinshel said. "We are willing to work with every student."
Of the more than 3,000 requests, less than 250 roommate requests were not granted.
Sophomore Andrea Binner was one of the students who did not get the roommates she requested. Binner and two of her perspective roommates were placed in separate triples in the same building.
"I felt like there should have been numbers or bullet points. Anything (to make the process more clear)," said sophomore Andrea Binner.
"We were lost, so we asked a housing official for help," Binner said, referring to her requested roommates. "We filled out the application with the help of a staff member and had them guide us through it."
GW Housing Programs staff members were stationed in the lobbies of eight halls Tuesday morning to field student questions about the housing process and the assignments.
The waiting list for rising sophomores is down 55 percent from last year and Weinshel said he is confident that the University will place most of those students by the end of this academic year. GW is only required by D.C. law to provide freshmen and sophomores on campus housing.
During the inaugural run of the computerized program iHousing, 82 percent of applicants received one of their top-three housing choices, with 71 percent receiving their first choice, said Seth Weinshel, assignments director of GW Housing Programs.
"We are very happy with what the system has done," said Weinshel, referring to new housing software iHousing.
The day did not go off without a hitch, however. Some underclass students were pulled into junior and senior housing while others failed to receive an assignment and were put on a wait list.
About a dozen students unhappy with their housing selections started an iPetition from that Web site to lobby the University to bring back the old housing system.
"Eighty-two percent of the students are happy, and we'll obviously be hearing from the other 18 percent," Weinshel said. "We are willing to work with every student."
Of the more than 3,000 requests, less than 250 roommate requests were not granted.
Sophomore Andrea Binner was one of the students who did not get the roommates she requested. Binner and two of her perspective roommates were placed in separate triples in the same building.
"I felt like there should have been numbers or bullet points. Anything (to make the process more clear)," said sophomore Andrea Binner.
"We were lost, so we asked a housing official for help," Binner said, referring to her requested roommates. "We filled out the application with the help of a staff member and had them guide us through it."
GW Housing Programs staff members were stationed in the lobbies of eight halls Tuesday morning to field student questions about the housing process and the assignments.
The waiting list for rising sophomores is down 55 percent from last year and Weinshel said he is confident that the University will place most of those students by the end of this academic year. GW is only required by D.C. law to provide freshmen and sophomores on campus housing.
