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UO Housing announces switch to lottery-based room selection system
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Room selection will no longer operate on an entirely first-come, first-served basis. By Angelina Handris
News Reporter
As housing registration began for next school year, University of Oregon Housing ushered in a new, lottery-based system for first-year and returning students. Previously, housing selection operated on a first-come, first-served basis, with students who confirmed acceptance to UO earlier having the earliest pick of dormitories. The new system is broken down into three registration groups. Within each group, the order in which students select rooms is determined by lottery — but Group 1 still gets priority selection over Group 3. Group 1 consists of students who register by Feb. 28, Group 2 are students who registered from March 1 to May 1 and Group 3 is anyone who registered for housing on or after May 2. “It’s not like every student is randomly asContinue story on page 4