FEBRUARY 11, 2026 • VOLUME 96 • ISSUE 16
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Quinnipiac's Office of Housing changes selection process in response to student frustration By AVA HIGHLAND News Editor
In response to student feedback, Quinnipiac University changed the sophomore and junior housing selection processes for the 202627 academic year. Each roommate group will be assigned one lottery number as opposed to each student receiving a number in years past. “We updated the room selection process based on student feedback to make it clearer, help friend groups stay together, and use group selection numbers instead of individual numbers,” Director of Housing Melissa Karipidis wrote in a statement to The Chronicle. These changes come after a number of current sophomores faced several obstacles in housing selection last spring. First-year and sophomore students received an email from the Office of Housing on Jan. 30 outlining the new process.
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The housing contract and the housing reservation fee are due by March 6. “Students who submit their contracts after the deadline of March 6 will not be eligible for the initial selection round and cannot be a part of the roommate group formation,” the Office of Housing wrote in the email to students. “They will be included in the second/ regrouping round of the selection process.” By March 20, current first-years and sophomores must have their roommate groups formed in order to receive their group’s number. Selection numbers will be posted on March 27 after noon. “Groups will only receive their number IF there is a space available to accommodate their group,” the Office of Housing wrote. “This ensures that all groups receiving a selec-
The typically sophomore housing Founders Hall on the Mount Carmel Campus is now offered to rising juniors as well.
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