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As students gear up for room draw, the selection process can be a daunting task. Across eight draws, there are 1,890 rooms spanning 53 buildings to choose from for the 2023–2024 academic year. In an analysis, the ‘Prince’ explores the room types, occupancies, and square footage of each option, shedding light on the largest and smallest rooms, as well as the differences between residential colleges and upperclass housing.
Last March, Director of Housing Dorian Johnson explained new changes in the room draw process in order to accommodate shifts such as the University’s transition to a fully integrated four-year college system and the expansion of the undergraduate population by 500 students over the next four years, starting from the class of 2026. He cited last year’s room draw, when students could draw into any residential college, as a learning experience that would help the administration determine what additional changes need to occur to streamline the process.
In his 10th annual address to the Princeton Town Council at the end of this February, University President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83 addressed the expansion of the undergraduate population and said that the new residential colleges, fortunately, had enough housing to accommodate a larger-than-expected class. If student numbers had exceeded dorm capacity, he speculated, the University may have had to house students in trailers on Poe Field. Currently, Princeton is addressing the increasing demand for housing by further expanding residential capacity through projects such as the construction of Hobson College, which is set to open in 2026.
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Analysis by Michelle Miao
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