Room Reservation Rules 2019-2020 - High Point University
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Room Reservation Rules 2019-2020
Tier 1: Included in tuition, fees, room & board HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY has a wide
Double occupancy rooms in Finch, North College Court, North College Terrace,
University Houses. variety of housing options available.
Tier 2: Additional investment of $3,689/year or $1,844.50/semester For the 2019-2020 school year the following
Single rooms in Finch, North College Court, North College Terrace, University buildings are available to upperclassmen:
Houses and Wilson, double occupancy in North College Townhomes, Point Place
• 806, 812 & 818 Point Place Apartments
Apartments, University Village, and Wilson; 3 & 4 person suites in Village and York.
• Centennial Square
Tier 3: Additional investment of $5,121/year or $2,560.50/semester • Centennial Square #2
• Finch (Honors Scholar Housing)
Single rooms in North College Townhomes, Point Place Apartments and University
Village, double rooms in Greek Village, Centennial Square and Centennial Square #2, • Caffey
and 4-person units in Caffey. Single room in McCain Place Townhomes. • Greek Village
• McCain Place Townhomes
Tier 4: Additional investment of $7,374/year or $3,687/semester • North College Court
Centennial Square and Centennial Square #2 (single bedroom, semi-private bath) • North College Terrace
and 2 person suites in Caffey, Village and York. • North College Townhomes
• The Village
Tier 5: Additional investment of $11,528/year or $5,764/semester • The Village 2
R.G. Wanek Center. Single bedrooms with private bathrooms in Centennial Square • University Houses
#1, Centennial Square #2, and 1-person units in Caffey.
• University Village (UVille)
* The published rate is a preliminary rate that is subject to change by the Board of Trustees. Final
• Wilson
rates are approved by the Board at the March 2019 Board Meeting preceding the fall semester for • York
which the new rates apply. - 4th floor (Honors Scholar Students ONLY)
Room Reservation Process
1. The housing deposit is not an extra fee; it will be applied to b. Due to record growth and commitment to student
tuition for the Fall 2019 semester. (This deposit is refundable success, we may reach our capacity for on campus
through May 31, 2019). housing, and may not be able to offer housing once a
a. The housing deposit needs to be paid separately from any student becomes eligible in August.
tuition payments. 4. Housing Accommodations:
b. Please note the housing deposit only holds a room a. If you have any needs covered under the Americans with
reservation until the first due date for Fall bills. If a Disabilities Act Amended Act (ADAAA) that require a
student’s tuition bill is not paid by the due date, their specific housing accommodation, you will need to make a
housing assignment will be removed. Once their account is request by submitting documentation that indicates the
paid in full, they will be assigned to an available room. disability that substantially limits one or more major life
c. Please be aware that paying the housing deposit does not activities to The Office of Accessibility Resources and
guarantee a housing space on High Point University’s Services (OARS). All requests and documentation must
campus. be submitted to The Office of Accessibility Resources
d. Students with outstanding balances on their student and Services by February 14, 2019. Accommodations
account will not be able to participate in the housing recommend to mitigate the effects of a qualifying disability
selection process. in campus residence are subject to housing availability. If
e. Please be aware that if you request a refund of your the request is made after housing due dates have passed,
housing deposit, refunds will not be processed until after availability of the recommended accommodation is not
June 1, 2019 - please allow up to 10 days for refund to be guaranteed. You may contact The Office of Accessibility
processed. Resources and Services (OARS) at 336.841.9361 or visit
2. Each student must register for classes for the Fall 2019 their website www.highpoint.edu/oars.
semester by the end of April 2019 to maintain their housing b. If the housing accommodation is approved, the Office of
reservation. Student Life will assign the student their room assignment
a. Any student that is not registered for classes by the end and the student will not go through the online room
of April 2019 will be removed from housing, and will reservation process.
be assigned to available rooms after they have registered 5. Honors Scholar housing will be offered in Finch Hall and on
for classes. the 4th floor of York (both are wellness communities).
3. Any student who is academically ineligible at the end of the a. Honors Scholar students who are rising sophomores have a
Spring 2019 semester will be removed from housing and classes 2-year requirement to live in Finch.
if they have not registered for Summer Session #1 or #2 by 5pm b. Honors Scholar students who currently reside on the 4th
on June 14. floor of York and rising juniors and seniors currently living
a. If a student is removed due to being ineligible, and in Finch are able to request to live on the 4th floor of York.
not registered for Summer School by June 14, they Priority/order of housing assignments will be made/given
will not be reassigned until they become eligible or to Honors Scholar students based on total number of credit
until they go before the Admissions Committee in hours and cumulative GPA.
August.
c. Students living in the Honors Scholar community do not b. The student wanting to homestead their bedspace will
get to pull “up” other Honors Scholar student(s). Students use the online housing process and select their current
will not form groups, all honors housing will be offered/ bedroom and will be assigned again for the following
completed on an individual basis. academic year.
d. Students living in the Honors Scholar communities will not c. Students are only able to homestead their individual
be able to live with/pull in non-Honors Scholar students. room if they are currently assigned there for the Spring
2019 semester.
6. Greek Housing: High Point University offers a house located in d. Students who have homesteaded their current bed space
The Greek Village for the following Greek organizations: and are wanting to move within their suite/unit into a
a. Men vacant bed space will have the ability to log back into the
n Beta Theta Phi n Pi Kappa Alpha portal and make changes. Specific dates and times will
n Kappa Alpha n Sigma Nu be given for students to make these changes. If students
n Kappa Sigma who homestead and want to make changes can’t agree on
b. Women who gets the vacant bed space, preference will go to the
n Alpha Chi Omega n Phi Mu student with the most credit hours.
n Alpha Gamma Delta n Sigma Sigma Sigma e. Students who have homesteaded their individual
n Kappa Delta n Zeta Tau Alpha bedroom have the ability to pull students into any
c. Housing Process: The President of each organization will opening(s) within their assignment. In order to pull
submit a roster of assignments for the rooms available to the student(s) in, the student who homesteaded their room
Office of Student Life. Any Greek student who is assigned will go online via www.highpoint.edu/myhome and
a room reservation in Greek housing does not need to go create a group. The group will consist of the students who
through the online room reservation process. No changes they want to assign to the opening(s) within the suite.
will be made to any Greek housing assignment. Once the group is formed and confirmed, the student
d. Filling Rooms: Each organization is required to fill their who formed the group/homesteaded will be able to
room spaces to capacity. If they cannot fill their houses to go online and assign the group members (the students
capacity, the organization will be responsible for the charges they are wanting to pull in) to the room/suite. Specific
of the room or the organization will lose their right to dates and times will be given for students to homestead
the spots. The Office of Student Life will determine this in particular buildings, as well as when they will go
eligibility. online and create a group to assign other students to the
openings in the suite. Please note that just because you
Housing Process
add a person to a group (or have been added to a group)
during homesteading, does not guarantee an assignment
during the process. It is up to the group leader to form
group and assign group members into available bed
7. Homesteading: Homesteading is defined as one student who is spaces. If students who homestead do not agree on who
living in the room for the current semester (Spring 2019) that to pull into openings, preference will go to the student
elects to renew their assignment for the following year. Students with the most credit hours.
eligible to homestead cannot be on disciplinary probation, f. If students miss the deadline to homestead their current
have received 2nd destruction sanction, or have received a 2nd assignment, they may be able to keep there room,
unauthorized party sanction. depending on if the room has already been assigned.
a. Students have the ability to “homestead” their room If the room has already been assigned, then they will
if they reside in the following residential buildings: need to go through the online room reservation process.
n 806 Point Place Students who homestead their housing assignment or
n 812 Point Place are “pulled in” will not need to go through the traditional
n 818 Point Place room reservation process. Homesteading will secure
n Centennial Square housing assignment for the coming academic year.
n Centennial Square #2 g. If a Resident Assistant is currently assigned to your
n McCain Place Townhomes room/suite/unit, this room has been designated as an RA
n North College Court room. A Resident Assistant will continue to be assigned
n North College Terrace to your room for the 2019-2020 academic year.
n North College Townhomes h. Students who receive a 2nd unauthorized party sanction
n The Village or 2nd destruction within the academic year will lose
n The Village II homesteading privileges and the privilege to be be “pulled-
n University Village (UVille) in” by another student.
n Wilson Hall 8. Any student who has not yet been assigned a room after the
n University Owned Housing homesteading process will now be able to go online during their
timeslot and secure a room for the coming academic year. d. After students have selected their housing assignment,
Specific dates and times will be communicated to students via they will also have the option to access the waitlist
email. through the housing portal. Students will have the ability
a. Students will need to use the housing portal to self select up to six waitlists. In addition, students have
at www.highpoint.edu/myhome and form groups. full access to log into the housing portal anytime to check
i. A group is defined as one or more students who their position on the waitlist.
want to live together. NO group can be larger than e. Students will also be able to access the Room Swap
eight individuals. feature through the housing portal. The Room Swap
ii. One person will create a group and will add others feature gives students the ability to switch rooms with
to the group. If you are added to join a group other interested students. The Room Swap process will
that you are not interested in being part of, you permit students to advertise and communicate their
can remove yourself from this group. This entire interest in swapping rooms through an on-line forum
process is completed through the housing portal at and search for other students who are also interested in
www.highpoint.edu/myhome. swapping rooms.
iii. The one person that creates the group will be the f. Only students with a room assignment for the 2019-
group leader. This person does not have to be 2020 academic year will have access to the Waitlist and
the person in the group with the highest number Room Swap features.
of credit hours. The group leader will have the
ability to select housing for all members in the 9. Off Campus Living: If a student is opting to live off campus,
group during the assigned time slot. please know that we require all of our students to reside on
b. Groups are given assigned time slot based on the campus until they have reached senior status in completed
individual in the group who has the highest number of credit hours (96 credits hours), or commute from their
credit hours. If there are students/groups with equal parent’s permanent address. No housing assignments will be
number of credit hours, GPA will determine order. canceled to let a student live off campus until they complete
c. Time slots will be announced each week. Students will the Off Campus Living Contract and provide documentation
need to log onto the portal during their assigned time that they are commuting or have reached senior status in
slot to maximize their housing selection options. If a credit hours. Any student considering living off campus will
student misses their time slot, they can log on any time need to complete the Off Campus Living Contract through
after their time slot to select housing. the housing portal at www.highpoint.edu/myhome.
i. During an assigned time slot, students will then 10. Your housing and course registration cannot be assured if
be able to view all rooms and locations that are your bill is not paid in full by the deadline.
available for selection and select a bed space.
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