Hi there,
I’m about to apply to UofT but am confused about how to apply for a residence.? For example, Vic will be my first choice, but I can only afford the cheapest rooms.? If I get accepted, would I get a choice of rooms or would I be obliged to take whatever is offered?? The same goes for my second choice, UC.
Thanks for your help!
-confused in Ottawa
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Hey hey!
First tip: rank the college with the res that you want as number one. So if you want to be in Vic, make sure Vic is numero uno when you rank your colleges. A lot of colleges only take the people that rank them first.
To be clear, I?m going to be poor help since I?ve never lived in residence and am a proud crabby commuter. However, given that Vic has quite a number of residences, I?m sure you?ll get a chance to rank them. According to the Housing website, step three of applying for on-campus housing as an arts and science student requires that you ?rank your residence choices on MyRes.?
Now if you?re utterly unlucky and don?t get the cheapest of the Vic residences? unfortunately, from my understanding, you?re sort of stuck. I know a girl who wanted to live at Innis (which, by the way, is the cheapest res at U of T), but got booted over to Chestnut and had no say about it.
But for any further questions, you might be better off directing them to the specific college you want to live in or housing services.
Cheers!
aska