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Originally Posted by RWin
Okay, here's another one. The residence office told my daughter that since she applied on time, she is guaranteed a residence room. But in the same sentence they said she was 174 on the wait list. To me, wait list says that all the rooms are spoken for and she has to wait for 173 cancellations.
But maybe all they mean is that when it comes time to assign rooms, 173 people are ahead of her for assignment.
Any thoughts?
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Generally, MUN policy is to give a residence room to any first year student who wants one. A couple of years ago they also started giving first years preference to spots in Burton's Pond which used to be for returning students. Saying she is guaranteed a room, but is 174th on the waitlist is a strange way of phrasing it.
When I went through I was sent a letter saying I had been accepted to residence, then in August I was sent another letter with my room number and roommate's name.
I can't imagine there being a waitlist already, so like others have said, I would think she is 174/2000. But it probably wouldn't hurt to call and clarify with the housing office. I received a lot of letters with redundant phrases in them which just confused me, and it's one of the things MUN is best known for. They have bloated administration and staff, 90% of which are awful to deal with. Faculty is a totally different story, they're great, just don't expect much help at the registrar's office, academic advising, housing...