Lottery Numbers

Lottery numbers were generated over spring break and are now available. Please note the following statistics from lottery registration:

  • 430 students indicated that their first preference is UOAH. About 63% of these students will be able to select a space in the UOAH lottery.
  • 392 students indicated that they would like to enter the Rector Village lottery. There is a total of 142 spaces in Rector Village. One 8-person suite was awarded to Group Living applicants. Eight 8-person suites and six 5-person suites will be available in the Rector Village lottery and 19 individual spaces in the RA suites will be available during the residence hall lotteries. Of the 392 students who entered the Rector Village lottery, 32% will be able to select a space

Here is the breakdown of lottery numbers:

  • Seniors: Numbers 1-15
  • Junior Independent, NPHC, NALFO: Numbers 19-141
  • Junior Overflow Greek: Numbers 143-331
  • Junior Greek: Numbers 332-372
  • Sophomore Independent, NPHC, NALFO: Numbers 374-523
  • Sophomore Overflow Greek: Numbers 524-574
  • Sophomore Greek: Numbers 576-615
  • First-year Independent, NPHC, NALFO: Numbers 616-800
  • First-year Overflow Greek: No numbers assigned
  • First-year Greek: 801-822

What do I do if my individual number is wrong?
If you believe that you are improperly listed as either Greek or Independent, or in the wrong class, please email housing@depauw.edu and we will verify with either Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life or the Registrar's office and correct as necessary. If you have recently disaffiliated from your Greek organization, you should contact the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, x4270 or UB 210, to verify that your status has been updated. Corrections cannot be made within 24 hours of each lottery.

Please know that if you are affiliated with a Greek organization but you are listed as Independent on e-Services, you must contact the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life to correct your status. If it discovered by Residence Life and Housing staff that you did not take action to change your status to accurately reflect your Greek affiliation, you will not be able to select housing until after all current first-year students have selected spaces

What is a Group Lottery Number?
The Group Lottery Number was created in response to student feedback in regards to "pulling in" roommates in group housing. A GLN is used for all group housing processes (Rector Village suites, UOAH, Lucy group spaces).

The Group Lottery Number is calculated by averaging the lower half of all group members' lottery numbers, rounded to the nearest tenth. For example, if there is an 8 person group with the numbers 12, 23, 45, 58, 81, 145, 156 and 178, they would average the lower numbers (12, 23, 45, 58) to result in their GLN of 34.5. Groups of 5 students should use the lowest 3 individual lottery number to calculate their GLN and groups of 3 students should use the lowest 2 individual lottery numbers. Groups of 2 (for small UOAH apartments) should use the lowest individual lottery number as their GLN.