Columbia Housing

Housing Services
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Location	125 Wallach Hall
Phone	212-854-2779 (H-APPY)
Hours	M-F 9-5
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Housing Services, formerly University Residence Halls (URH), administers undergraduate housing for CC/SEAS. It is based in several offices in Hartley and Wallach, with the main office for room assignments at 125 Wallach Hall. It is headed by Joyce Jackson, Executive Director, who reports to Scott Wright, the Vice President of Student Auxiliary and Business Services.

Residence halls

Overview

Like many departments at Columbia, Housing Services is divided into several sub-units. The two that students interact with most frequently is Housing Operations and Housing Assignments. The Assignments office is located in 125 Wallach Hall, and is where students with issues about their room assignment should go for help. The Operations office is located in 118 Hartley Hall, just behind the Hospitality Desk. The Operations office is the go-to point for students who need help with facilities issues, such as malfunctioning lights or a clogged drain.

Columbia has 18 undergraduate residence halls in an area bounded by Riverside Drive, Morningside Drive, 110th St, and 119th St. The residence halls accommodate 5,200 beds. First-year students usually live in one of the residence halls situated around South Lawn: Hartley, Wallach, John Jay, Furnald, or Carman. Upperclass students may also live in Hartley and Wallach, which are collectively part of the Living and Learning Center (LLC), through a highly selective application process. Other upperclassmen participate in a housing lottery. Rising sophomores may also live in Furnald if their lottery numbers are good enough. The other upperclassmen students can choose, in order of class seniority and a random lottery number, among Broadway, East Campus, 47 Claremont, Harmony, Hogan, McBain, River, Ruggles, Schapiro, 600 W 113th St, Watt, Wien, and Woodbridge. The best housing options, usually only available to seniors, are considered to be a townhouse in East Campus, a studio apartment in Watt, or a suite in Hogan.

In addition to the 18 residence halls, Housing also oversees the Columbia-owned Brownstones on 114th and 113th street ("Frat Row") which are occupied by Fraternities, Sororities, and Special Interest Communities. The only Frat Row brownstone not owned by Columbia is the Beta Theta Pi house.

List of residence halls

Residence hall map

600 West 113th Street, Broadway, Carman, East Campus, 47 Claremont, Furnald, Harmony, Hartley, Hogan, John Jay, McBain, River, Ruggles, Schapiro, Wallach, Watt, Wien, Woodbridge

Room Selection

Rising sophomores, rising juniors, and rising seniors select their rooms in the annual Room Selection process, also known as the Housing Lottery. In deciding where to live, you should consider housing factors, and also housing strategies that may help you in the room selection process.

See also

• History of student housing

External links

• Guide to Living
• Room selection bulletin board

Columbia Spectator articles

• The Fed: Fun With Freshman Housing
• Columbia Spectator: Brothels and Pubs, The Lurid History of CU Dorms
• Columbia Spectator: EC Eight, Living Kosher
• Home on the Heights: 100 Years of Housing at Columbia - Columbia College Today September 2005