General Suburban Updates and Rumours

[plam]

I'm not sure what the strategy was in the 1960s, but the strategy today, or at least as of a few years ago, was that everyone in first year would have the opportunity to live in residence, and most (who didn't live at home) would do so. After first year, it was expected students would move out of residence, they had only one small dedicated upper year residence (which is no longer generally available, it's some kind of business program) as well as the dons in the first year residences.

I know they struggled to make room, they converted REV to 3 student rooms (which wasn't very popular) and they rented space from a Laurier residence near Laurier (which was even less popular), so I'm not sure what their numbers are these days in terms of first years in residence, but I'd bet it's still a majority.

They would also like to encourage a limited number of upper year students to stay in residence to counterbalance "it's all dons and first year students". There is some space, but not enough for everyone. In general, UW Residences is aware that they're in a competitive market for housing.