CSULB housing residents, who previously did not have to worry about housing availability, now will have to scurry to reapply by Feb. 26 before the housing application is available to new students.
The sparsely inhabited dorms this year will soon be bombarded by freshman with the new freshman residential requirement. All incoming freshman for Fall 2010 will be required to live on campus unless 21 years old, living at home with a parent, married, or having a medical disability. New students will first have to be accepted to the university, apply for housing, before they can submit an exemption request.
The dorms can hold a maximum of 2,538 students; 1,930 residents currently on on campus this year according to the director of Housing and Residential Life, Carol Roberts-Corb.
According to the Housing Web site Residents who have been living on campus since 2008 will pay between a range of $7,600 to $8,000 depending on the meal plan. However returning 2009 residents will pay the same fee as new incoming student: between $10,050 to $10,450. All resident are required to purchase a meal plan in addition with the housing fee.
Roberts-Corb said, "We have guaranteed to our current residents that the room portion of their total room and meal cost will not increase for as long as they continuously live in Housing. Nor will we be increasing the room cost for incoming residents for 2010-2011."
Residents only have a two week period to apply before the new student's application will be available online. The application for new students will be available March 1.
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