For Undergraduate Students

Table of Contents

1Rates and website

3Application Process

4Application Process Steps

5Fall Application/Cancellation Penalty Schedule

9 Apply 10Meal Plans/Sign Up

Fall 2012 housing rates can be viewed at www.wichita.edu/housing

2 WSU HOUSING

The Process

Applying to live on campus is a four-part process that involves submitting your housing application, receiving and returning/accepting your contract, selecting your housing preferences, and receiving your assignment.

The date you apply for housing is the date used to determine your priority when offering contracts and when assigning housing, so applying earlier means that you have a better chance of getting one of your top preferences.

You must be admission complete before applying for housing. You can apply for fall admission and housing beginning August 1. Spring admission and housing applications must be received by December 1.

Admissions applications are deemed complete when all items listed as application requirements have arrived and been processed by the Office of Admissions.

Upon admission to the University, students may apply/contract for housing. Priority for all campus housing is primarily established by academic classification (freshman, sophomore, junior, etc.) and the date the completed application/contract and payment are received.

Wichita State University makes every effort to accommodate housing requests, however due to space limitations, completion of a housing application/contract and receipt of payment does not guarantee a room assignment.

Please return the white copy of this completed form along with a $275 payment to the Office of Housing and Residence Life, 1845 Fairmount St., Box 141, Wichita, KS 67260-0141. Students wishing to apply/contract for Wheatshocker Only must be exempt from the Freshmen Residency Requirement.

Freshmen Residency Requirement: Full-time students who have fewer than 30 college semester hours are required to live on campus for one academic year (two semesters) or for one semester and two summer terms. Exceptions are made for students 21 years of age or older, married students and those students who live with parents or legal guardians and commute.

Please return a completed application along with a $275 payment to the Office of Housing and Residence Life, 1845 Fairmount St., Box 141, Wichita, KS 67260-0141. Students wishing to apply/contract for Wheatshocker Only must be exempt from the Freshmen Residency Requirement.

How to Apply for Housing

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Fall Application/Cancellation Penalty

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Dates Cancellation Fairmount Towers Brennan Hall Wheatshocker Apartments

Fall Semester

Residents who notify before July 1 in writ-ing of their intention to cancel this contract will receive a 100%refund of the prepay-ment or deposit.

Contract with $75 application fee and $200 pre-payment

Contract with $75 application fee and $200 pre-payment

Contract with $75 application fee and $200 deposit

Spring Semester

Resident must notify office before December 1 for a 100% refund

Contract with $75 application fee and $200 pre-payment

Contract with $75 application fee and $200 pre-payment

Contract with $75 application fee and $200 deposit

Summer

Resident must notify office in writing before May 1 for a 100% refund

Contract with $75 application fee and $200 pre-payment

Contract with $75 application fee and $200 pre-payment

Contract with $75 application fee and $200 deposit

Meal PlansPro-rated on # of meals used

required 19 tickets and 100 shocker dollars per semester

required 19 tickets and 100 shocker dollars per semester

required $250 shocker dollar plan

FOOD SERVICE INFORMATION

BOARD OPTIONS: Residents are required to have a meal plan. Fairmount Towers residents are required to have at least a 10-Max $200 Shocker Dollars plan. Residents may change mealplans one time each semester (once through September 14 for the Fall Semester and once through February 15 for the Spring Semester). Residents may not cancel their meal plan after checkin. All changes are effective the Friday after the change is made. Meals are counted weekly from Friday through Thursday. If a meal plan is not selected, the default for Fairmount and Brennan is the 19-Max $100 Shocker Dollars, and for Wheatshocker residents it is $250 per semester Shocker Dollar declining balance plan.

MISSED MEALS: The University takes into consideration that the average student will be absent for a certain number of meals and sets the rates accordingly. For this reason, no contract adjustments or refunds will be made for missed meals.

MISUSE/SUSPENSION OF MEAL PRIVILEGES: Meal service provided under this contract is for use by the resident only. Residents who allow any other individuals to utilize their meal card will be subject to disciplinary action. The University may suspend meal privileges if the resident fails to make payment on time or fails to abide by all the terms of this contract. Housing and Residence Life will determine when and whether or not to reinstate privileges.

Sunday, August 12, 2012, 10:00 AM Contract starts: Move in begins for Fall Semester, Fairmount Towers CaféNovember 21 – 25, 2012 Fairmount Towers Café closed for Thanksgiving HolidayFriday, December 14, 2012 Fairmount Towers Café closes with dinner for semester breakSunday, January 13, 2013, 10:00 AM Move in for new residents begins for Spring Semester, first meal is dinnerMarch 16 – 24, 2013 Fairmount Towers Café closed for Spring BreakSaturday, May 18, 2013, 12:00 PM Contract ends for the 2012-2013 academic year

*Notes: There will be NO early move-in for individual students. Sunday, August 12, 2012 is the earliest move-in day for both interna-tional and domestic students. Individual students arriving before this date will be required to find off-campus housing accommoda-tions until the residence halls open at 10 a.m. on August 12, 2012.

Will there be a Fine Arts Floor for the 2012-2013 academic year? If so, where and who can live on the Fine Arts Floor? Yes. It will be located on the 2nd floor of the South Tower. Preference is given to Fine Arts majors.

Will there be an Honors Floor for 2012-2013 academic year? If so, where and who can live on the Honors Floor?Yes. It will be located on the 5th floor of the South Tower. This floor will be open to both students in the Emory Lindquist Honors Program and those who are not.

Will there be a Health Professions Floor for the 2012-2013 academic year? If so, where and who canl ive on the Health Professions Floor?Yes. It will be located on the 2nd floor of the North Tower. Preference is given to those students in the College of Health Professions.

Will there be an Engineering Floor for the 2012-2013 academic year? If so, where and who can live on the Engineering Floor?Yes. It will be located on the 4th floor of the South Tower. Preference is given to Engineering majors

Will there be an Extended Quiet Hours Floor for the 2012-2013 academic year? If so, what floor will it be?Yes. It will be located on the 1st floor of the North Tower.

Will there be a Shocker Scholarship Floor for the 2012-2013 academic year? If so, where and who can live on the Shocker Scholars Floor? Yes. It will be located on the 3rd floors of both the North and South Towers. Preference is given to those students who are reprsenting WSU in Division I Athletics and those students who have been awarded won a scholarship.

Living-Learning Communities

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WSU Housing Application

How to Apply:

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Application is for: Contract periods: Arrival (choose one):_ Fairmount/Brennan ($275 payment) _Fall & Spring Semesters _ August _ January_ Wheatshocker Only ($275 payment) _ Spring Semester Only _ October _ MarchMale _Female _Last (Family Name) First (Full Legal Name) Middle myWSU ID Number GenderPermanent AddressCurrent Address (if different from above)Student’s WSU Email Address (Preferred) Student’s Personal Email AddressHome/Permanent Telephone Number Cellular Telephone Number Major Credit Hours CompletedBirth Date Emergency Contact’s Name and Relationship Emergency Contact’s Telephone NumberAnticipated Class Standing -

Roommate Matching Criteria – Answers are required even if you preference a single roomI use tobacco products (halls are smoke-free) _ Yes _ No _OccasionallyI object to a roommate who uses tobacco _Yes _ No _ No PreferenceI like to stay up late at night _ Yes _ No _ SometimesI am a very neat person _ Yes _ No _ SometimesI prefer to study in silence _ Yes _ No _ SometimesI like to have a lot of visitors _ Yes _ No _ SometimesI would prefer to live on a Special Option Floor _ Yes _ No _ No Preference

If you answered “yes” to question # 7, which floor(s) would you prefer? Please rank 1st, 2nd & 3rd ChoicesExtended Quiet Hours (1st FTN)___ Health Professions (2nd FTN)___ Shocker Scholarship (3rd FTN) Fine Arts (2nd FTS)___ Shocker Scholarship (3rd FTS)___ Engineering (4th FTS)___Honors Living Learning Community [LLC] (5th FTS)___ Honors Floor, but not part of the LLC (5th FTS)

FOR OFFICE USE ONLYPayment Amt. PD $_Cash _ Check/Money Order # _ Credit/Debit _

Preferences are requests and are not to be understood as contract stipulations. Please number in order of prefer-ence with 1 being your first choice. Please understand that if you preference only Single rooms and at the time of your assignment there are no single rooms available, you will be assigned to an available double room with a roommate.

RESIDENCE HALLSBrennan Hall, II _____Double (roommate) _____Single (no roommate) _____Large Double _____Large SingleBrennan Hall, III _____Double _____Single _____Large Double

Fairmount Towers, North _____Double _____SingleFairmount Towers, South _____Double _____Single

**If the special option floor you chose is different from your first choice listed above, would you like us to change your first choice and place you with other students on the Special Option Floor? _ Yes _ No

WSU Housing Application

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Meal Plans – A meal plan is required. Please select one (1) option. Fairmount residents must select a Traditional Meal Plan. Fairmount residents who do not choose a traditional meal plan will have their meal plan defaulted to a 19-Max plan with $100 Shocker Dollars.

Traditional meal plans: Additional Options for Brennan & Wheatshocker:19-Max with $150 Shocker Dollars/semester ______5-Max with $150 Shocker Dollars/semester ______15-Max with $150 Shocker Dollars/semester ______5-Max with $100 Shocker Dollars/semester ______10-Max with $150 Shocker Dollars/semester ______$750/semester Shocker Dollars Only ______19-Max with $100 Shocker Dollars/semester ______$500/semester Shocker Dollars Only ______15-Max with $100 Shocker Dollars/semester ______$375/semester Shocker Dollars Only ______10-Max with $100 Shocker Dollars/semester ______$250/semester Shocker Dollars Only ______I have read, understand and answered all questions truthfully and agree to abide by the terms and conditionson the reverse of this form as well as those in the Housing and Residence Life Handbook; the WSU StudentHandbook including the WSU Student Code of Conduct; and other rules, regulations and policies establishedby the University and Housing and Residence Life. I agree to be legally bound by the terms of this combinedapplication and contract and I accept financial responsibility for the entire contract period stated above.

Student’s Signature ___________________________ Date_______________________________

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Housing & Residence Life1845 FairmountBox 141Wichita, KS 67260-0141 316-978-3693housing.wsu@wichita.edu