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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Related-Does W&M have same housing shortage after first year? By what month do kids need to secure housing for the following year? We have heard some schools need to sign leases as soon as October? What is it like at W&M as would want to also make sure incoming kids also know when to be thinking about that.[/quote]

Housing is required for 2 years so there's no stress your first year. After sophomore year most students move off-campus but there is housing for upperclassman. There was a shortage of that in previous years, but with the new dorms there will actually be more on campus housing then there is demand for next year (I was told 100 unfilled beds next year?)[/quote]

Is this an indication that WM is planning to grow in size? I hope not, because the size is a big selling point for many students.[/quote]

It's an indication that nobody wants to live on campus after sophomore year anymore [/quote]

I don't think that's true.[/quote]

The student body has increased by like 800 since fall 2020. But they're not filling on campus upperclassman housing. That seems like exactly that[/quote]

70% of undergraduates live on campus.  That is an indication upper class students do live on campus.  Demand is also related to quality of supply and quantity is increasing.[/quote]

It has not been 70% in years. The current reported number is 58%. It will go up slightly next year but the number of beds is equal to what it was prior to the start of the dorm construction, so if there's an equal number of beds and 400 additional upperclassman and a 100 bed vacancy that means the % of upperclassman choosing to live on campus has gone down a lot.

Not sure why you're so bothered by that reality anyways, it's perfectly understandable that students might not want to share a bedroom for 4 years and not have access to a full kitchen or private communal spaces. [/quote]

I was simply reacting to this statement, which isn't true:  "It's an indication that nobody wants to live on campus after sophomore year anymore" [/quote]

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