Question about dorm spaces at Southeastern for anyone in the know

SELA Dorms are very urban. Don’t wait, find something else.

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is this how they run things there?

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Apparently.

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SELA Dorms are very urban.

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They're too small and cost too much but at least you can get some decent pizza or a gyro at 2 AM?

They were supposed to build a massive student housing project off North Oak Street but the president at that time Sally Clausen tried to sneak it in off North Oak Street next to Whitmar Acres and Woodbridge subdivisions which immediately was met with multiple lawsuits and protests so the property sits vacant to this day. Had that development gone through, SLU would have never had a student housing shortage

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Go on...

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I remember my freshman year at Southeastern. After having to walk into D Vickers Hall for freshman level English courses I had some 2nd guesses about my decision to attend Southeastern. The crowd and behavior outside of D Vickers was not something I would expect at a university. Loud, obnoxious, blocking the entrances, blasting obscene music on cell phones at full volume. Generally buffoon like.

I had a buddy a class above me who said don't worry, once you are out of entry level courses that crowd evaporates. Which was true. There was also a crime problem for those living on campus. Same element that hung in front of the English hall were highly represented in the on-campus housing. I didn't live on campus and was very thankful for that.

I don't know what it's like now but that was the case when I was there.

Tell them to rush a fraternity or sorority, they have open rooms.

They struggling to fill their houses due to the overprice cost housing is giving them.

That was back when I was working on Holly Street.

What job were you working on Holly Street, running drugs?

With that downvote ratio apparently there are a lot of SLU grads here

Now the poli board makes sense

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Right now the list is 100+ students long. I can see overbooking a little bit because there are always a few no-shows but 100?

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When I went to school there, Southeastern offered me a free dorm room as part of my scholarship for my high ACT score.

Not sure if they are still doing this for academic scholarships, but that may be the reason. I remember I had until the start of school to decide if I wanted to accept the free dorm or not. So I guess they keep the waitlist to give to students if the schollys decline the dorm room.

I took the free dorm room my freshman year, but I declined it after that because I’d rather live in BR and commute to school twice a week.

I lived in Tangipahoa Hall which was nice because it was closest to the cafeteria and Garrett Hall which was where all of my business classes were.