Keep Upperclassmen On Campus

Absolutely ridiculous. Between this & the changes made by residence life concerning RAs in the 13-14 academic year, it's become obvious that decisions are being made based on abstract concepts of "improvement" rather than listening to current students who have better arguments to the contrary, or even with regard to how they affect students-who should be the top priority. While this might bring in more money in the short term, think of the even greater loss of future donations from those same students post-graduation who will be less inclined to give back to an institution that seemed so quick to take away from them.

It is an outrage that Auburn would turn its back on so many students in the name on money.

As a National Merit Scholar, I lived on campus in the Hill for four years. The housing spot and scholarship made Auburn available to me financially when I would have otherwise needed to attend a school closer to home. I had great experiences there as both a freshman and an upperclassman. Please don't oust these students who were promised access to campus housing.

Auburn Housing, you can do better than this. A lot of upperclassmen honors students consider their honors halls home, as we have lived here for several years now and have planned to continue calling Aubie Hall home.

You can't do this when you've made an agreement with those who have scholarships paying for them to live on campus at the price point of the Quad. I spent too long working for housing and living on campus to think this is anything but a sham move.

This is just wrong. Promises were made to many. This is also sexist, as men can't join a sorority.

Concerned Auburn parent

You cannot continue to dump faithful students after most off-campus leases have already been signed. You did this to most of the RA population in early 2014 when you declined to tell them you were not re-hiring them in February, again after most leases are said and done. This is not just poor policy, it is nigh unto malicious action against people who should be able to trust and rely upon you, and who you have knowingly and deliberately put into difficult positions by your timing. This is not how the Auburn family looks after one another. Shame on you.

Part of what makes Auburn's campus so unique and cool is that freshmen get the opportunity to live with upperclassmen. I don't know what I would have done as a freshman without my upperclassmen roommates who helped me adjust to college, avoid some of the pitfalls many freshmen face, and encourage me to pursue new challenges in my academic career. On top of all of that, it simply isn't fair to spring this on upperclassmen this late in the year and force them to find housing when they had planned to live on campus next year. Not to mention all of the National Merit Scholars who were told they would have housing covered so long as they live on campus. The Auburn family would be remiss to simply kick out students to whom they promised housing. Extremely disappointing.

This action by Auburn University Housing represents a far cry from the family ideal that the University as a whole strives for. This action shows a blatant disregard for the students attending Auburn University. The university appears greedy. Having upperclassmen in the dorms greatly helped me become involved with campus life. The timing in which this decision was made known has caused much distress and cost for many students. I for one will no longer attend Auburn University next year.

The citizens of auburn are fighting big apartment developments and the university no longer wants to house us. Where do they expect us to go?

Let them live wherever. Build more housing if you want that to become a rule.

While I understand Auburn's mission to offer the maximum number of freshmen on campus housing, I do not feel it is right to limit where upperclassmen may live, especially on such short notice. Some common ground may be found in the following amendments to the policy: 1) allow students who are currently living on campus to renew on-campus housing at their desired location as done in years past and put the policy into effect next year so students will have sufficient time and warning to find housing arrangements for next year. 2) Offer South Donahue housing to upperclassmen at the same rates they have paid for housing this current year; this would avoid discriminating against students who are less able to pay the highest housing rates on campus. 3) open another option for upperclassmen in a different location (possibly the quad) that would allow for a lower-priced alternative to South Donahue.

On principle, this has not been handle correctly.

what happened to the Auburn family????

Students under age 21 should have on campus dorms available. Honor students should also have priority on campus dorms.

I love on campus living and planned to return. One of the main reasons I came to auburn is the family and community feel. Most of my auburn family experiences were here living in Aubie. I love being surrounded by honors students who are always glad to help, especially the upperclassmen the who share their experience and advice. I don't think making campus virtually freshman exclusive will improve these incoming students experiences or increase the return rate. Their connection to the upperclassmen would be severely impaired and there experience would be drastically different than that of mine in my freshman year. The returners here are the ones who encouraged me to go to social events and meet people in the hall. If it wasn't for them and our awesome RA's I wouldn't be so involved as I am. I also strongly feel that informing residents this late in the school year is unfair and stressful as most housing spots are currently filling up fast. Kicking so many people off campus at once will flood all available spots and some students can be put in tough spots and worry about even having a place to live. I love living here and really wish to have the Auburn Honors family not be split up.

This is absurd. One of the main reasons I'm here at all is because of a scholarship that pays for my housing.

LET US RETURN TO ON CAMPUS HOUSING!

This is terrible. I am part of the Auburn family too