Keep Upperclassmen On Campus

Please consider the needs and rights of upperclassmen to live on campus as well as the university's obligations to scholarship students.

This is insane, especially not honoring national merit scholars' housing allowance. As a recipient of a housing allowance as part of my scholarship, I can say that that was a huge reason that I was able to attend Auburn and focus on excelling in the classroom rather than having to worry about paying for rent. Unlike many other students, my parents were unable to financially support me in any way, so my going to college completely depended on my academic scholarship, which I worked hard for. This is unacceptable, Auburn, and I am sad to see it happen.

Upperclassmen on campus is vital to the adjustment, health, and overall experience of incoming freshmen. Removing them is unbelievably foolish and detrimental to everyone.

The new housing plan is absurd and elitist. Disappointed in Auburn and all who thought this was fair or right.

This is not the way to handle this situation. Students and their parents need much more notice than this in order to budget & plan for housing.

They are accepting too many people. They should have realized this earlier. It makes sense to push the upperclassmen off campus though rather than underclassmen. Students with financial need should be given priority and the sophomores should be pushed out as well then.

I had a friend with a national merit scholarship that would've lost her housing scholarship and two friends that chose to stay on campus for their entire school career at Auburn. This also seems to favor sororities. I don't personally want to live on campus but this seems unfair unless there are good reasons.

The plan should come the next year not now

I live off campus but finding off campus housing is a nightmare and there is not enough off campus housing available to force students to live off campus. Auburn needs to set a lower entrance rate into Auburn and figure it out because not having enough housing for Nation Merit Scholars or any upper classmen for that fact is ridiculous .

As a former National Merit scholar who lived on campus for 4 years, I'm rather upset at this sudden change. Without the housing stipend, I would not have managed to graduate debt free from undergraduate, which has been a huge boon as I continue my education in veterinary school. Additionally, I know that off campus housing can fill up very quickly, so in order to enact changes like this, I believe the University needs to announce these sorts of changes AT LEAST a full calendar year in advance.

I'm an Auburn alumna and believe my alma mater should be providing for ALL students in a better way than this. If things have to be more difficult for any class, it should be the freshmen--not the upperclassmen who have been loyal and reliable in holding up standards of excellence as on-campus residents and students of higher learning.

It would be a disservice not to keep the upperclassmen in their dorms! They work hard :) War Eagle!

I very much enjoyed living on campus my sophomore year as a student who is out of state and did not have a car

From 2011-15 I lived in the Hill/Quad on a housing scholarship, and it was a wonderful experience. I am truly shocked that Auburn would rescind the housing offer it made to other National Merit Scholars - if this is the case I am (for the first time) deeply disappointed in the integrity of my Alma Mater. Older students help round out the dorms and provide balance, so please let them renew their spots if they want to; there aren't all that many of them anyway.

Not everyone can afford to live in high cost living. By forcing upperclassmen out of dorms, you are discriminating against the less wealthy of the class.

Yes I agree!!

Honors College retention is already in jeopardy. Many upperclassmen in the Honors College have made it thus far by living with like-minded students who value their academics beyond their freshmen year. If upperclassmen lose the right--not the privilege, considering that parking is horrendous and we're still paying to do our laundry--but the right to live in the Upper Quad and Aubie Hall, how do you expect older honors college students to mentor the freshmen that DO choose to live here in order to live with like-minded students in a secure and affordable environment? Do we even have evidence that more than 60% of freshmen want to live on campus?Most of them CHOOSE to live off campus for the reasons I mentioned: free laundry, better parking, amenities like swimming pool and gym, a kitchen to actually cook the food they eat because (another perk) they get a reduced dining plan. This is a huge mistake, Auburn. I have lived on campus for that past three years and my experience in the residence halls has inspired me to give back to campus in so many other ways, including serving as a Camp War Eagle counselor this past year and orienting these very freshmen into the university that I know and love. As a National Merit Scholar, I am deeply wounded that Auburn would put its bottom line over some of its most hardworking students, the people I have called family for the past three years. The responsible thing to do would to have given us at least a year's notice. As much as I appreciate the efforts of our SGA senators, it will take them weeks to put something into action and we need answers now, before the Feb. 15th re-registration form. I beg you to reconsider this policy, not just for me but for following generations of students, the members of the Auburn family yet to find their long-term home on campus.

I lived on campus all four years of undergrad and it greatly enhanced my college experience! Boo Auburn for trying to force students into living situations they don't want!

Living on campus as an sophomore has been a great experience and certainly helped me financially and academically.

Having upperclassmen in residence halls is a good thing!