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Once you’ve finally managed to secure a roof over your head for the next year, it’s time to deck out the walls of your home away from home. There are several inexpensive options for students without a bed to sleep on.

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While most on-campus housing is geared toward undergrads, Penn also offers options for its 10,000 graduate students. Sansom Place East and West primarily target grad students, currently housing 1,100 individuals, 65 percent of which are graduate and professional students.



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Once you’ve finally managed to secure a roof over your head for the next year, it’s time to deck out the walls of your home away from home. There are several inexpensive options for students without a bed to sleep on.



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After freshman year, all students may apply to live on campus with other students, regardless of their gender. Students must identify their own roommates and make sure to fill all beds in the room requested.


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Students have a few options for improving their chances of getting on-campus housing. They can sign up for residential programs, live with friends through Community Living, or apply to become a residential advisor.


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The housing lottery is an automated system run by each house independently that tries to place students in rooms according to their requested preferences. Though each house’s system is different, they typically award points based on the number of semesters lived in the house.


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What are my options?

Dec. 1, 2010

Students may opt to live in high-rise or low-rise buildings on campus. The high rises are located at the west end of campus and house mostly undergraduates. Students looking for a more tight-knit community may consider living in a low-rise building.






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The first court appearance for Wharton senior Christian Lunoe was rescheduled from Tuesday to Dec. 7, according to Corinne Sliker, the Municipal Court administrator for the Township of Princeton, N.J.



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Penn President Amy Gutmann should use her clout to publicly support a new bill in Congress tackling cyberbullying and to ensure anti-bullying policies are more common.