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Notice to Students
Introduction

1: Academic Calendar

2: Academic Information

3: Fields of Concentration

4: General Regulations and Standards of Conduct

5: Life in the Harvard Community

6: Financial Information

7: Academic and Support Resources

8: Extracurricular Activities

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HOUSING GUIDELINES

Those Who Will Ordinarily Be Housed

  1. Students currently registered in the College and living in a residential House or freshman dormitory who have signed an Undergraduate Housing Contract by the deadline.
  2. Students whose leaves of absence have not extended beyond two years and who have filed an Application for Returning Students by the appropriate deadlines (see "Housing Policy" on page 327).
  3. Students currently registered in the College who by choice are living for at least one term off campus and who wish to return to their House of previous residence. A Return from Off-Campus to On-Campus Housing form application and an undergraduate housing license contract must be submitted to the Office of Residential Life by February 25 for fall term housing or October 25 for spring term housing.
  4. Students who have lived off campus due to lateness of Application for Returning Students and who have attempted for at least one term to secure on-campus housing via the space-available waiting list. A Return from Off-Campus to On-Campus Housing form and an Undergraduate Housing License Contract must be submitted to the Office of Residential Life by February 25 for fall term housing and by October 25 for spring term housing.
  5. Fifth-year SB degree candidates and fifth-year Music Program students.

Those Who Will Be Housed On a Space-Available Basis Only

Students may place their names on the space-available waiting list by contacting the Office of Residential Life. The order of priority listed below is recommended by the Office of Residential Life. Students in categories 1 through 5 below will be accommodated in their assigned residential House only. Visiting undergraduates (category 6) will be housed where space becomes available.

    1. Upperclass students who take leaves of absence during the spring term, who are planning to return for the following fall term, and who fail to notify the Undergraduate Housing Office on, or before, February 25.
    2. Upperclass students who take leaves of absence during the fall term, who are planning to return for the spring term and who fail to notify the Office of Residential Life on, or before, October 25.
  2. Students who by choice have always lived off campus and now want to become residents.
  3. Students whose leaves of absence have extended beyond two years and who have filed an Application for Returning Students by the appropriate deadlines.
    1. Returning students who file a late Application for Returning Students or, if applicable, fail to submit an Undergraduate Housing License Contract by the appropriate deadline.
    2. Students who have lived on campus, have gone off campus and have missed the Return from Off-Campus to On-Campus Housing form deadline for guaranteed housing in their House of previous residence and still wish to apply for that housing on a space-available basis.
  5. Degree candidates registered solely for the completion of requirements (RSCR) or students in their Additional Term.
  6. Visiting undergraduate students.

Housing Contract

HARVARD COLLEGE STUDENT HOUSING LICENSE CONTRACT
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138

LICENSEE NAME: FIRST_____________________ LAST:____________________________
(Please print)

CLASS:_________________ HOUSE:_________________________ID#:______________________

I, the undersigned Licensee, hereby accept from Harvard University a license to occupy, in accordance with and subject to the Harvard College Handbook for Students, other established rules and usages of the University, and the conditions set forth on the back of this card, the living quarters specified below or any other quarters to which I may be at any time assigned (the "Quarters"), to be occupied only by me and such other persons as are from time to time assigned to the Quarters. I understand that this license is good for the entire time that I am in residence at Harvard College. For this license, I hereby agree to pay the University an undergraduate room/student services fee as indicated in the Harvard College Handbook for Students for the academic year. And I hereby agree to be bound by and to comply with said regulations, rules, usages, and conditions.

I shall have no interest or estate in the land, but only a license to occupy the Quarters assigned to me. The right to occupy the Quarters shall terminate upon my ceasing for any reason to be a full-time registered undergraduate student pursuing a course of instruction at Harvard University, in which case the fee will be prorated in accordance with the University's policy then in effect.

LICENSEE'S SIGNATURE: _____________________________________DATE:________________

CONDITIONS:

One-half of the fee shall be due with the first term bill for the fall term and one-half of the fee shall be due with the first term bill for the spring term (unless Licensee uses another University approved payment plan). Licensee will be liable for the fee for an entire academic year, unless the University terminates this license. The University may cancel this license and reassign the Quarters if (before study card Day for Upperclassmen, before Registration for Freshmen) for the applicable term Licensee has not started or resumed his or her occupancy or if Licensee has been granted permission to live off campus, in either of which case there may be a cancellation fee of up to one-quarter of the fee for the term.
     The University reserves the right to terminate this license for any cause it deems reasonable (including without limitation when Licensee's conduct jeopardizes his or her welfare or the welfare of the community), making an appropriate adjustment of the fee. The University may also reassign Licensee to other quarters at any time.
     The University shall be under no obligation to furnish heat for the Quarters during any academic vacation. If Licensee chooses to occupy and receives permission from the House Office or the Freshman Dean's Office to occupy the Quarters during any such vacation, then any temporary source of heat utilized by Licensee must be first inspected and approved by the University.
     The University shall not be liable for any inconvenience, loss, or damage caused by insufficiency of heat or irregularity in the supply of electric current, or for the loss or theft of or damage to any property of Licensee or Licensee's visitors, wherever situated. Each occupant of the Quarters is responsible for the care of University property in the Quarters, and the cost of loss or damage will be assessed to Licensee and student(s) judged by University officials to be responsible. All occupants of a suite or room may be held jointly responsible for any loss or damage to the suite or room. Licensee also shares with other residents joint responsibility for the common areas of the suite, floor, entry, residence hall, or other common facilities and may be subject to joint assessment in the event of loss or damage to such areas where University officials conclude that individual responsibility cannot be established. A degree will not be granted to Licensee until such assessments are paid in full.
     The University reserves the right to enter the Quarters at times it deems reasonable for standards of safety and/or building maintenance. For routine inspections, students will ordinarily be notified in advance by the building manager.