NONRESIDENTIAL LIFE

Nonresident Students

While Harvard College is predominantly residential, some students do not live in College housing. Married students are ordinarily nonresident. Nonresident students are held to the same standards of conduct required of students living in the Houses and dormitories. They are expected to behave in a mature and responsible manner, and that expectation extends to their academic performance no less than to their social behavior.

There are eight categories of nonresident students:

Commuters

Occasionally, Harvard admits to the freshman class a small number of students who are granted nonresident status at the time of admission. These students are advised in their freshman year by the Freshman Dean's Office and participate in the activities and social programs of the Yard.

Students in this category may enter the Freshman Lottery for assignment to an upperclass residential House, provided they meet the Return to On-Campus Housing application deadline of March 1. They are otherwise affiliated with Dudley House in their second year.

Students Who Move Off Campus

All students desiring to move out of the College dormitories and Houses must obtain a Move to Off-Campus form from their House Office, from the Office of Residential Life, or at www.fas.harvard.edu/~uho. It must be signed by their Assistant to the House Masters/House Administrator and Resident Dean or by their Resaident Dean for Freshmen (see "Room and Board Costs" on page 336).

All freshmen who complete the fall term must enter the Freshman Lottery to receive a House assignment before requesting approval to live off campus. Should they decide to live off campus in their sophomore year, they will automatically be affiliated with Dudley House.

Intercollegiate Transfer Students

Students transferring to Harvard from other colleges will be assigned affiliation with a residential House, though some elect to live off campus. Those students who elect to live off-campus will be affiliated with Dudley House. Students in this category may subsequently apply for on-campus housing, provided they meet the Return to On-Campus Housing deadlines (see "Housing Policy" on page 327); such students will be assigned to one of the twelve residential Houses by a random lottery. Please note that requests for a specific House will not be guaranteed.

Visiting Undergraduate Students

Those students who are admitted to Harvard as visitors for a term or a year are admitted as nonresidents. Those who wish on-campus housing may submit an Application of Interest in Harvard College Housing to the Office of Residential Life (see "Housing Guidelines" on page 336). They will be housed on a space-available basis only.

Previously Resident Students Who Have Missed Deadlines

Students who miss the deadlines for submission of the Application for Returning Students are eligible for housing on campus on a space-available basis only and must submit the Application for Returning Students.

Students Whose Leaves of Absence Extend Beyond Two Years

Students whose leaves of absence extend beyond two years are eligible for housing on campus on a space-available basis only. They may place their names on the space-available waiting list by including a written request to the Office of Residential Life along with their Application for Returning Students (see "Housing Guidelines" on page 336).

Other Categories

Students in the following categories are eligible for housing on a space-available basis only. They may place their names on the space-available waiting list by writing to the Office of Residential Life (see "Housing Guidelines" on page 336).

• Degree Candidates registered solely for the completion of requirements (RSCR), and
• Students who have successfully petitioned for an Additional Term (see page 57).

Intercollegiate transfer students who petition for an Extra Transfer Term at Harvard (see page 57) may receive guaranteed housing provided they have not had six terms of Harvard housing already and are paying full tuition to the College. Otherwise, they will be housed on a space-available basis. They may place their names on the space-available waiting list by writing the Office of Residential Life.

House Affiliation

All Upperclass students who choose to live off-campus after having lived in their assigned residential House may apply for affiliation with Dudley House or may remain affiliated with their residential House.

Choice of affiliation must be indicated on the Move to Off-Campus form. Students who elect to live in the Dudley Co-op ordinarily are required to affiliate with Dudley House. Visiting undergraduates may become affiliated with either a residential House or Dudley House by paying the full Student Services fee.

Dudley House

Undergraduates living off campus may elect to be members of Dudley House, which also has graduate student members. This option has appealed to a number of students, including married students, upperclassmen returning from extended leaves of absence, and students who wish to be part of a fully non-residential community.

Students who elect membership in Dudley House are eligible for meal contracts in Dudley House and are included in all social and cultural activities sponsored by the House. They are "deaned" by the Allston Burr Resident Dean for Dudley House and are advised for purposes of fellowship and professional school application by Dudley House tutors.

ROOM AND BOARD COSTS

Room and board charges, as well as late cancellation fees for the current year, are listed in page 368.

A student's total financial obligation in the event of a leave of absence, requirement to withdraw, or move off campus, can be determined from the chart on page 372. In addition to the Reservation Fee, room and board charges are prorated and continue to the day a student leaves College residence. During the academic year, cancellation of room and board charges is contingent upon submitting the proper paperwork to the Office of Residential Life. Students who move off campus during the academic year must submit the proper paperwork to their House Office; however, the complete Student Services fee continues to be assessed. For students who do not fall into one of the above categories (i.e., a leave of absence, requirement to withdraw, or move off campus) but who are absent from Cambridge for whatever reason, room and board charges continue to be assessed through the end of the term.

When a student moves into on-campus housing from off campus during the academic year, room rent and board charges will be assessed from the day the student takes up residence in the College. Full-board charges are prorated to the day that the student moves on campus.

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.