2020-2021 SEAS Student Handbook
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oommates can post and search profiles on the Roommates section of the Registry.<br />
OCHA also offers one-on-one counseling. Only students and affiliates with a UNI or an<br />
acceptance/offer letter are permitted to use the Registry. Office hours and instructions<br />
are posted on the website. Start your search by watching OCHA's Apartment Hunting<br />
Webinar on OCHA's homepage.<br />
Columbia Residential application information is sent along with acceptance packets<br />
from the Office of Graduate <strong>Student</strong> Affairs. Information on applying for housing is also<br />
available in the Office of Graduate <strong>Student</strong> Affairs and the Columbia Residential<br />
website. Due to the growing demand for housing, graduate housing is not guaranteed,<br />
but every effort is made to accommodate incoming graduate students. It is critical that<br />
incoming graduate students follow the instructions provided in their acceptance<br />
packet. Depending on availability, students placed on the Columbia Residential waitlist<br />
receive housing assignments between late December and January for the spring term,<br />
and between May and late September for the fall term.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s will be properly notified of Graduate Orientation and Registration. Select<br />
move-in periods on the Columbia Residential application accordingly, and update your<br />
application as needed. For the spring term, the housing application approval process<br />
begins late November and concludes by the end of December.<br />
Columbia Dining<br />
First-Year <strong>Student</strong>s<br />
All first-year students in residence are required to enroll in one of three dining plans,<br />
each of which comprises a varying number of meals served in John Jay Dining Hall,<br />
Ferris Booth Commons, or JJ’s Place, and Dining Dollars, which can be used at the 11<br />
dining locations on campus. Plan 3 is the only first-year plan that also includes Off<br />
Campus Flex.<br />
First-Year Dining Plans ·<br />
19 meals per week and 75 Dining Dollars per term, plus 15 floating meals and 6<br />
guest meals<br />
15 meals per week and 125 Dining Dollars per term, plus 10 floating meals and 6<br />
guest meals<br />
19 meals per week, $50 Flex and 25 Dining Dollars per term, plus 15 floating meals<br />
and 6 guest meals<br />
The dining plans are transacted through the University ID Card, which serves as a<br />
convenient way to enjoy dining all over campus without carrying cash.<br />
Meals<br />
The meals portion of the dining plan enables students to help themselves to unlimited<br />
servings of food served in John Jay Dining Hall, Ferris Booth Commons, or JJ’s Place. The<br />
hours of operation for these locations offer 24-hour dining.<br />
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