Most freshmen are assigned to the first floor of Alpha and Omega. Upperclassmen live on the second and third floors. Typically, Alpha is reserved for male residents and Omega is reserved for female residents.
Hope International University, like all other colleges and universities, utilizes the federal standardized methodology to calculate your need. Actual awards may vary by school due to the differences in costs, funding, policies, etc. Generally speaking, the methodology used can be explained with the following calculation: College Costs - Expected Family Contribution = Your Financial Need.
In campus housing, visitation hours are set and outlined clearly for students. It is expected that students will respect and adhere to set hours. The visitation hours for all living areas are Sunday-Thursday, 8:00am - 10:00pm and Friday-Saturday, 8:00am-11:00pm.
Guests of the same sex are allowed to stay overnight with the approval of all room occupants. Guest must be registered with the on-duty RA by 10:00pm. No individual is allowed to be a guest on campus for more than three nights per semester without special approval by the RD. Minors cannot be guests unless given special approval by the RD.
HIU provides beds, dressers/closets, desks, and chairs for each student. Anything else the student would like to have, he or she must bring. Here are some specific things we recommend:
The official check-in day for freshmen and transfers is the first day of Orientation. We strongly recommend that you arrive on campus on that morning and move into your housing assignment at that time. Some students are required to move in early because they are involved with an athletic team, music group, or other activity that requires early arrival. If you are involved with one of those groups, you will receive information about your arrival date from your coach, director or the coordinator of the activity with which you are involved. Most returning students can move in the day after Orientation. For information on current move-in days, please refer to our housing application.
We encourage students to decorate and personalize their rooms. Poster Putty is recommended. Rooms may not be painted, nor may the facility be modified in any way. This includes putting up shelves that are screwed into the wall, changing light fixtures or switches, or drilling holes in desks (all of which have been tried in the past). Due to fire code, nothing may be hung from the ceiling and no University-owned furniture may be removed from the room.
For more information about housing, please see our General Information page. For information on our policies, please review our Student Handbook (hyperlink: https://www.hiu.edu/uploads/publication/41189217_student_handbook_22-23.pdf).
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