[Goose]

The of immense proportions Class of 2025 because of all the deferred enrollments during COVID seems to be part of the problem, along with
reducing the number of undergrads assigned to EVGR and finally turning it over to the intended graduate students.

The deferred enrollments are a potential problem only if the Housing Office was unaware of them and didn't provide a realistic capacity estimate to admissions. For all I know, that is indeed the case, but the University has to respond to such predictable events. I am pretty sure those who deferred their enrollment didn't just show up unexpectedly.

I also wonder about what affect the gerrymandering of Stanford undergraduate housing by the creation of "neighborhoods" has on the housing situation. Staying in your neighborhood is as I understand it a big advantage in future draw priority. This creates a disincentive to look outside the houses that are in your neighborhood. It may be their is a distribution problem as a result. There may be other options available but they are not in your neighborhood so you really don't want to do that. You would also have very low draw priority for them. These are all things that will undoubtedly sort themselves out, but it may take some time.

[Goose]

The of immense proportions Class of 2025 because of all the deferred enrollments during COVID seems to be part of the problem, along with
reducing the number of undergrads assigned to EVGR and finally turning it over to the intended graduate students.

The deferred enrollments are a potential problem only if the Housing Office was unaware of them and didn't provide a realistic capacity estimate to admissions. For all I know, that is indeed the case, but the University has to respond to such predictable events. I am pretty sure those who deferred their enrollment didn't just show up unexpectedly.

I also wonder about what affect the gerrymandering of Stanford undergraduate housing by the creation of "neighborhoods" has on the housing situation. Staying in your neighborhood is as I understand it a big advantage in future draw priority. This creates a disincentive to look outside the houses that are in your neighborhood. It may be their is a distribution problem as a result. There may be other options available but they are not in your neighborhood so you really don't want to do that. You would also have very low draw priority for them. These are all things that will undoubtedly sort themselves out, but it may take some time.