INFORMATION NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE
ACTIVE CITIZEN/Continued Occupancy APPLICATION

BASICS

Your name, room number, net ID, class year, and the number of semesters you’ve lived in Becker House.

PHOTO

A clear jpg photo of yourself, in Becker House, that is meaningful to you. The photo needs to...

  • clearly show your face so we can recognize you (100mb max).
    • If other people are in the photo be sure to identify who you are in the photo.
  • be taken in Becker House and be meaningful to you in some way.
    • Feel free to borrow “Carl” (our cardboard cutout of Carl Becker) and take your photo with Carl! Stop by the House Office to sign out Carl.

NOTE: You will need to explain why the photo is meaningful to you

ESSAY QUESTIONS

1500 characters (approximately 250 words) maximum answers to the questions below:

  • In what ways have you been active in Becker House?
  • Why is being an active citizen at Becker House important to you?
  • What do you plan to do to live up to your Active Citizen status?

BLOCKING

IF you are blocking, you must know with whom you plan to block when you complete your application.
You and up to four other CURRENT Becker House residents are allowed to block adjacent rooms on a corridor or a suite.  You're blockmates do NOT have to be Active Citizens but they DO have to be current Becker residents.
You may NOT change your block after your application is submitted.

BLOCKING ADJACENT ROOMS ON A CORRIDOR

  • Up to 5 students total may block adjacent rooms on a corridor.
  • If 5 students block together on a corridor, they MUST fill at least one double occupancy room.
  • If you have a 5-person block, you must indicate on your application who in your block will be living in the double-occupancy room.
  • Your block may include different genders.

BLOCKING A SUITE

  • If you are blocking a suite, you must FILL the entire suite.
  • You must indicate on your application who in your block will be living in the double-occupancy room.
  • Suites in Becker are comprised of 3 single-occupancy rooms and 1 double-occupancy room.
  • Your block may include different genders.
  • You MUST identify who is in your block when you apply to be an Active Citizen.

NOTE: If you have a 5-person block and are assigned a suite, and one of your blockmates changes his/her mind and doesn’t sign the housing contract, we reserve the right to re-assign your entire block to corridor rooms. You may NOT change your block after your application is submitted.

NOTE: By applying to be an Active Citizen at Becker House you agreeing to register and participate fully in one of the House initiatives and to organize and lead at least one social activity that will help build community each semester (individually or with another active citizen) for the next two semesters (Spring 2022, Fall 2022).

You CAN’T change your block after submitting your application.

ROOM SELECTION

Room selection will occur in the spring. We strive to distribute Active Citizens evenly throughout the House. We will cap the number of Active Citizens (and blockmates) per floor.  If the cap on a floor has been reached, you’ll need to choose a room on another floor possibly in the other wing of the building. If accepted as an Active Citizen you are guaranteed housing in Becker for 2022-23, but you are NOT guaranteed a particular room, floor or wing. We reserve the right to assign you to a specific room (you will have the option of a single or a double occupancy room).