Our central housing application and assignment process expanded to include all 13 study away sites, our two portal campuses, and of course a few buildings in Brooklyn. While the business rules are now significantly more complex surrounding who can apply where, what application questions are appropriate for each site, and even what currency to charge in and how much, we made a huge effort to streamline and simplify the process for students. We have four MS SQL databases interfacing with Admissions, BioDemo, and Enrollment data as well as 3rd party housing software to create a single entry point for students to apply for housing wherever they may be going immediately after acceptance into the university. We leveraged Microsoft technologies and more importantly the brains of student employees to deliver a one of a kind applications and assignments solution.

 

Co-Presenters: Max Dumas (mfd271@nyu.edu)