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Old 07-14-2017, 06:16 AM
 
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Hello,

Does anyone have any idea when the penn south website will be back up?
I don't have that information, but I have kept track of the updates since the initial waitlist numbers were assigned.

For what it's worth, here are the months and years when the list was updated:

December 2014
March 2015
July 2015
September 2015 (2 months later)
February 2016
October 2016 (8 months later)
January 2017

I think that more people move in summer, but who knows. You can see that the updates don't really follow a set schedule. I think that if there is a lot of movement on the list then they wait to update it, which makes sense.
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Old 07-14-2017, 01:34 PM
 
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I'll let you know if my ML co-op building opens its waiting list (Ruppert House.)
As far as I know, last time was 1993.
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Old 07-14-2017, 03:47 PM
 
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I don't have that information, but I have kept track of the updates since the initial waitlist numbers were assigned.

For what it's worth, here are the months and years when the list was updated:

December 2014
March 2015
July 2015
September 2015 (2 months later)
February 2016
October 2016 (8 months later)
January 2017

I think that more people move in summer, but who knows. You can see that the updates don't really follow a set schedule. I think that if there is a lot of movement on the list then they wait to update it, which makes sense.


Thanks for your reply. Yes I see what you're saying, no rhyme or reason at all. But it's still frustrating that the website is down. Let's hope it's back up soon. Really curious if I've jumped any spots.
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Old 07-20-2017, 09:07 AM
 
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Thanks for your reply. Yes I see what you're saying, no rhyme or reason at all. But it's still frustrating that the website is down. Let's hope it's back up soon. Really curious if I've jumped any spots.
IT'S BACK UP!!! It's a totally different looking website! And I jumped 300 spots in the last year--yikes!
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Old 07-20-2017, 09:42 AM
 
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IT'S BACK UP!!! It's a totally different looking website! And I jumped 300 spots in the last year--yikes!
me thinks some kinks need to be worked out. at first, didn't recognize my number. then it did but it says not on any waiting lists but it has a record of my log number. then when i hit refresh, it gave me a error message.

the apartment layout and tour link isn't working either.
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Old 07-20-2017, 01:26 PM
 
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I don't see anything either when I tried to put in my number.
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Old 07-20-2017, 01:46 PM
 
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me thinks some kinks need to be worked out. at first, didn't recognize my number. then it did but it says not on any waiting lists but it has a record of my log number. then when i hit refresh, it gave me a error message.

the apartment layout and tour link isn't working either.
Yes--it worked perfectly the first time I went in and then later in the day there were lots of error messages and now there is a note on the home page saying it will go live in a few days...
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Old 07-20-2017, 05:21 PM
 
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IT'S BACK UP!!! It's a totally different looking website! And I jumped 300 spots in the last year--yikes!

Wow It looks totally different. I couldn't get anything to work though. We'll have to be patient a few days longer. lol.
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Old 07-20-2017, 07:17 PM
 
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WOW. The site worked perfectly for me, but all of this info makes me even more confused (and a bit disheartened) about how the 2-bed list is moving. I was #133 in the old system during the last update, and this update has me at #128 on the external applicant list, but there are 24 internal applicants ahead of me and they have priority over the external list. Some of the folks ahead of me, according to the spreadsheet they now are so thoughtfully sharing with us, have been on the internal (AND external!) list since 1980, with close to 70 people having entered the external list in 1998. And there are 11 people who just entered the internal waiting list for a 2-bedroom (remember they have priority) in 2016.

So...what all of this leads me to believe is that I will probably be waiting MANY more years before I get called. Possibly even ten more years. The hardest part is not knowing if that's even a remotely logical guess. Still, great site redesign, I'll give them that.
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Old 07-20-2017, 07:20 PM
 
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At the same time, a lot of internal list people are probably waiting for a particular line in a particular building, with a balcony, etc....and SOME of the 127 people ahead of me on the external list will not want an apartment. But still, only moving up five places since January tells me this will be a long slog. Congrats to all who are moving faster!
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