The 2015 Housing Selection process, which begins Feb. 25 and continues until March 11, will direct students to certain neighborhoods by class, unless they apply for a Living and Learning Community (LLC).

According to MarQuita Barker, associate director of residence life for operations and information management, sophomores can expect to find their future homes in Danieley flats and apartments. Some sophomores will be in the Global Neighborhoods, Colonnades and the Loy Center, and a few will be in the Oaks.

Barker said a majority of juniors can expect to be in The Oaks and some will be in the Station at Mill Point. Seniors can prepare to be mainly in the Station with a few in the Oaks.

“We really want students to focus on the experience in each neighborhood,” Barker said. “It’s really about who you live with and your experiences and not so much about the actual building.”

The division of classes by neighborhood comes after recent years of freshmen being scattered across resident halls from Danieley to Historic Neighborhood.

Now, Residence Life look to be more purposeful with where students live and when they live there.

Freshmen are placed in Historic to be near the center of campus, allow them the opportunity to take part in link courses through the Global Neighborhood and form connections with live-in faculty, Barker said.

She added that the Danieley flats and apartments suit sophomores well because it is not the traditional hall of Historic, but it’s also not quite the apartments juniors and seniors occupy in the Station.

“We try to be intentional of students’ on campus experiences,” Barker said. “We try to do our housing based on those needs.”

With more than 20 communities, LLCs are another way students can remain in on-campus housing. According to Barker, even though deadlines for LLCs have passed, it’s not too late to inquire about open spots.

Junior Michael Nedvin has lived in an LLC for the past three years and plans on continuing to live in one for his senior year.

“I didn’t want to worry about housing off-campus so applying for an LLC was a good option,” Nedvin said.

Another benefit of living in an LLC is that there are many opportunities for older students and even faculty members to form bonds and mentorships with each other.

It’s something supporters say can be hard to come by elsewhere, in other living situations on campus.

“LLCs are nice because it’s good to have older students to go to when you have questions about different Elon-related things,” said junior Jacquelyn Lanphear.

LLC RAs also see the benefits of having freshmen and older students live together.

“I personally feel that the mix of first-year students with sophomores is incredibly beneficial, especially for the first-year students,” said communications LLC RA Riley Billman. “These students can more easily find student mentors than those who live on an all first-year hall.”

Billman said she has heard from her residents that the housing selection process can sometimes be confusing, but she appreciates that Elon rewards students who have been academically successful by using students’ GPA to partially determine housing selection.

“I’ve also heard from other schools that [their] housing process is much more convoluted and difficult,” she said. “I appreciate Elon’s system compared to these other schools.”

Looking ahead. Barker said the goal is to be able to house as many people on campus as possible.

“We’ve made strides to provide enough beds,” she said. “We would love to see 75 percent of students living on campus within the next five years.”