Whether you're a high school senior or college student wanting to transfer to another school, that thick envelope in the mail brings feelings of both happiness and excitement. For those who listed Marist as their top choice school, it is an amazing feeling knowing that all your hard work paid off. Marist is known to be very selective, with an acceptance rate of 34 percent. This means that only 3,400 out of 10,000 applicants are admitted. On the other hand, applying to Marist or to any other school in general as a transfer student isn't as hard as it is as applying as a freshman. Because of this, colleges tend to offer admission to a lot of these transfer applicants.

This has become an issue for Marist because the college has recently admitted more students than it can accommodate. This problem results in shortages of on-campus housing, and transfers are being asked to live at The Residence Inn, which is approximately five miles from campus. Even though The Residence Inn offers excellent facilities, transfer students are not able to truly take part in the college experience when they are residing there. Many transfer students find the commute to campus inconvenient and have a hard time meeting more people.

The percentage of Marist students living off-campus has increased from 20 to 33 percent over the past year. This is higher than that of the surrounding schools in the area such as Vassar College and Fairfield University. Marist has done their best to fix this problem by building two new buildings for upperclassmen on the North end of campus, replacing Gartland Commons. The North End Housing Complex will house approximately 290 students in both buildings. The college hopes that this will lessen the lack of housing availability for transfer students. Marist students are looking forward to living in these apartment-styled facilities.