For Alex Kagwima, finding out she was waitlisted for housing at Loyola for the upcoming school year was frustrating.

Kagwima, mass communication sophomore, is one of 20 students on the housing waitlist for fall 2013.

However, Craig Beebe, director of the office of residential life, said the amount of students waitlisted is an improvement from last year.

“We started off with about 50 students on the waitlist and now the number has been reduced to 20. This is an improvement from the 100 students waitlisted last year,” Beebe said.

A big part of this reduction is due to the reopening of Cabra Hall. Beebe said that Cabra Hall is filled half with sophomores, and half with juniors and seniors.

Beebe said he believes they will house the 20 remaining students, but they just don’t currently have the beds in on- campus housing to do it.

Agustin Crespo, criminal justice sophomore, is one of the 20 students currently waiting for a room and feels confident that he will find housing on campus.”I really hope everything works out. I’m not that stressed, I have confidence Res Life will figure it out. The same thing happened to me last year and I ended up with a room,” Crespo said.

Beebe said no students have been denied housing.

“If students are saying denied, it’s possible they are meaning waitlisted,” Beebe said.

The housing cancellation deadline is May 15. After this date, the office of residential life expects to receive a handful of cancellations, Beebe said. Beebe said over the summer, he expects some students to withdraw or transfer, freeing up even more space in housing.

“I believe we will house all 20 remaining students,” Beebe said. Kagwima, Crespo and the remaining 18 students will be notified by the office of residential life as soon as rooms become available.

Kagwima said that although she has a back-up plan, she will most likely just wait it out to see if she ends up with housing. “I’m still not sure what I’m going to do yet. I found a house that a friend is subletting, but I’d rather live on campus so that I don’t have to worry about paying every month,” Kagwima said.

Melanie Potter can be reached at [email protected]