Dartmouth offers $5,000 to students to live off campus, ease dorm crunch The east side of campus and College Park is seen from the Baker Tower in at Dartmouth College in Hanover. Charles Hatcher / Valley News Published: 6/16/2021 4:59:42 PM Dartmouth College is prepared to spend up to $1 million in a one-time lottery to encourage as many as 200 returning students to live off campus next fall in order to ease a housing crunch for dorm rooms, according to an associate dean of residential life. Students can opt in to have their names included in the lottery, said Mike Wooten, associate dean of residential life, in a Monday email to students who have been placed on the school’s housing waitlist. If selected, they will receive a $5,000 payment in lieu of on-campus housing, he said.