Manhattan School for Advanced Wizardry

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Housing

Freshmen and sophmores are required to live in one of the two dorms on campus, which are segregated by gender; Cowden Hall (girls) or Barrymore Hall (boys). Each building is five stories tall, with a number of rooms on each floor. Most rooms hold two students; juniors and seniors who stay on campus are given priority for the single rooms.

Juniors and seniors have the option of living off campus if they so choose. The school owns a building in Greenwich Village which acts as an off-campus dorm of sorts. Each apartment is 2B/1B and has a small kitchen attached to a living room/study. They may also rent their own apartment if they wish; the school offers a small stipend to those who do.

The International Wizarding Exchange Program

The IWEP was the brainchild of Eliza Langdon, an Acanthus who was Dean of Students at MSAW (then the Manhattan Academy for Progressive Magics) from 1935 to 1960. A graduate of the school, Eliza was always annoyed that her alma mater was perpetually in the shadow of the older and more prestigious Weston Academy of Thamaturgical Practices. As she watched the United Nations move from a concept to a reality, though, she was struck with an idea: namely, to create a program where wizards and witches from around the world could come together and experience both the magical and Muggle cultures of other countries.

Although somewhat hesitant at first, wizards from other countries soon came flocking to the halls of the school. Some were older mages who came to touch up on skills that had become rusty after leaving their respective academies. Others were freshly-graduated wizards who wanted to see what exactly the American schooling system can teach them before settling down and going to work in their home countries. Although a great number of countries take part in the program, one foreign academy in particular sends the largest amount of students to the program; this, of course, is the UK's Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. On average, at least a third of the students in the program hail from the British Isles.

Students who are accepted into the program are enrolled for two years; after that point, students reapply every year. Exchange students are free to choose whatever classes they wish to take, much like the normal students at the university. Most of the students live on campus, although some of the more adventurous students live off-campus with an American witch or wizard who helps to show them the ropes.