If a returning resident is successful in his or her application, he or she will be given priority to the same room if he or she has indicated it as the preferred room in the application. Computer balloting is carried out to when there are more returning residents applied back to the same Hall than the number of rooms set aside for senior students for each Hall. This is not applicable to students in the Premier Scholar Programmes applying for either Crescent Hall or Pioneer Hall. If there is more than one applicant vying for the same room, the room will be allocated by ballot. Allocation is done through a computerised system.