When Rosenthal and her roommates opened it,they found a sheet of paper saying essentially,"We are informing you that you're in Currier andit's a swell place, and if you give us $25, youcan re-enter the lottery," she recalls.

Though there may have been a few moments ofpanic, the timing and content of the door-dropwere hints that the letter might not belegitimate, Rosenthal said.

"We realized it was a joke." she said.

Rosenthal said she was happy to discover thismorning that she and her blockmates would beliving in Lowell House--and not Currier--nextyear.

Though the move to the housing system oftenmeans a radical change for the typical first-yearlifestyle, some first-years discovered yesterdaythat their future house will be teeming withfamiliar faces.

Sushant Srinivasan '98 said he was on his wayback from a chemistry exam yesterday morning whena friend told him that he and the other 13 membersof his blocking group had been assigned to AdamsHouse.

"I was really happy," Srinivasan said. "It wasone of my top choices."

Later on, Srinivasan discovered that a grandtotal of 10 other people out of 28 living inHollis South had also been assigned to Adams.

"I was kind of surprised," Srinivasan said."I'm glad, though,"

Scott E. Liston '98, along with other membersof his blocking group, was the happy recipient oflottery number 1.

The blocking group of seven will live inWinthrop House next year.

When he opened the envelope this morning,Liston said, he was surprised to discover he hadgotten both one of his first choice houses and theprime number in the housing lottery.

"I kind of laughed," Liston said. When hecalled the other six members of his group at 8:30a.m. to tell them the good news, "they were gladand surprised," he said.

University housing officials were not availablefor comment yesterday