Cyber​​nate的解决方案工作。你也可以这样做：

Cybernate's solution works. You could also do:

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Status, 
     new SelectList(Model.StatusList, "Id", "ShortDescription"))

Cyber​​nate的版本会做更强的类型检查，但的SelectList更加封装。

Cybernate's version will do stronger type checking, but SelectList is more encapsulated.