NEW for Fall 2025! – New Student Room Self-Selection

For the Fall 2025-Spring 2026 academic year, we will have a new process where new incoming students who signed their housing contract on or before March 1, will have the opportunity to select their own housing assignment. This will allow students to see what is available in real-time and make their own decision about where they want to live within on-campus housing. More details will be released soon. Check out our Room Self-Selection FAQ.

Signed your housing contract after March 1? – You will still have a place to live in on-campus housing, but our team will administratively make your housing assignment between late May – mid-July. Assignments are made based on the date you submit your housing contract. From there, we assign you based on the following considerations:

  1. Accommodation Requests are assigned first and it’s the first thing we look at when we make your assignment.
  2. Learning Community preferences are considered second. For example, if you preferenced a learning community and Martin Hall – but your learning community isn’t in Martin, we’ll assign you to the learning community location. If you preference a learning community and a roommate, your roommate request will be considered only if your roommate has chosen the same learning community.
  3. Roommate Requests are considered third
    1. The earliest contract date determines priority for the pair/group.
    2. Roommates must be eligible for the same type of housing
    3. Your room preferences will be considered but your assignment might be anywhere we have room to place you and your roommate.
    4. We cannot always guarantee roommate requests, especially those with later contract dates, as it depends on availability of completely vacant double rooms where we can assign both students together
  4. Room Preferences are considered fourth.
    1. List all 12 preferences! Listing too few means we will make our best guess if we run out of space in your preferred areas.
    2. Popular locations like Eaton, Martin, Friley and Maple fill with returning students and also fill with very early contract dates. Preference at least one option that’s not in those halls.
    3. Single rooms are very limited and not everyone who requests one will get one. If you ask for a single room and a roommate, your single room request will only be considered if we can’t accommodate your roommate request.
    4. Requesting only air-conditioned buildings doesn’t guarantee you’ll get an assignment with air-conditioning.

If you didn’t get the place you wanted, visit our Assignment Changes page to learn how you can switch your assignment.