How are room assignments made?
The assignment process takes into account several variables such as date of confirmation, Residential College preferences, roommate and hall preferences. Some Residential Colleges require a separate application. If approved by the college and space is available, students will be assigned to that community.
Room assignments are made based on the date your deposit is received in the Business Office and the date your housing contract is received in the Office of Residence Life. We try to match roommates using the answers you provide on the Housing Application. Therefore, it is imperative that you be as honest as possible about your personal study and lifestyle habits.
New student room requests arrive throughout the school year and are handled on a first come, first serve basis (students must be admitted, pay their deposit, submit their housing request form and their immunization form before housing assignments will be made). Upperclassmen have the choice of rooms for the next year, so no assignments are made for new students before the end of the preceding semester. If your request comes in early enough, you will be notified as to which residence hall you have been assigned by the first week in July. If you have requested to room with a certain student, every effort will be made to honor that request, and that request will take priority over residence hall choice. In other words, if you wish to live with an acquaintance and there are no double rooms available in the residence hall you prefer, we will place you both in another hall if there is a double room available there.
