Who is eligible for GSAS Residence Halls and who gets priority?
All full-time, registered Harvard graduate students are eligible to apply for a room in the GSAS residence halls. Please note: Most of the 411 rooms are assigned to first-year degree candidates in GSAS. Furthermore, students in the Kennedy School of Government, the Graduate School of Design, and the Graduate School of Education are given higher priority than are students in other graduate and professional schools at Harvard University. In addition to those students in degree programs, Visiting Fellows, and Special Students who have been admitted through the GSAS Special Students and Visiting Fellows Office are eligible to apply, as are Exchange Scholars who are admitted through the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs.
All full-time, registered Harvard graduate students are eligible to apply for a room in the GSAS residence halls. Please note that more than half of the 411 rooms are typically assigned to first-year degree candidates in GSAS. Furthermore, students in the Harvard Kennedy School, the Graduate School of Design, and the Graduate School of Education are given higher priority than are students in other graduate and professional schools at Harvard University. In addition to those students in degree programs, Visiting Fellows and Special Students who have been admitted through the GSAS Special Students and Visiting Fellows Office are eligible to apply, as are Exchange Scholars who are admitted through the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs.
