Housing Self-Selection

Self-selection is a process for students to select their room for themselves and the members of their established group. Self-selection is only available to continuing, graduate, readmitted and transfer students for Fall housing. To be eligible for self-selection, students must complete their Fall housing application by the prescribed deadline. The deadline to participate in self-selection can be found on the Fall Housing Application webpage of the Residential Life website.

Students will be issued a date and time slot via a lottery system. A student’s date and time slot are based on when they submitted their application. The earlier a student applies, the earlier their time slot will be for selection. If a student is in an established group, the primary student who established the roommate group selection day will select on behalf of the group. Self-selection dates and times are emailed to students before the self-selection period. Students in themed housing will only receive a lottery number if their program facility has chosen for their group to go through the self-selection process.

The housing selection process occurs over five days (Monday–Friday). Established roommate groups will be able to select housing based on when the primary student who established the roommate group was awarded their selection day. The housing selection process does not allow for groups of three. Please note: Students who are participants in themed housing communities may be restricted from the self-selection. If you are a participant in a themed housing community, please check with your facilitator for self-selection details. Please see the chart below for an outline of self-selection. New first-time freshmen are restricted to selecting to two-person roommate groups, while all other groups are allowed to establish groups up to four students.    

Once a housing selection has been completed by the student or on behalf of the student by an established group member, it will not be changed until the room change process begins. Before housing selection, students should talk through which building(s) they want to be in. If a student does not feel comfortable with someone selecting a room on their behalf, they should remove themselves from the group. To make changes, students will have to submit a room change request. When completing a room change request, students will not be allowed to select roommates, and their assignments will be based on availability.