Housing and Housing Assignments

The Housing Office is responsible for the management of campus residences. This office handles duties such as providing standard residence furnishings and determining opening and closing dates and times for the residences.

The Admission Office and Student Life Office make first-year students and transfer student-housing assignments; returning students’ housing is based on the room selection the previous spring. The room draw is a lottery, in order of anticipated year of graduation, in which every returning student will be assigned a randomly drawn number. This number determines the order in which a student picks a housing location for the next year. Separate lotteries are held for men and women. Students are emailed the location of the room draw prior to its occurrence and must be in attendance, or have sent a proxy, in order to select their room.  By room selection time, each student with a lottery number must have chosen a roommate, unless he or she has secured a single room. Students assigned a room are obligated to pay the room charge for all terms in which they are enrolled. There is an extra fee for available single rooms or for living in a double room without a roommate.

Should roommates desire a room change, it is our policy that the roommate desiring the change moves. However, should both roommates desire a change and cannot agree who will move, the Housing Office will toss a coin to determine who moves.