Residence Life

On-campus Housing

Room and Roommate Choices
for First-year Students

Housing information for 2007-2008 will be mailed out in late May.

Housing preferences

Room assignments are determined by your choices on the housing preference form. We work hard to take into account your preferences and to find you the most compatible roommate(s). In addition to the selected preferences, it is our goal to place students from different regions of the nation (and world) together and maintain a gender balance on coed floors. After August 1 you will be notified of your room assignment and the name and mailing address of your roommate, along with information about where to check in on the day the residence halls open.

Some of the housing preferences include:

Coed-Women and men live on the same floor and share the restroom(s).
Pets-All residence halls permit you to bring small, caged pets such as birds, small rodents, and reptiles.
Quiet-Quiet hours are predetermined (10 p.m. to 8 a.m., Sunday through Thursday), and students sign a contract agreeing to abide by the quiet hours.
Theme dorm-An application is needed for living in a theme dorm. See options at right.

Room preference

First-year students are typically assigned to a divided double room with another first-year student. A limited number of single rooms are available for first-year students for the 2007-08 school year. If you would prefer a single room, briefly state your reasons on the housing preference form and attach additional information if needed. Priority will be given to those first-year students who are a bit older than the rest of the incoming class or who have a documented health condition that warrants the privacy of a single room.

Roommate preference

If you would like to request a specific roommate, complete the "roommate preference" section of the housing preference form. You and your proposed roommate must request each other in order to be assigned as roommates.