Frequently Asked Questions
The Office of Residential Life encourages you to meet as many new people as possible. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender orientation, nationality or culture when assigning roommates.
Incoming First Year students who have completed and submitted the Residence Hall Agreement are given access to the Roommate Search tool following the June Orientation sessions, with which you are able to request one roommate for the upcoming academic year.
Requests for additional roommates can be made through the Roommate Search tool, but our department only guarantees placement with your first confirmed roommate. Housing assignments are made manually for incoming first-year students and are typically sent out via email by late July or early August.
Incoming First Year students live in East Hall, Loftus Hall or Rice Hall.
Incoming Transfer students live in the Conese Hall, Rice Hall or Hales Hall.
The Office of Residential Life sends out housing assignments approximately the first week of August.
You can request a room/housing assignment change when the formal process opens each semester. The dates are listed in our important dates here. If you would like to request a room/housing assignment change, please reach out to your residence hall director.
Yes, housing is available. The Office of Residential Life will always work to accommodate the needs of long-distance and international students.
Please contact our office for more information.