Preparing for life on campus Applying for On-Campus Housing
Before applying for on-campus housing, you must complete your application for admission. Once your admissions application is complete, you’ll receive information, by e-mail and through Status Check, about accessing the housing application.
Applicants for on-campus housing should apply for admission as early as possible since applying early gives applicants a better chance of obtaining rooms in their requested residence halls.
Only full-time students are eligible to live in university housing.
What happens after you apply for housing?
1. We acknowledge your housing application.
You’ll receive e-mail confirmation of your application after you pay your $50 housing application processing fee. Review the information in your e-mail for accuracy. You may also check the status of your housing application through the Division of Housing and Food web site.
2. You receive and accept an offer of admission to the university.
You won’t be officially offered a housing contract unless you’re admitted to the university and until you accept your admission by fulfilling your enrollment deposit.
3. We offer you a housing contract.
Admitted first-time freshmen who apply for housing are offered housing contracts beginning in December of each year as long as space remains available. You will receive electronic notification when your contract is offered. Be sure to keep your e-mail address updated.
4. You accept your housing offer.
To accept your housing offer, you must print, complete and sign your contract and return it to the Division of Housing and Food along with a $300 advance payment before the indicated expiration date (contracts and payments not returned by the expiration date will be cancelled). After you check in to the residence hall, you are bound to your contract for the fall if you remain enrolled at the university and attend classes on campus. If you decide not to attend the university, you may cancel your contract before May 1 to avoid a $300 cancellation fee.
5. You indicate your housing choices.
You’ll have the opportunity to rank your residence hall preferences and list a roommate (if you have someone in mind) when we offer you a housing contract. (Requests for specific residence halls are not guaranteed.)
It’s very important for you to make your housing choices online as soon as you have signed your housing contract. Housing choices for the Long Session must be completed by July 1.
6. You receive your residence hall assignment.
In July, you’ll receive a letter telling you about the residence hall you’ve been assigned to, your room number, your roommate’s name and e-mail address. You’ll also receive details about the move-in process.
Honors Housing
All prospective freshmen who apply for an honors program are also eligible to apply for honors housing on campus. The Honors Residence Halls offer special support, services and a close-knit community for first-year students participating in honors programs.
If you think that you might be interested in living in honors housing, apply for housing as early as possible beginning at 6 a.m. Central Time on October 1 of your senior year. Once you’re admitted to the university and to the honors program(s) of your choice and your enrollment deposit is fulfilled, the Division of Housing and Food will send you a housing contract. When you update your housing preference online, be sure to specify honors housing as your first choice.