Housing Application :
Please note that all new freshmen and transfers must pay the $100 enrollment deposit before completing the housing contract. Once the enrollment deposit is received in the Office of Admissions, it will take 24 hours to generate the password needed to access the housing contract. |
Residency Requirements:
Incoming Students
All full-time, first-year students are required to live in University housing and participate in the meal plan program unless they are living with a parent/legal guardian within 50 miles of campus or qualify for an exemption according to the exemption policies for first year residents.
Returning & Sophomore Year Residents
All returning residents are required to live in University housing and participate in the meal plan program unless they qualify for an exemption according to the exemption policies for Sophomore Year residents
Click here to view the Exemption Policies and Documents.
Application and Housing Deposit Process:
- Summer 2010
- - Summer housing is assigned on a space-available basis.
- Fall 2010
- - Application Deadline for 1st Year - June 1
- - Application Deadline for Sophomore - May 1
- - Deadline to make any changes to the housing application is May 31
- - To be eligible for guaranteed campus housing, you must send a $150.00 housing deposit before May 31st, 2010.
Cancellations and Refunds:
Summer Housing
- - On or before May 10, 2010, you will receive a partial refund of $100 from the application fee
- - Between May 10 - August 10, you will receive a partial refund of $50 from the application fee
Fall Semester Housing
- - On or before May 15, 2010, you will receive a partial refund of $100 from the application fee
- - Between May 15 - July 15, you will receive a partial refund of $50 from the application fee
- - After July 16, you will not be eligible for any refund of the application fee and if you are enrolled for the Fall 2010 semester, you will be billed a $1,000 penalty for not canceling your housing reservation
Students who are removed from housing for judicial reasons do not receive housing fee refunds.
Please Note: The Office of Residence Life releases housing assignments in mid-July. In order to accommodate the greatest number of requests by this date, the deadline to make any changes to the housing application is May 31, 2010 including all roommate requests. After this date there is a moratorium on change requests until after move-in.
If you are an existing student or transfer student who wishes to live on main campus, please contact the Residence Life office at (843) 349-6400.
