What is the Housing Lottery?

• Senior Only Lottery- This lottery is for seniors who are looking to live by themselves or with other seniors. (Seniors looking to live with underclassmen must participate in in the occupancy size lotteries)
• Wellness Lottery- this event is for registered students (completed an application in MyHousing by the deadline) to select a room in the upper-level wellness communities in Keefe and Ramer Halls.  Students with prior wellness community membership will be given priority over new applicants.
• 6 & 7-person Lottery- this lottery is available for matched roommate groups of six or seven people
• 3-person Lottery- this lottery is available for matched roommate groups of three people
• 4-person Lottery- this lottery is available for matched roommate groups of four people
• Single Lottery- this lottery is available for those seeking a single
• Doubles Lottery- this lottery is available for those matched roommate pairs seeking a double

Watch our video to see how it works!

If you are looking to live with a roommate or group of people, you will need to go through the roommate matching process for your lottery event in MyHousing.  Only fully matched roommate groups will be able to choose as a group in any lottery event. Some matching processes are limited to eligible students.  If you can’t find your intended roommate, check the following:
a) Are they eligible based on their class year? (underclassmen are not included in the Senior Only Lottery)
b)  Have they completed the required application?  (Wellness)
c)  Is their housing unassigned for the fall? (students assigned through another process cannot participate in further events)

Groups need to be fully matched by the posted deadline (typically the day before the Lottery event) to receive a lottery start time.  Review the step by step instructions(pdf) for assistance.

Lottery selection times are assigned to individual students randomly within each class year for each lottery event. It is a seniority-based system which means rising seniors get earlier selection times than rising juniors, who get earlier selection times than rising sophomores.  Selection times are then recalculated for roommate groups by averaging the individual times.  In this weighted system, a group with all rising seniors will have an earlier selection time than a group with mixed class years.  You will be prompted by email to view your selection time in MyHousing the day before your lottery event. Fully matched roommate groups receive one selection date/time.  Any roommate can choose housing for the group.

If you believe you/your group will be unable to choose housing at your selection time please contact Residence Life in advance of the start of the Lottery event.

Lottery selection times are unique to each lottery event.

The list of available rooms is based on availability of spaces and the number of the students who are eligible to select in the Lottery (those who are not already assigned). A preview of available spaces will be accessible in MyHousing the day before each lottery event.  You will only be able to view the available spaces for your group size and gender. For instance, four person spaces will not show if your group is made up of three people and female only spaces (ie. Soles) will not show to male or mixed gender groups.  To give you an idea of where rooms exist, you can review this document containing room configurations by residence hall including notes about halls that have a single gender designation.  Review this list for an overview of college-owned off-campus locations.  Floor Plans are available as well. If you are interested in the privately owned Tator North and McCartney South , be sure to review the policies for this unique living environment.

The Waitlist is the final phase of the housing assignment process. Each year, there are students who are not able to select their rooms through Lottery.  Instead, they are assigned over the summer as rooms become available.  Any eligible student who doesn’t select a room through Lottery is automatically placed on the Waitlist and will be prompted to register assignment preferences.  The Waitlist opens after the last lottery event.

The Waitlist also provides an opportunity for students who selected a room through lottery to request a different assignment, should that space become available.  More details can be found on the Waitlist webpage.

Consult with the Residence Life staff on general Room Selection topics at two events in February:
Friday, Feb 21st 1:30 – 3:30pm
Tuesday, Feb 25th 9:30 – 11:30am

Drop-in Hours will also be held in the Residence Life Office from 9:30 – 11:30am prior to each lottery event.

Senior Only:  March 11 and 13
Wellness:  March 31
6 -7 person: April 2
3-person: April 4
4-person: April 8
Single: April 10
Double:  April 15