Requesting Roommates
Residence Halls
Student Housing residence hall applicants may submit a request to live with roommate(s) of their choice. Student Housing will attempt to honor roommate requests based upon available space and the amount of roommate requests received. However, applicants may not submit requests for suitemates.
Applicants may submit their roommate requests through the online application when they apply for Student Housing; select the "Roommate Request" button in the application.
Be sure to adhere to the following:
- Requests must be mutual: each potential roommate must list other potential roommates in their application
- Applicants who wish to be roommates must both submit a roommate request indicating proposed roommates' names and ID numbers
- Potential roommates must indicate identical living preferences on their applications
- Meal plans do NOT need to match in order to be roommates
Students who wish to submit a roommate request after submitting their online application but before the application process has closed may log back into their online application to add their roommate request information. Requests received after the application process has closed (generally in late July or early August; refer to the Calendar for the specific date) cannot be honored.
Students who choose not submit a roommate request will be randomly assigned roommates based upon the housing preferences submitted in the residence hall application. NOTE: Student Housing does not use information about lifestyle, personal habits or culture to assign roommates. Applicants are not eligible to request suitemates.
Apartments
Students who apply for an apartment at Orchard Park or Solano Park are responsible for determining their own roommates; there is not a roommate assignment process for them. Students who do not have a roommate but wish to live in an Orchard Park or Solano Park apartment may opt to rent the entire apartment on their own (pending approval), or may contact the apartment of their choice to inquire if any other students are looking for roommates.
Students who participate in the Transfer Student program and select the Single Student Apartment option may not determine their own roommate; roommates are randomly assigned by Student Housing during the assignment process. Note: Single Student Apartments are not located at Orchard Park and Solano Park.
For non-Student Housing managed campus properties - The Colleges at La Rue, The Atriums at La Rue Park, Russell Park, and Primero Grove, students should contact the properties directly to learn about their roommate assignment processes.
Cooperatives
Baggins End and Tri-Cooperative applicants apply individually; due to limited space and the cooperatives' autonomy regarding contract offers, applicants are unable to submit roommate requests. However, applicants and/or may refer potential cooperative applicants to any of the cooperatives for consideration. Refer to the application process or contact Student Housing or one of the cooperatives for more information.