Updated April 30, 10:17 p.m.
Around 40 students were unable to get an assigned room for the fall 2025 semester after slots were quickly filled during housing selection today.
In response, the Office of Residential Life (ORL) will “continue working on housing assignments throughout June and July as spaces become available,” but affected students may not receive a housing assignment until July 26, according to an email from the ORL to students who did not get housing.
Students who did not receive housing were asked to provide the Office with their building preferences, name of a preferred roommate and any additional living preferences.
In a statement to the News from the Associate Dean of Housing and Community Life Brittany McDaniel, this year’s housing timeline “created some unique circumstances.” Some students selected rooms they ultimately may not need due to unfinalized fall study abroad plans. Nearly every student also submitted the housing application on time, which is not typical, according to McDaniel.
Room selection this year was split into two days, with the earliest time slot starting at 9 a.m. and the last ending at 4 p.m. Current juniors selected housing on Tuesday, while current sophomores and first-years selected housing today.
Sophomores could start selection at 9 a.m. this morning and most first-years selected this afternoon. Each person was randomly assigned a 15-minute time slot.
By 2:45 p.m. today, April 30, Starrez, the housing portal the College used to assign rooms, showed that no more dorms were available for selection. The latest time slot for selection was 4 p.m.
This is not the first time students have experienced delayed housing selection. Back in 2021, students also experienced a similar situation when 50 students could not find rooms during initial room selection and were placed on an “open assignment” list, meaning they would be assigned rooms as they were made available in the summer.
In 2019, dozens of students were displaced due to a Starrez glitch and were housed in temporary housing with no guarantee of a permanent room.
Rooms available to students each year are often subjected to changes due to the incoming class yield rate, the number of students going abroad and renovation progress.
90% of students live on campus and the College guarantees housing for all students, according to its website.
