Returning Residents

Welcome back to Housing!

Residents must go through the room selection process every year to remain on campus, which usually occurs between February and May. Please look to further information once the process nears. During this time you will have the many different opportunities to stay in your current location (except for Leitch and Bourgeois) or move to a different location on campus.  Carefully review the Room Selection Informational Packet which can be found online or in the Office of Residence Life.  One will be hand delivered to your room as well.

Finally, there are significant penalties for canceling your contract after the specified deadlines.  Please see our Cancellation section for more details.

Staying on Campus in 3 Easy Steps!

Step 1: Carefully review the “Residence Hall Contract and Terms of Agreement.”

Step 2: Return a copy of the housing contract and submit a $200 non-refundable housing deposit to the Housing Office located in Fox Hall room 602.  See information about the contractual deadline below.

Note: Housing deposits are no longer accepted at the Treasury Office and must be paid at the Housing Office. This can be paid by check, money order, or any major credit card except American Express. 

Step 3: Refer to your Room Selection Informational Packet for further direction and other deadlines.  This will vary on whether you wish to:

• Retain your room
• Pull-in Roommate(s)
• Go through Suite Selection
• Move to another room or building
• Sign up for a single room

Contract Deadline – TBA vs. Waitlist

All returning residents must return their contract and deposit on or before the last Friday in March of each year.

Everyone who fulfills their contractual obligations before this deadline will go onto our To-Be-Assigned (TBA) list.  We will assign everyone from this list first before assigning anyone on the waitlist.  Assignment is done in order of priority points from highest to lowest.  

Those who complete their contractual obligations after this deadline will go onto our Waitlist. Once everyone from the TBA list is assigned, we will then look to this list and assign based on the time your contract was received and your distance away from the University. Your priority points will not be used.

Priority Points 

Every returning resident that lives on campus in the spring semester is assigned priority points based on several factors. This includes your cumulative GPA, your class year, judicial standing, and student government participation. The higher your priority points, the more options you have for rooms on campus!

If you believe we have miscalculated your points, please contact the Office of Residence Life.

Online Housing Gateway

For our office to best assign you to housing and your personal preferences, we need you to enter your housing preference information online by using the Online Housing Gateway  on this site. Your participation on this site will vary depending on which processes you are going through, but everyone is required to select one of the six meal plans offered by ARAMARK Dining Service online. Failure to do so will result in being defaulted to the 14 meals per week plan.

To access the site you will need to use your UMS number and your ISIS password.  Please reference your Room Selection Informational Packet and the online tutorials for assistance.

Questions?

If you have any questions regarding housing, please call (978) 934-5160 or email the Housing Office.

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