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Tips

Follow these helpful tips when completing your online housing contract:

  • Make sure to scroll to the bottom and click the save and continue button or skip link on each page.

A/C for Medical Needs (optional):

  • Use this optional part of the application if you wish to renew your current window A/C unit for next year's non-A/C space. 
  • If you don't need A/C for next year (maybe you're moving to a building with central air or no longer need A/C), then skip this step.

Search for and Request a Roommate:

  • Make your roommate request in advance of requesting a space or using the Room Swap tool. Making your roommate request before requesting a space will allow the Web to dynamically bring your roommate with you into a new room.
  • Roommate requests are optional. If you do not request a roommate and are not requesting a single room, our office will assign a roommate to you at a later time.

Room Timeslot Information:

  • Your day and time to go online is based on the day that you made your housing deposit.
  • At the beginning of your timeslot, you will be able to go online to search for a bed or swap rooms. You may continue to go online anytime afterward until the end of online Room Sign-Up.

Search for a Bed:

  • This tool allows you to search for an available space in the residence hall system by hall, floor, and room.
  • Most rooms in the residence halls are doubles, so you will see two spaces in each room (example: Woody 801 -F - 2/2 (F=female)). If the room is a single, you'll see one space (example: Woody 803 - F - 1/1). If the room is a triple, you'll see three spaces (example: Woody 804 - F - 3/3).

Room Swap:

  • The Room Swap tool essentially allows you to trade rooms.
  • For Room Swap to work, you MUST already have a room for next year to trade with. This means that you will have completed Same Room Sign-Up or requested a space during Different Room Sign-Up.

Search for a Room and Room Swap Scenarios:

  • If you properly confirmed your roommate AND renewed your same space during Same Room Sign-Up, you will not see the Search for a Bed option, but instead will use the Room Swap tool if you wish to change rooms.
  • If you properly confirmed your roommate BUT only one of you renewed your same space during Same Room Sign-Up, then the roommate who did Same Room Sign-Up will need to use the Search for a Bed tool to change rooms.
  • If you properly confirmed your roommate during Same Room Sign-Up BUT did NOT renew your same space during Same Room Sign-Up, you should use the Search for a Bed tool to bring your roommate with you to the new room.
  • If you properly confirmed your roommate during your Room Timeslot AND both roommates renewed their same spaces during Same Room Sign-Up, then you must use the Room Swap tool to change rooms.
  • If you properly confirmed your roommate during the Room Timeslot BUT did NOT renew your same space during Same Room Sign-Up, then you will want to use the Search for a Bed tool. After you've selected a space, you can use Room Swap to "trade" rooms.
  • If you did NOT confirm a roommate at any time AND did NOT renew your same space, then when you first go online, you will see the Search for a Bed tool. After you request a bed and come back to the online system to change rooms, then you will use Room Swap.
  • If you did NOT confirm a roommate at any time BUT did renew your same space during Same Room Sign-Up, then you will use the Room Swap tool.

Online Contract:

  • Make sure to agree to the contract's terms and conditions and save and continue to hold a space for you next year.
  • If you do not agree to the terms, then a space will not be saved in your name for the residence halls next year.
  • If you have a Premium Plan (two-year) contract and are finishing the first year of the contract, it will state that you have already signed your contract.

Waitlist:

  • If you don't find the "perfect" space, then sign up for one of the waitlists. There are times when students' plans change and we can accommodate your requests.
  • You may select up to three waitlists.

Reset Bed:

  • Use this function when you think that you've swapped spaces or requested a different room, but your roommate did not automatically follow.
  • Reset bed will only reset your room, not reset your roommate request. You will undo your room request and will need to begin again and select the room you want to request and add your roommate.