Housing Selection

Roommate group selection for deposited students will begin on Monday, February 24, 2025.  We recommend that all roommate groups pair in even numbers (2, 4, 6, or 8) to participate in housing selection. Please note that we will not have triples in the returning student areas next year. If you select to be an odd group, a group of one will be placed in the open bed of the space your group has selected. All unmatched students will enter our process as a individual and will be placed at the end of our process. 

To create a group, students should follow these steps:

1. Log into your MyHousing Portal.
2. In the menu click on “Roommate Selection.”
3. Click “select roommates.”
4. Where it says “for the term,” change the date to Fall 2025.
5. Scroll down to “Pending roommate Requests.” If you have any, click the 3 buttons next to their name and either accept or decline.
6. If you need to match with more members of your group, click “search for roommate” and search for the first person you are looking to live with by entering their information and clicking “begin search.”
7. “Search Results” will appear below and you will click to request a roommate. That roommate will then receive a pending request.
8. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for all people you are requesting to live with.

Once everyone has requested or accepted a request from each member of the group, they will be considered “fully matched.” If not everyone matches with each other, the group will not be considered fully matched, and students will not be able to participate in the process. Residence Life will reach out to you if this is not completed.

Finding Roommates

If you are looking for additional roommates to help fill your group, please complete the Roommate Finder form. Your responses will be able to be seen and searched by anybody who completes this form. Please pay your $500 housing deposit and you will gain access to the roommate finder and matching portal within 1- 2 business days.

Complete the Roommate Finder form by doing the following:

1. Log Into MyHousing Portal
2. Go to ‘Forms to Complete’
3. Complete the ‘Roommate Finder’ Form.

Search for other students who completed the Roommate Finder form by doing the following:

1. Log Into MyHousing Portal
2. Go to ‘Roommate Selection’
3. Go to ‘Select Roommates’
4. Make sure you are in the ‘Fall 2025’ Term
5. Under ‘Search for Roommate’, check ‘Yes’ under ‘RM_Finder_Looking’
6. Click ‘Begin Search’

Cohort Year

Your housing selection priority will be based on your group’s size and your group’s cohort year. Cohort year refers to the year that students entered the college:

Please see below for further explanation:

• Groups who are exclusively rising seniors (entering ’22)* will receive the best housing selection time on their group size’s selection night
• Groups who have a rising junior (entering ’23)* as the lowest cohort year will receive the next best housing selection time on the selection night for their group size.
• Groups who have a rising sophomore (entering ’24)* as the lowest cohort year will receive the latest housing selection times on the selection night for their group size.

*class years will be appropriately adjusted for transfer students 

Prior to the general housing selection process beginning, students planning to live in Austin Scholars or Honors Living Learning Communities (LLC), will go through the process to live in their predetermined communities, Austin Scholars in South Residential Village, and Honors in North Residential Village. 

Students in the LLCs will receive additional communication regarding their intention to participate in LLC housing selection.

We will then start our process with our apartment night. Exactly 4 or 6 looking to live in Apartment Style Housing (St. Ann/St. Thomas or Royal Crest) will have an opportunity to select their rooms first, based on availability. St. Thomas and St. Ann will be available for Senior and Junior groups only, and Royal Crest will be available to all class years. Our process will then go through different nights by group size 8/7, 6/5, 4/3, and groups of 2. 

Listed below is what size rooms are available in each area. Please note that specific building and room assignments are not guaranteed, and are based on availability at the time of selection. Students must select into the size and style of housing that fits their group size (e.g. groups of 2 must select the Townhouses).

• 8 Person Suite- O’Brien Hall
• 6 Person Apartments- Royal Crest
• 6 Person Suite– North Residential Village, South Residential Village, O’Brien Hall
• 4 Person Apartments– St. Thomas Apartments, St. Ann Apartments, Royal Crest
• 4 Person Suites– North Residential Village, South Residential Village
• Double Rooms (2s)– Townhouses

LLC Requirements

Austin Scholars LLC

Austin Scholars groups must be 100% Austin Scholars students to be eligible to live in the LLC in South Residential Village. Sophomores MUST live in the Austin Scholars community to remain in the program.

Honors LLC

Honors groups must be 50% or more honors to be eligible to live in the LLC in North Residential Village, and full honors groups will be given priority.

Students in the LLCs will receive communication regarding their intention to participate in LLC housing selection.

Due Date

Initial group selection is due Thursday, March 20, 2025. You will need to pay a housing deposit to be able to create a group.

Click here to watch a video on selecting & finding roommates.