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Cornell University

Housing & Residential Life

Current Undergrad Application Process

For 2025-2026 Housing   

Housing Selection for Rising Juniors and Rising Seniors  

The 2025-2026 Housing Selection process for rising juniors and rising seniors took place in Fall 2024. Options included Same Room, Same Area, and Open Room Selection.

Housing Selection for Rising Sophomores

Rising sophomore room selection will occur in April 2025. General Room Selection is when students receive a timeslot to reserve a room in an upper-level Residence Hall or House.

On-campus housing guarantees

All first- and second-year undergraduate students who are studying full-time on the Ithaca campus are required to live on campus, or in affiliated housing that has been approved to fulfill the residential requirement, through the spring semester of their second academic year of enrollment.

Juniors and seniors are not guaranteed on-campus housing. Rising juniors and seniors who would like to live on campus for the 2025-2026 academic year are strongly encouraged to apply to and participate in their fall selection process.  

Students who are on leave, but subject to the residential requirement, are encouraged to complete a General Room Selection application to ensure they are able to fulfill the residential requirement upon return. 

Cooperative Houses

University-owned Cooperative Houses manage their own occupancy. Students interested in Cooperative Houses should reach out to individual houses to inquire about vacancies and learn more about co-op living. An open house, called Co-op Mosey, will be held on February 23, 2025, 1:00pm-5:00pm for residency during the 2025-2026 academic year. Read about Cooperative Housing.

Program Houses

Rising sophomores who wish to live in a Program House will have an opportunity to select before the start of General Room Selection. The Program House Selection process will give interested students the option to select space within program houses before the start of General Room Selection.   

Program House selection for interested students will occur early in the Spring 2025 semester via the housing portal. More information about the process will be available closer to that time.

The following buildings will be available to select during this process:

Please note, Language House and Veteran House will not be available during this process. Students interested in either option are encouraged to complete their respective applications via the housing portal.

More information 

Please refer to the links below for additional information. 

 

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