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Spring Housing Selection for Rising Sophomores

2025-2026 General Room Selection Application

Rising sophomore room selection will occur in April 2025, and more information will be available later this year. 

General Room Selection is the process in which students submit an application to receive a timeslot to reserve a room in an upper-level Residence Hall or House.  

All Rising Sophomores are required to live on campus for 2025-2026 and must submit a 2025-2026 General Room Selection Application via the housing portal, starting in April 2025.

Rising Sophomore can fulfill the second year of the residential requirement by living in University-approved qualified second-year housing (sorority, fraternity, and approved affiliated housing). The Office of Housing & Residential Life will receive rosters from the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life and affiliated properties to ensure compliance with the residential requirement.

Rising Sophomore students who wish to be exempt from the second-year residential requirement for the 2025-2026 academic year must submit and Individual exemption request via the housing portal. Dates for exemption will be announced later this year.