First Year & New Student Application Process

• Communities available for first-year and new students
• How-to videos
  • How to apply for housing
    • If You're Under 18 (proxy signature)
  •  Optional steps - Meal plan, special interest living, roommates and groups, room preferences
    
  • Apply for a Living-Learning Community (LLC)
  • How to complete your roommate profile and join a roommate group
  • Change group leader and verify group
  • Select your move-in appointment

Beginning January 23, if you have accepted Admission* to the university, you will be able to access the housing application. First-year students residing outside 50-mile radius of main campus are required to live in university housing.

The application includes how to:

• Verify/submit general information
• Select your meal plan.
  • The All-Access meal plan is required for first-year residential students
    
  • First-year residential students are identified in Catalyst by their Tuition Guarantee Cohort, and not based on the number of college credit hours earned
• Accept Terms & Conditions
  • If under 18, review Proxy Signature video
    
• Submit non-refundable $100 application fee. Applications are not considered complete until the fee is paid.
  

*There is a 24-hr. window post Admission acceptance for the application to become available.

May 3, at 5 p.m., is the priority deadline for submitting a housing application. Those who submit after this date are still eligible for housing, but may be subject to the waitlist process.

• Personal details 1:30
• Accessibility accommodation process 2:50
  
• Review information regarding the university immunization policy 3:24
• Accept the Housing Terms and Conditions 3:55
  • Signing Housing Agreement for students under 18 – discussed in separate video below 4:47
• Application fee 5:14

This video is Part 2 of the housing application walkthrough. If you complete all the steps in Part 1, you will receive a housing assignment. This video explores remaining steps you may complete. These steps are optional, including: Meal Plan; Special Interest Living; Roommate Profile and Roommates; Room Preferences; and Application Status and Booking. In addition, the Move-in Timeslot step is reviewed; it typically opens in July.

• Meal Plan 0:37
  
• Special Interest Living - Living-Learning Communities (LLCs) 1:07
  
• Next Steps 1:51
  
• Roommate Profile 2:27
  
• Roommates 2:50
  
• Room Preferences 3:18
• Application Status and Booking Summary 4:12
• Move-in Appointment Timeslot 5:05

• Apply for a Living-Learning Community (LLC), if desired.
  • You may apply when completing the housing application. Honors or other LLC sponsors will notifiy you later if you are accepted into the housing community.
• Complete roommate profile, and/or roommate group, if desired.
  
  • You do not need to create your roommate profile or have your roommate group assembled before finalizing the application.
  • You may re-enter the portal at any time before May 3 to complete this step.
  • Learn more about roommates and tips for selecting them.

• Note: Roommate groups are capped at 2 people (yourself and 1 roommate request). 

• Note: Roommate groups are capped at 2 people (yourself and 1 roommate request). 

Move-in can be a hectic time for you and your family. However, when everyone moves in by appointment, it spreads out traffic congestion, and makes the process go more smoothly.

• You must reserve a move-in appointment via the housing portal in mid-July/early-August
• You will be notified via your UC-issued email when the appointment scheduler opens
• Our Family Move-in Guide with complete details will be mailed to your permanent address on file in early August
• Check our Move-in/Move-out page for tips on what to bring and what not to bring

We know you may have more questions. Try reviewing our Applying FAQ or Resources before calling or sending an email.

• Our phone system allows for a callback request if you do not want to wait.
• We appreciate your patience while we work diligently to respond to inquiries during this busy time. If you have left a callback request on our phone system, be assured you will remain in the queue until we have contacted you.
• If you send an email during a high volume time, you can expect a response within 48 hours