̽̽ Residential Life (ResLife) will contact you via your ̽̽ email with details on the housing contract process and due date.This is usually in May or June for Fall and academic year students, and in November or December for Spring and calendar year students.
Important: Exchange students are requiredto live on the ̽̽ campus and have a ̽̽ meal plan.
̽̽ Residential Life (ResLife) will contact you via your ̽̽ email with the housing contract process and due date.Do not try to complete the contract until you have been contacted directly:you will get locked out of your contract if you attempt to access before you have been contacted.This is usually in May or June for Fall and Academic Year students, and November or December for Spring and Calendar Year students. Although you are guaranteed housing as an exchange student, you must complete an online housing contract. If you do not complete a housing contract by the deadline, you will not be given on-campus housing, even if this is part of your exchange agreement.Failure to sign a contract could result in losing your place in the ̽̽ exchange program.The Housing and Meal Plan Contract is a binding agreement for your entire stay at ̽̽. You will be notified of your housing assignment in early August for Fall arrivals and early Jnuary for Spring arrivals. As long as you complete your contract on time you are guaranteed housing, even if you do not know your placement right away.
Exchange students will almost always be placed in traditional-style housing, which could be in a number of different residence halls around campus.Traditionalhousing is a long hallway with rooms on either side and shared same-sex bathrooms on the floor with multiple showers and toilets.Suitesis another style of housing and consists of a group of 4-5 bedrooms, with one common living area and two shared bathrooms, and they are often mixed-sex (but same-sex roommates). This is a far less common housing type for exchange students. All ̽̽ housing is open to students over University breaks at an extra cost, though this cost is covered for certain exchange contracts (see above section for details). Most exchange students will be placed in traditional double rooms. Some may be placed in traditional triples. Students may request other types of rooms, including single rooms, but those are extremely limited. Exchange students are almost never placed in quadruple rooms. If you require a single room for medical/mobility reasons,review the information needed on the Student Accessibility Services websiteand apply in a timely manner to be considered for accommodations. In your online contract you will indicate room preferences.
You will be asked in the housing contract to select learning community preferences. ̽̽ has multiple learning communities based out of different residence halls, each designed to bring students with a shared interest together. Residential Life will not generally place an exchange student in the Wellness Environment learning community due to the course requirement associated with it. Do not spend much time researching learning communities; we encourage you to just quickly list the learning communities of interest based on your gut preference, but in most cases, exchange students will be placed in unprogrammed housing.
Almost all exchange students will live with another student. This might be another international student or could be an American student. After a waiting period during the first weeks of the semester, students will have the option to request room changes, subject to availability. If you have a friend who will also be at ̽̽ during your semester and who you want to live with, you will need their ̽̽ NetID (ex: jdoe, eswift) to complete your housing contract. They will also need your information in their contract for the match to be considered.
Meal plans are required of all students living on campus.Students will have either a residential "All Access Plan" or a "Retail Point Plan" - both of these allow students to eat at multiple locations on campus, but which one you select will depend on some of your own dining habits. Most exchange students decide on an all access meal plan which allows them to more frequently share meals in the traditional dining halls with friends. If you want to learn more about the types of plans available,. Students whose meal plan is paid for by the exchange contract should be careful to not select a more expensive plan than is covered, or you will have to pay the difference.
All students should make budgets to accommodate the maximum room costs of those chosen in their preferences. All students whose exchange contracts do not cover housing should budget forat least the traditional double room rate.Housing costs can be viewed hereԻ.
If you are seeking housing accommodations due to a documented disibility,please contact ̽̽ Student Accessibility Services (SAS)as soon as possible. There are deadlines for housing accommodation requests which you can view here.