Welcome to the start of the Housing Selection process for the upcoming academic year! The following pages outline the policies and procedures for the Housing Selection process.
Please review the following information carefully:
Process for Incoming Freshmen (Class of 2016)- Information will be mailed out the last week in May in a newsletter from the Office of Residence Life
Process for Current Freshmen (rising Sophomores)
Process for Current Sophomores and Juniors (rising Juniors & Seniors)
Housing Selection Highlights:
What is the difference between the “Housing Lottery” and the “Housing Selection” process?
The best way to make sense of these terms and processes is to consider who participates in each process. The “Housing selection” process is used to describe the completion of a housing agreement, making a housing deposit, and finally selecting an on-campus housing assignment for the following academic year. This process is applicable to the entire current on-campus freshmen population and a randomly selected population of upperclassmen students who have applied for housing through the “housing lottery." Depending on availability, upperclassmen students may not need to participate in a lottery process, if we have sufficient space to accommodate all interested students.
The “Housing Lottery” is used to describe the process rising juniors and seniors (current sophomores and juniors) apply through for a chance to participate in the “Housing Selection” process. Note: Depending on availability, upperclassmen students may not need to participate in a lottery process, if we have sufficient space to accommodate all interested students.
Why is there a need for two different processes?
Current freshmen students are guaranteed and required to reside on-campus during their sophomore year at Saint Joseph’s University and rising juniors and seniors (current sophomores and juniors) are not guaranteed/required on-campus housing; therefore there are two processes for housing selection unique to each aforementioned class group. For ease of understanding they are described in detail in the links above.
For more information or if you have a question please contact:
Chris Heasley, Associate Director of Residence Life,
Residence Life Office, Lafarge X1060
