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Once you have completed the Housing Application, the Roommate Selection feature will become available to you in your Housing Portal and will remain available through the entire duration of the Housing Selection Process.

Using the Roommate Selection feature, you can search for your preferred roommate(s) and send roommate requests. You will only be able to find your roommate(s) after they have also completed the Housing Application. All roommate requests must be mutually approved to be valid.

In order to select into a double, suite, or any other room type with a capacity greater than one (1), you must be paired in a fully mutually approved roommate group of the exact size of the housing type you are pursuing. At your selection time, you will only be able to see available rooms that your group can fill to occupancy and does not exceed the maximum occupancy.

In the event you are presented with no available rooms at your selection time, you may need to dissolve your roommate group or add another member to see the remaining available rooms. Please make sure you plan ahead for this with the other members of your roommate group.

At noon on Wednesday, April 3rd, you will be able to log in to your Housing Portal and view a listing of rooms that may be available to you at your selection time.

Rooms that will actually be available to you at your selection time will depend on the size of your roommate group and the rooms that others with earlier selection times may have selected.

Make sure to use the room availability listings to plan ahead for your actual room selection time. It is highly recommended that you have at least 3 backup room selection plans established in the event your first choices are no longer available at your selection time.

On April 3rd, Room Selection times will be announced. Room Selection times are the individually assigned times at which a student becomes eligible to log in and make their room selection.

Selection times are randomly assigned in order to give all participants an impartial chance at being able to select the room of their choice.

If you are part of a fully mutually approved roommate group, the member of the group with the earliest selection time may log in and make the room selection for the whole group. Although all members will receive individual selection times, only one person needs to complete a selection for the group.

When your Room Selection time arrives, you will be able to log in to your Housing Portal and select from the remaining available rooms.

You will only be presented with rooms to choose from that have not already been selected and that you and/or your roommate group can fill to occupancy without exceeding the maximum occupancy of the space.

In the event you are presented with no available rooms at your selection time, you may need to dissolve your roommate group or add a roommate to see the remaining available rooms. Please make sure you plan ahead for this with the other members of your roommate group.

If you are still presented with no available rooms, even after rearranging your roommate group, the Office of Residence Life will work with you to find an appropriate placement.

If you miss your assigned selection time, you may still log in any time between your assigned time and the close of the Room Selection process on Thursday, April 13th to make your selection

The Housing Agreement is binding. If space is available, even if it is not your first choice option, you will be held to the entirety of the Housing Agreement in accordance with the University's residency requirement.

Please note, housing preferences are not guaranteed. If at the end of the Room Selection process you have not selected into a space, the Office of Residence Life will work with you to find an appropriate placement based on the remaining space available. You may choose to be placed on a waiting list in the event vacancies occur at a later date, but you will not be released from the Housing Agreement.

Once you submit your Room Selection it is final. Changes to your selection cannot be made.

• Hamlin & Sutowski Hall
  • Double
  • Buyout*
• Pacelli Hall
  • Double
  • Single
  • Double Suite (no private bath)
  • Double in quad suite (no private bath)
• Murphy
  • Double**

* Buyouts are not a guaranteed option and may only be offered based on capacity. A buyout room is a double room with only one resident. Buyout rooms will continue to contain two sets of furniture.

** Double rooms in Murphy are dependent on availability. There is a limited number of double rooms available, so it is HIGHLY recommended students have a backup plan.

Resident Students who entered JCU in the fall semester of 2022 and spring semester of 2023 are required to live in University-sponsored housing during their first three years. Resident Students who entered JCU in the fall semester of 2023 or later are required to live in University-sponsored housing for four years.

Once a Student establishes their status as a resident, they must seek approval for a change of status to commuter, and any change to commuter status will go into effect as of the next academic year.

The Change to Commuter Status process for the 2024-2025 academic year is closed. If you have questions please reach out to the Office of Residence Life at jcureslife@jcu.edu.

If you require a housing accommodation due to a medical, psychological, or other need, please contact the Student Accessibility Services (SAS) department about making these arrangements.

Accommodations related to housing must first be approved by SAS. Get more information at jcu.edu/accessibility.

If you would like to request an accommodation due to religious or other personal reasons, please contact the Office of Residence Life directly.