Room Types and building usage
- 2024–25 rates.
- Rooms configured for students with disabilities affecting their mobility (commonly referred to as ADA rooms) will be reserved for students who need those accommodations; students who do not need them will not be able to return to those rooms.
Preferences
- Students may apply for a mixed-gender room and select a room with a member of a different gender, as long as the roommates request one another, and the room selected has a private bathroom.
- Returning 9-month residents can pull in any matriculated UW student who doesn’t already live on campus.
- Returning 12-month residents can pull in any matriculated UW student who doesn’t already live on campus.
- Students who cancel because they are joining a fraternity or participating in sorority recruitment must cancel their own housing applications. HFS will not cancel applications for returning residents joining Greek Life. Cancellation charges will apply.
Room selection process
We will be in contact with you on April 19 regarding your room selection time. Room selection will occur the week of April 23.
You have priority for your current room
- We will assign you to your current room if you request it
- You will have the option of choosing a different room during room selection
- If you request and are assigned to your current room and have a mutual roommate request, we will try to assign you together.
Changes to your room selection
- You may search and select a room as many times as you like during your selection period.
- You can only change your own assignment, not the assignment of your mutually requested roommates.
If you're not finding a room
Pair and group assignments
A pair or group is yourself and one or more other students who apply to return, or new applicants who have been pulled in by you or your mutually requested roommate.
You may assign yourself and one or more other people as long as:
- The other person is not already assigned; and
- All group members enter the correct student ID numbers of all other members on their applications; and
- All group members are eligible to live in the area selected; and
- All preferences match those selected by all other group members.
Roommate requests must be made using student numbers, not names. Be sure to have the student numbers of all students you want to be assigned with before you submit your application.
Applicants who apply with two or more can assign their entire group of mutually requested roommates. The first group member to select online may assign everyone to an available room, cluster or apartment; however, they will not be able to designate which room within a cluster or apartment is assigned to each person.
If, after being assigned by a group member, you wish to adjust your individual assignment within a cluster or apartment, you'll have the opportunity to make that change by completing an online request.
Room selection tips
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To maximize your opportunity to assign yourself to your preferred room, plan to log in as soon as possible after your appointment time begins.
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If you and one or more residents have requested one another as roommates, you may assign all members together if they are not already assigned. Or your requested roommate may assign you if you are not already assigned.
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If your mutually requested roommate is not a current resident, you’ll have to assign them with you in your room, cluster or apartment. They will not be able to participate in room selection.
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You may change your room as many times as you like during your room selection period.
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If you do not select a room, HFS will assign you to one that matches your preferences as closely as possible.
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For the best chance of assigning yourself to one of your preferred rooms, log in to the room selection website as soon as you can after your appointment time begins.
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We cannot accommodate requests for earlier appointments based on schedule conflicts.
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Have a backup plan. If there isn’t space available in your preferred building, room, or apartment type, what are your other choices?
Next steps
- Assignment confirmations will be emailed after room selection ends. Please contact us if you have any questions.
- Keep checking your UW email throughout the summer for more information about Move-in. HFS will also send you a final assignment confirmation in mid-August.
Cancellation charges
If you decide to cancel your application and assignment, cancellation charges will be based on the date you submit your notice.