How to Apply

• Decide whether to participate in room draw as an individual or with a group.
• Log in to My Housing for Undergraduates to complete and submit your application.
• My Housing for Undergraduates will generate a summary of your application.
• If your group status is not marked as "Completed" on your My Housing portal, you have not submitted your application properly.

My Housing for Undergraduates
 

Apply as a Group

• Your group may include from two to eight students, and gender may be mixed.
• Rooms and suites are gender-neutral.
• Students who apply in groups may draw singles (if available) but can also draw a suite.
• Your group may include Independents (juniors and seniors in the Independent and Spelman Hall Room Draws).
• A group leader will initiate your application.
• Each group member will receive an email asking for confirmation of his/her acceptance to membership in the group. Confirmation from all members is required to complete the application and generate a draw time. Only students with completed applications will be able to participate in room selection.
• If a member rejects membership in the group, the application will be invalid. A new application must be submitted before the deadline.

Apply as an Individual

• You apply alone.
• You may be an Independent (juniors and seniors only).
• Single room availability is not guaranteed at your room selection time. You may need to use the dropdown feature to add yourself to a group during room draw.

Apply as an Independent

• Your group may include from two to eight students, and gender may be mixed.
• Rooms and suites are gender-neutral.
• At least 50% of each room must be Independent.
• Juniors and seniors only. Independent students get an additional full point. 

Apply as a mixed class group in unaffiliated Upperclass and Independent Room Draws

• This is only available to juniors and seniors
• Your group may include up to four students of mixed class.
• At least one member of the older class in your group must reside in each room.
• If the upperclass limit is met before your draw (separate junior and senior limits), all student members' draw times in that group will become null and void. You will need to use one of your other draw times. It is not advisable to form a mixed class group.
• If the sole upperclassman in a room or suite cancels his/her contract before the first day of classes, the underclass members will be moved to a new room or suite.

Apply as a Mixed Class Group in the Spelman Hall Room Draw

• Your group may include four or eight students of mixed class.

How Your Application is Weighted

Your application for each draw is weighted with points based on your class year and whether you apply as an individual, an Independent or as a member of a group. A higher weight allows you an earlier room selection date and time. Applications with equal weights are randomly ordered by a computer program.

Individual applications

• All rising sophomore applications: 1 point
• Individual or group applications:
  • Rising juniors: 2 points
  • Rising seniors: 3 points
• Independent, individual or group applications for the Independent and Spelman Hall Room Draws:
  • Rising juniors: 4 points 
  • Rising seniors: 5 points

Group applications

A weighted average is calculated by adding the points for each member and dividing by the number of members in the group. Group members who apply to their current Residential College add 0.1 points for each year of residence in that college. Non independent students get 1 full point deducted from their individual weighted rating in the Spelman and Independent draws, where applicable.