Frequently Asked Questions
Apartments and Suites
- I live in the Circle Apartments. Can my roommate and I swap rooms?
- Do apartments and suites require an application?
- How many apartments will be available to select?
- I live in a traditional hall that I know has an apartment in it. How can I live there?
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Block Selection
- What is Block Selection?
- Why was Block Selection created?
- How does Block Selection work?
- Why can't groups larger than six apply for Block Selection?
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Campus Life
- I don’t have a roommate for next year, and I don’t know who I want to live with. What can I do?
- How do I apply for a Learning Community or the First-Year Residential Experience?
- How are student room assignments made?
- Are the halls locked 24 hours-a-day?
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Housing Selection
- Where do I go to select housing?
- I’m not really sure how to use the housing system…how can I learn?
- Do I need a housing ID? What is it and how do I get one?
- I can’t see a homepage when I log onto HomerConnect. What’s going on?
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ID Access System
- How do I use the Card Access System?
- Will students have access to residence halls other than their own?
- What if someone tries to use their ID to gain access to a building where they do not reside?
- Do I need my ID card to access anything other than building exterior doors?
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In-Year Housing Changes
- How can I move to another room?
- How long does it take before my Wait List request is satisfied?
- My roommate just moved out and I have a friend I would like to move in. What options do I have to fill this space?
Learning Communities
- How do I apply for a Learning Community or the First-Year Residential Experience?
- Can transfer students live in the First-Year Residential Experience?
Off-Campus Housing
- Can incoming transfer students who are housing eligible apply for Off-Campus Housing?
- I am an incoming first-year student. Can I apply to live off-campus?
- I’m a rising senior and I want to live off-campus next year. What do I need to do?
- I’m not a rising senior, but I have been approved to move off-campus. Do I need to do anything?
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RA Selection
- When are applications to be an RA available?
- What if I don’t want to submit an RA application online?
- When are RA applications due?
- I’m a first-year student. Can I apply to be an RA?
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Residence Halls
- I live in the Circle Apartments. Can my roommate and I swap rooms?
- Where do most first-year students live?
- Am I required to find a roommate?
- If I find a roommate and we have different lottery numbers, what do I do?
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Residential Life Guide
- I bought an appliance from a website and it said that it was “college-approved.” Why am I being fined?
- I was fined for having room trash. What does that mean?
- I was fined for room trash, but I didn’t even know that it was a violation. Isn’t this unfair?
- I have left room trash in my room over a break before and I wasn’t fined. Why am I being fined now?
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Room Check Policies
- Will my room ever be entered and checked by college staff?
- Who does Residential Life send to make room checks?
- I was fined for a violation, but I didn't even know that it was a violation. Isn't that unfair?
- I got a notice that I was in violation, and I took care of it, but now I am still being fined. Why?
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Semester Standing and Priority
- Do summer classes, winter classes, study abroad, and semesters at another school count toward my total semesters? What if I am returning from a leave of absence or returning after being suspended?
- How can I tell how many semesters I have?
- My semester standing is wrong on HomerConnect. What do I do?
- Why does a group of rising seniors get priority over a mixed group of rising junior and seniors?
Specialty Housing Communities
- How do I apply for a Learning Community or the First-Year Residential Experience?
- Can transfer students live in the First-Year Residential Experience?
- I have special medical, psychological or learning need that requires special housing.
- What should I do if I have a special housing need?