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Room Selection
To participate in the following options, you must electronically agree to the Terms and Conditions of the Residence Hall and Dining Agreement and self select your room online. Remember, there is a two-year residency requirement for students who entered as freshmen on or before 2010-2011 and a three-year residency requirement for students who entered as freshmen on or after 2011-2012.
Please visit the Tutorials/Help tab for links to online video tutorials and other helpful information.
Theme Block Housing
Theme Housing Roster
Due Wednesday, March 28, 2012 by 5:00 p.m. to Benson 101
Online Selection Date:
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
If you are interested in living in a Theme house, you must provide your name and University ID # to the Theme Program Assistant (TPA). Theme housing is considered regular campus housing and therefore subject to all regulations and guidelines as outlined in the Guide to Community Living, your online Residence Hall and Dining Agreement and other housing publications.
Some themes may have additional requirements. Please contact the Theme Program Assistant if you are interested in Theme housing assignments.
By providing your name and University ID # and self selecting your room online to live within a Theme block, you are agreeing to live within that Theme block for the entire academic year. Students choosing to live in Theme block housing do not have the option of moving to other campus locations during the academic year.
Some themes are co-educational. Please contact the TPA about the possibility of shared bathroom facilities.
Current themes are not guaranteed acceptance for the following academic year. Listed below are the 2011-2012 themes:
- B.R.O. House (“Brothers Reaching Out”), 1210 Polo Rd
- Wake Radio House, 1109 Polo Rd
- H.O.P.E. House (Helping Our People Excel), 1157 Polo Rd
- ARTnow House, 1145 Polo Rd
- T.R.E.E. House (“Tolerance Respect Education & Environment”), Huffman Basement
- Anthony Aston Players House, 109-111 Rosedale Circle
- Crew House, 1115 Polo Rd
- Sustainability House, 1141 Polo Rd
- Ice Hockey, Martin Suite
Substance-Free Housing
Online Selection Date:
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
If you are interested in living in Substance-Free Housing, you must provide your name and University ID# to the Coordinator of Assignments via email at eaneska@wfu.edu no later than Wednesday, March 21, 2012 by 5:00 p.m. Please identify the email subject as “Substance-Free Housing Request”.
You will receive a confirmation email by Friday, March 23, 2012 by 5:00 p.m. with your new log on time based on priority number within the group for the Substance-Free Selection Day.
By providing your name and University ID# and self selecting your room online to live within Substance-Free Housing, you are agreeing to live there for the entire academic year. You will not have the option of moving to other campus locations during the academic year.
When selecting your room in the Substance-Free Housing Block, you will be required to sign an electronic contract agreeing to the Substance-Free Terms & Conditions.
The Substance-Free Housing Block will be co-educational but will be provided with single gender baths and will be located in Huffman Hall.
RA Room Selection
Online Selection Date:
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
If you are going to be an RA for fall 2012 you will participate in the online process.
By choosing to live in RA housing, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions established by your RA contract, Guide to Community Living and online housing agreement.
Log in at your scheduled date and time and self assign yourself to the room offered to you in your RA contract.
To participate in the following options, you must electronically agree to the Terms and Conditions of the Residence Hall and Dining Agreement and self select your room online.
Greek Block Housing
Greek Housing Roster
Due Friday, March 2, 2012 by 5:00 p.m. to Benson 101 (attention Kristy Eanes)
Online Selection Date:
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
All Greek members interested in living in their organization’s official housing block must:
Provide your name and University ID# to the person in your organization that is responsible for coordinating Greek block housing.
By choosing to live within a Greek Block, you are agreeing to live within that Greek Block for the entire academic year. Students choosing to live in Greek Block Housing do not have the option of moving to other campus locations during the academic year.
If Greek organizations are unable to fill all assignments within their official housing block, Residence Life and Housing will follow the procedures in the Leased Lounge / Housing Block Allocation Policies and Procedures to attempt to fill the space. Presidents of Greek organizations are given copies of this policy along with their Greek Block housing roster. Only members who are resident students are allowed to live within the Greek Block. Non-resident students are not allowed to live within the block.
Homesteading
Online Selection Date:
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Homesteading it the process of choosing to remain in your current (Spring 2012) room assignment.
Homesteading is not an option for the following locations: Greek and Theme Housing blocks, Block housing, Polo Road Houses, Polo Hall, North Campus Apartments, freshman spaces, staff rooms or any space that may need to be changed for gender accommodations.
Homesteading in Student Apartments is restricted to those students who currently have six semesters (excluding summer school) in campus housing.
Roommates should try to resolve who will be allowed to Homestead should they decide not to remain together. If asked to make that decision, Residence Life and Housing will decide in favor of the highest priority number.
General Room Selection
Apartments, Independent blocks, Single, and Double Rooms
Online Selection Dates:
Monday, April 16, 5:00-11:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 17, 5:00-11:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 18, 5:00-11:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 19, 5:00-11:00 p.m.
Selection of blocks, apartments, single, and double rooms will be made in descending priority number order. The highest lottery number within each group will represent that group. Rooms/apartments will not be reduced in size.
Individual assignments within rooms and apartments are determined by the room/apartment members and assigned by the student with the highest priority number selecting the room/apartment. All assignments are final. (No one will be allowed to change rooms prior to the room thaw process in the fall.) Illegal room changes may result in a fine, return to the original assignment and loss of opportunity to move during the room thaw process.
If you choose to live in multiple occupancy rooms/apartments, you must sign up as a group and fill all beds within the room/apartment at the time of online selection.
Members of the room/apartment will have the first opportunity to fill vacancies that may occur during the year by pulling in a roommate of choice. Single vacancies in blocks will be offered to the block members in priority number order prior to going outside of the block to fill, if a written request is make within 24 hours of the vacancy occurring.
You must have all roommate’s pull-in pin and password to secure an apartment, independent block or double room.
Pre-plan with your roommate(s) where you would like to live. Visit or chat with the students who currently live in those rooms. Review the Guide to Community Living for information about the different buildings around campus.
Have a back-up plan should your first choice (or second or third) not be available when it is your time to choose your room. The available room search feature will be deactivated at 4 p.m. on general room selection dates (April 16-19).
Study Abroad (STAB)
If you are studying abroad for the fall 2012 semester and you desire campus housing for the spring 2012 semester, you must log on and choose any study abroad bed and agree to the Residence Hall and Dining Agreement.
If you are studying abroad (or planning to study abroad) for the fall 2011 semester and you desire campus housing for the spring 2013 semester, you are required to electronically self select a “Study Abroad room” and a “Study Abroad dining plan” at this time.
In Mid-December 2012, you will then be required to electronically self select your actual spring 2013 room and dining membership. Detailed information on this process will be available in October 2012.
By electronically signing this Residence Hall and Dining Agreement and selecting a “Study Abroad room” and “Study Abroad dining plan”, you will be financially obligated for spring semester room rent and dining services charges.
Failure to choose a “Study Abroad room” and a “Study Abroad dining plan” during the Room and Dining Selection process will result in your status being changed from resident to non-resident and loss of your guarantee to campus housing, including the opportunity to live in Greek Blocks.
Yet-To-Be-Assigned Housing (YTBA)
If you were unable to choose a room during the General Room Selection process or perhaps had no luck matching up with a roommate, it is now time to select your housing and meal plan through the Gateway to the Student Web Self-Assign YTBA process.
The YTBA Self Selection process is available beginning Tuesday, July 10 at 9:00 a.m. through Thursday, July 12 at 5:00 p.m.
YTBA assignments are selected online in priority number order.
Due to the two year residency requirement, rising sophomores must select a room and meal plan during this process. If not selected by Thursday, July 12 at 11:00 p.m., you will automatically be assigned to an available bed and a freshman minimum meal plan.
Rising Juniors and Seniors are not required to live on campus. If you have not selected housing by Thursday, July 12 at 11:00 p.m., you will loose your four year housing guarantee and your status will be changed to non-resident student. You must register your off campus address by going through the Off Campus Housing Application Process.
The YTBA form is available to you. Follow the instructions on the form, noting specific dates and deadlines.
If you have any questions or concerns contact Residence Life & Housing at housing@wfu.edu.