Housing Selection Process for Current Students

Selection Process

1. Start Your Application

   Housing & Community Life Portal

2. On- or Off-Campus Intent?

   We need to know where you are planning on living next year. You can select either an "On-Campus" or "Off-Campus" housing intent.

   If you are not eligible to live off-campus due to age or semesters lived on-campus, you will not have an option to choose “Off-Campus.”

   Note: If you are eligible to live off-campus and change your intent to "Off-Campus" after you have a confirmed housing placement, you will be charged a $150 cancellation fee. After June 1 the cancellation fee goes up to $300.

3. Choose Your Housing Selection Track

   After selecting “On-Campus,” choose from one of our four “Selection Tracks.” You can:

   • Choose to renew your room space and live in the exact same spot next year
   • Choose to select a room space and pick your own room
   • Opt for University Housing to assign you to a room
   • Select to be part of an RA group (this is only if an RA has requested you to live with them)

   Note: Students not in a Roommate Group (explained more in Step #4) will be automatically included for University Housing to place them.

4. Request Roommates

   There are two ways to search for/request roommates:

   Do you know who you want to live with? Search by their George Fox email address and invite each person you want to live with. They will each need to accept this request.

   Not sure who you want to live with? Search by different profile questions to find other students who match your lifestyle. They will need to accept your request in order to be paired together.

   Some important info to know about the roommate selection process:

   • Students are not required to select a roommate or be part of a roommate group. Those without a roommate will be placed by the office of university housing.
   • To search and find roommates, each student needs to have logged in and started a Housing Intent Form on the Housing & Community Life Portal. A student is not searchable until they have an active application.
   • After the Housing Intent Form due date passes, the office of university housing will assign room selection timeslots for each student. Students will be notified of their timeslot for room selection by email.
   • Even though each student will be assigned their own timeslot, the student in a Roommate Group with the earliest timeslot may assign all group members into their desired location. The person in the group who has the earliest timeslot will log into the Housing Intent Form to select a housing location for everyone in the group.
   • If a group needs to change roommates, they can go into the Housing Intent Form and remove the roommates they will no longer be living with. The new group will then be able to select their own housing.

5. Choose Your Housing Location During the Assigned Timeslot

   • Timeslots are assigned to students based on individual accumulated credits and semesters lived on-campus. Note: This process has changed from previous years. We are no longer assigning timeslots based on a roommate group’s average credits.
   • Timeslots will be emailed to students prior to housing selection week.
   • During an assigned timeslot, one person from a roommate group can go into the “Rooms” page in the Housing Intent Form on the Housing & Community Life Portal to reserve a room/beds for each group member in on-campus apartments, houses, suites, or residence halls.
   • Note: Group size does not need to match the location size in order to select that living location. For example, a group of three may select a location that fits four people. However, that spot will be available for another student to select.
   • If you do not have a group, you may still assign yourself to any available open spot once your timeslot opens.
   • Students who do not select a roommate or are not part of a Roommate Group will be placed by the office of university housing.

6. Choose a Meal Plan

   Students can select and change their meal plan on the Meal Plan Form through the Friday of the first week of each semester. For students selecting meal plans during the housing selection process, additional credits may be applied to the accumulative credit total after the completion of the spring semester (late May or early June). This may lead to additional meal plan option eligibility.

   After completing the Meal Plan Form, students can return to the form and change their meal plan through the Friday of the first week of each semester.

7. Confirmation

   • If you choose the “I want University Housing to Assign me a Placement” option in your application, we will assign individuals to open spots between April and July. The time frame can take a bit longer so that our office is able to find the best spot for you.
   • Check the “Application Status” page of the Housing Intent Form in the Housing & Community Life Portal to see if your room or off-campus status has been confirmed. If you would like to live in a different on-campus location (aside from your assigned location), in late June, room re-selection will be open, and any rooms still vacant will be open for you to select to move to.

   Please stop by the student life office in the Hadlock Student Center or email housing@georgefox.edu with any questions.