Important Housing Dates

• November 1: Spring-Only Application and Room Selection open on Housing Portal
  • New students will be able to sign their housing application and place themselves directly into an available double room
• January 1: Housing Cancellation Deadline
  • Students may cancel their housing assignment without financial penalty until this date
• January 12: Room Selection closes
• January 18: New Student Move in
• January 20: Spring Term classes begin
• January 26: Spring-Only Housing Application closes

• February 1: Summer Housing Application and Room Selection open
  • Students will be able to sign their housing application and place themselves directly into an available single-room
• May 1: Housing Cancellation Deadline
  • Students may cancel their housing assignment without financial penalty until this date
• July 8: Summer Housing Application and Room Selection close

• January 8: 
  • Applications for The Village open
  • Applications and room selection for Solenberger (Graduate apartments) open
• January 26: Deadline to Apply for The Village
• February 1: Housing agreement, roommate selection, and Medical Single Selection opens
  • Room Lottery Deposits are posted to students’ accounts 
  • Housing Exemption Application opens
• February 7: The Village application decisions will be emailed to applicants
• February 9: Current Graduate student single-room selection (and current seniors who submit proof of acceptance to their Graduate program)
• February 12: Current Junior/Senior single room selection (while rooms are available)
• February 13: Current Sophomore single room selection (if rooms are still available)
• February 14: Current First Year single room selection (if rooms are still available) 
• February 27: Deadline to sign housing agreement in order to receive a priority double room selection time
• March 1: Double room selection times go out
• March 4-8: Double room selection for students who met the housing agreement signature deadline
• March 11: Room selection opens to all returning students who missed the February 27 housing agreement signature deadline
• March 18: All rising sophomores (i.e. current First Year residents) without a room assignment or approved housing exemption will be assigned a room
• May 31: Juniors and Seniors Housing Cancellation Deadline
  • Juniors and Seniors may cancel their housing assignment without financial penalty until this date
  • First Year and Sophomores without a housing exemption are required to live in campus housing

*All single room selections are first-come, first-serve, with priority given to Graduate and Upperclass students. Limited single rooms are available. Medical singles are always available for those who qualify. Please email hphillip@su.edu to learn more about applying for a medical single

*Priority for Solenberger Hall is given to current graduate students. If you are a senior applying for graduate programs at Shenandoah you will not be eligible until you are accepted into your graduate program. Once you have been accepted, you will need to email Residence Life your letter and we will provide you access to the graduate housing application at that time.

• March 18:

  • New Student Application and roommate selection opens

  • Room selection opens for new students with graduate and transfer classification

• April 8: Tuition Deposit Deadline for any First-Year admitted student to select a room during Priority Housing First-Year Room Selection

• April 15: Priority Housing First Year Room Selection Opens (no room selection time slots will be assigned, all residence hall options will be available)

• June 9: Deadline to sign housing contract to receive a double room selection time during General Housing First Year Room Selection

• June 10: General Housing First Year Room Selection time slots will be sent out

• June 11: Priority Housing First Year Room Selection Ends

• June 12 – 28: General Housing First Year Room Selection opens

  • 1st phase of rooms released: June 12

  • 2nd phase of rooms released: June 14

  • 3rd phase of rooms released: June 18

  • 4th phase of rooms released: June 20

  • 5th phase of rooms released: June 24

  • 6th phase of rooms released: June 26

• June 28: Any student with a signed housing contract can select a room from what remains, regardless of whether they were assigned a room selection timeslot