Timeline for Room Selection and Retention

Fall 2024-Spring 2025 Important Dates

Please note that all dates are tentative at this time and may be subject to change.

First-Year Freshmen

Date

Time (All Times Eastern Standard Time)

Event

What This Means

11/1/2023

10:00 AM

Housing Application and LLC/TC Application Launch

First-Year Students: First-year students may submit the GDPR/FERPA consent form, create a housing profile, complete the application and fee, and create a roommate group.

 

First-year students may apply to join an LLC or TC for the upcoming academic year. If a student is accepted into an LLC or TC, this student will be able to log back into the Housing Portal in order to select an LLC or TC space during the appropriate room selection period.

2/26/2024

3:00 PM

FYF LLC/TC Room Changes and Room Swaps Begins

For the 2024-2025 school year, all LLC/TC assignments will be done manually by the Housing Team. Students (for the Fall 24/Spring 25 Academic year) who completed the LLC/TC application and have been approved by the LLC/TC advisor will be able to log into the Housing Portal on this date and perform a room change within their LLC/TC.

If an approved, first-year LLC/TC applicant denies their LLC/TC after assignment, they will be moved into an open space in one of our halls and will then be allowed to perform a room change beginning June 4, 2024.

5/1/2024

11:59 PM

Priority Deadline for FYF general room selection

First Year Freshmen students (for the Fall 24/Spring 25 Academic year) who would like to participate in Priority General Room Selection must complete the housing application by 11:59 p.m. Applications completed after the deadline will have to wait until non-priority room selection opens on June 4.

5/10/2024

9:00 AM

LLC/TC Application closes

 

5/20/2024

10:00 AM

Priority General Room Selection Period for First Year Freshmen Students Begins

First Year Freshmen students (for the Fall 24/Spring 25 Academic year) who completed the application by the priority deadline will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2024-2025 term. Students in eligible roommate groups will be able to pull their preferred roommates into their unit.

5/24/2024

9:00 AM.

Final Day to Cancel Living-Learning or Themed Community Application

First-Year Freshman and Upperlevel students who are approved and assigned into an LLC/TC space will be able to cancel their LLC/TC application and move into a non-LLC/TC space on campus until May 24, 2024 at 9:00 AM. After that date, all LLC/TC placements are final for the Fall 2024-Spring 2025 term.

5/31/2023

3:00 PM

Priority General Room Selection Period for First Year Freshmen Students Ends

First Year Freshmen students (for the Fall 24/Spring 25 Academic year) who completed the application by the priority deadline will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2024-2025 term until 3:00 p.m. Students who do not assign themselves before the deadline will be added to Non-Priority General Room Selection for picking a bedspace.

6/4/2024

10:00 AM

Non-Priority General Room Selection Period for First Year Freshmen Students Begins

First Year Freshmen students (for the Fall 24/Spring 25 Academic year) who completed the application will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2024-2025 term. Students in eligible roommate groups will be able to pull their preferred roommates into their unit.

6/4/2024

10:00 AM

Room changes for ALL students (including LLC students who decline LLC after assignment) opens

All students who have previously selected a room, but now are interested in select a different bedspace for the 2024-2025 term, will be able to log into the Housing Portal and go through the Room Change process to see what spaces are available and re-assign themselves. Roommate groups are not able to be pulled into room changes.

6/30/2024

3:00 PM

General Room Selection and Room Changes for All Students Ends

All students (for the Fall 24/Spring 25 Academic year) who completed the application will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2024-2025 term until 3:00 p.m. Students who do not assign themselves before the deadline will be manually assigned a bedspace based on availability as it becomes available.

Returners/Transfers

Upper-level students are defined as sophomores or above for the Fall 2024 semester. 

Date

Time (All Times Eastern Standard Time)

Event

What This Means

11/1/2023

10:00 AM

Housing Application and LLC/TC Application Launch

Returning Residents: Students currently living on campus who wish to live on campus again next year. Students will also have an option to request they retain the bedspace in which they are currently assigned.

 

Returning students may apply to join an LLC or TC for the upcoming academic year. If a student is accepted into an LLC or TC, this student will be able to log back into the Housing Portal in order to select an LLC or TC space during the appropriate room selection period.

1/31/2024

3:00 PM

Priority Deadline for Room Retention for Returning Residents

Approved residents who would like to retain their current room assignments must select the Retention Request option and have a completed application by the Priority Deadline. Retention requests after this time will not be considered.

Approved residents who have successfully retained their current spaces will need to participate in room selection.

Room retention requests are not guaranteed approval, as these are based on room availability. You will receive an email by the end of the Room Retention period if your room is unavailable for retention.

2/5/2024

10:00 AM

Room Retention Selection Period for Returning Residents Begins

Residents who would like to retain their current room assignments and are in an eligible unit will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2024-2025 term.

2/8/2024

1:00 PM

Room Retention Selection Period for Returning Residents Ends

Residents who would like to retain their current room assignments and are in an eligible unit will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2024-2025 term until 2:00 p.m. Students who do not assign themselves before the priority deadline will be added to Priority General Room Selection for picking a bedspace.

2/15/2024

1:00 PM

Priority deadline for general room selection returners/ current residents only

Non-First Year Freshmen students (for the Fall 24/Spring 25 Academic year) who would like to participate in Priority General Room Selection must complete the housing application by 1:00 p.m. Applications completed after the deadline will have to wait until non-priority room selection opens on March 17.

2/21/2024

10:00 AM

Priority General Room Selection for Returners Begins

Non-First Year Freshmen students (for the Fall 24/Spring 25 Academic year) who completed the application by the priority deadline will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2024-2025 term. Students in eligible roommate groups will be able to pull their preferred roommates into their unit.

2/24/2024

3:00 PM

Priority General Room Selection for Returners Ends

Non-First Year Freshmen students (for the Fall 24/Spring 25 Academic year) who completed the application by the priority deadline will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2024-2025 term until 3:00 p.m. Students who do not assign themselves before the deadline will be added to Non-Priority General Room Selection for picking a bedspace.

2/26/2024

3:00 PM

Upper Level LLC/TC Room Changes and Room Swaps Begins

For the 2024-2025 school year, all LLC/TC assignments will be done manually by the Housing Team. Students (for the Fall 24/Spring 25 Academic year) who completed the LLC/TC application and have been approved by the LLC/TC advisor will be able to log into the Housing Portal on this date and perform a room change within their LLC/TC.

If an approved, upper-level LLC/TC applicant denies their LLC/TC after assignment, they will be moved into an open space in one of our halls and will then be allowed to perform a room change beginning March 20, 2024.

3/12/2024

9:00 AM

Application deadline for Upper Level LLC's

Students who would like to participate in a Living Learning or Themed Community must complete the LLC/TC application by 9:00 a.m. This application will close after the deadline.

3/20/2024

9:00 AM

Room Selection reopens for all returners & upper level transfers Only

Every upper-level student who will have access to General Room selection will receive an email to their UofL email address with a specific timeslot to select one week prior to selection reopening. 

Room selection for upper-level students will be open to all without need for timeslots at 10am on Friday, March 22nd. 

3/20/2024

3:00 PM

Returner general Room Changes and Room Swaps Begins

Upper-level students who have previously selected a room, but now are interested in select a different bedspace for the 2024-2025 term, will be able to log into the Housing Portal and go through the Room Change process to see what spaces are available and re-assign themselves. Roommate groups are not able to be pulled into room changes.

Room Swaps will open at 3pm and remain open until June 30th.

Room Changes will open at 5pm and remain open until June 30th. 

5/10/2024

9:00 AM

First-Year Freshman LLC/TC Application closes

 

5/24/2024

9:00 AM.

Final Day to Cancel Living-Learning or Themed Community Application

First-Year Freshman and Upperlevel students who are approved and assigned into an LLC/TC space will be able to cancel their LLC/TC application and move into a non-LLC/TC space on campus until May 24, 2024 at 9:00 AM. After that date, all LLC/TC placements are final for the Fall 2024-Spring 2025 term.

6/4/2024

10:00 AM

Room changes for ALL students (including LLC students who decline LLC after assignment) opens

All students who have previously selected a room, but now are interested in select a different bedspace for the 2024-2025 term, will be able to log into the Housing Portal and go through the Room Change process to see what spaces are available and re-assign themselves. Roommate groups are not able to be pulled into room changes.

6/30/2024

3:00 PM

General Room Selection and Room Changes for All Students Ends

All students (for the Fall 24/Spring 25 Academic year) who completed the application will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2024-2025 term until 3:00 p.m. Students who do not assign themselves before the deadline will be manually assigned a bedspace based on availability as it becomes available.