Fall 2024-Spring 2025 Room Selection Guide

Students Must have a completed contract on file to be able to participate in room selection.

How to Complete Room Selection

  • UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!! 
    • This process will be posted in the Spring.

Private Room Lottery

Returning students who have submitted a Fall 24/Spring 25 contract by January 31st will be eligible to enter the Private Room Lottery.

  • An email will be sent to students who qualify which will include instructions on how to enter the lottery.
  • Students will be notified if they have received a Private Room and steps to select their room by email.
  • There are a limited number of spaces in the selected residence hall.

Special Interest Housing 

There will be two rounds of self-selection for Special interest Housing. The round you will take part in will be determined by the date you were approved to be part of the community. 

  • Round One: TBD
  • Round Two: TBD

Students will only be allowed to select a room on the floor of the Residence Hall the community has been assigned to. Only students who are approved to be in a community can live there. This includes requested roommates. Students no longer interested in being part of the Special Interest Housing community must complete a request to be removed from the community.  This allows them to select another space on campus if their preferred roommate is not approved for the community.

Returning Student Room Self-Selection Information 

The housing contract must be submitted and marked complete to participate in room selection. If you are a returning student who has moved off campus and is moving back on, you must pay the $150 deposit or be approved for a deferred deposit. Student's assigned room selection date is based on their contract completion date.

Tier I 

  • Qualification: Returning students who have submitted the housing contract and deposit by the end of the day on January 1
  • Room Selection Date: TBD

Tier II 

  • Qualification: Returning students who have submitted the housing contract and deposit between January 2 and March 1
  • Room Selection Date: TBD

Tier III 

  • Qualification: Returning students who have submitted the housing contract and deposit between March 2 and May 1
  • Room Selection Date: TBD

Tier IV

  • Qualification: Students eligible for self-selection who did not choose a room during their allotted time frame and all contracts and deposits received after May 1.
  • Residence Life Assigned Room Selections: TBD

 New Student Room Self-Selection Information 

The housing contract must be submitted, the $150 deposit must be paid, and/or deferred (added to the student bill to be paid later) to participate in room selection. 

  • Students' assigned room selection date is based on their contract completion date.
  • After this date, students submitting their contract and deposit will be assigned a room by Residence Life staff. 

Tier I 

  • Qualification: New students who have submitted the housing contract and deposit by the end of the day on January 1
  • Room Selection Date: TBD

Tier II 

  • Qualification: New students who have submitted the housing contract and deposit between January 2 and March 1
  • Room Selection Date: TBD

Tier III 

  • Qualification: New students who have submitted the housing contract and deposit between March 2 and May 1
  • Room Selection Date: TBD

Tier IV

  • Qualification: Students eligible for self-selection who did not choose a room during their allotted time frame and all contracts and deposits received after May 1.
  • Residence Life Assigned Room Selections: TBD

 Room Change Request after Selection/Assignment 

  • Room change requests: Room change requests will open after the room self-selection process has closed. Waitlist and room changes will end on August 1 so the Residence Life staff can focus on ensuring all students have been placed into a room assignment. Those not receiving a requested room change will move into the assignment they are in.
  • The room change requests will reopen during the 3rd week of classes.
  • Reminder: Room availability can change from hour to hour, there is no guarantee all requests will be filled.

Housing Contract Cancellation 

Returning students only canceling a 24/25 housing contract before the 24/25 room selection opens will not be charged a penalty fee. Returning students canceling their 24/25 housing contract after 24/25 room selection begins but before finals week (May 12-May 18) will be charged a $150 cancellation fee. Returner cancelations for the 24/25 contract after finals week will be assessed a cancelation fee based on the reason for cancellation up to $750.

New students only canceling a 24/25 housing contract are charged based on rates listed on the Contract for University Housing if canceling before moving on to campus. 

Thru May 1- $25 cancellation fee- $125 Deposit refund
May 2 - June 15- $50 cancellation fee- $100 Deposit refund
June 16- August 1- $100 cancellation fee- $50 Deposit refund
After August 1- Forfeit Deposit
Additional cancellation costs may be assessed based on the date of cancellation and the reason for the cancellation after move-in. If you have questions regarding room selection, don't hesitate to get in touch with the Office of Residence Life at residencelife@semo.edu.
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