Housing application opens Sept. 1
Upper-division, returning students apply for 2016-17 University housing during September
4:07 p.m., Aug. 28, 2015--As announced in May, the housing application process for returning and upper-division students at the University of Delaware will change significantly beginning this fall.
Students who are at least second-year students and recent transfers with at least 30 credits as of Sept. 1 must apply for upper-division housing by Sept. 30 to be guaranteed housing for the 2016-17 academic year.
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September will be the only open enrollment period for upper-division students. Students may apply as an individual or may form a group of up to four students.
For students who have applied by Sept. 30, a randomly generated number will determine which students will be given the opportunity to select a room in March 2016. Similar to the past, these students will select rooms before students who will be applying for second-year housing.
Students not selected to receive a time slot for March will be placed on a guaranteed wait list. Placement on the guaranteed wait list ensures students a space on campus for 2016-17, but will postpone their opportunity to select a room until after the second-year housing group has selected.
“Students will be informed in early October if they will select a room during the initial room selection period in March, or if they have been placed on the guaranteed wait list,” said Kathleen Kerr, executive director of Residence Life and Housing. “Students on the guaranteed wait list will not be bound to the housing contract until April 1, 2016, providing time to weigh all options.”
The timing of the Upper-Division Open Enrollment period was chosen to align more closely with the off-campus market and allow students and their families more time to explore their options.
Second-year housing open enrollment
Students who are first-year students as of Sept. 1 will apply for housing during the Second-Year Housing Open Enrollment period, Feb. 1-29, 2016.
These same students can improve their priority for selecting a room, compared to other students in their class, by applying during the Second-Year Housing Early Bird period in October.
Second-year housing applicants who apply by Feb. 29, 2016, are guaranteed housing for 2016-17, and will be given a March room selection period time slot, which will be after Upper-Division Open Enrollment applicants who receive a time slot.
More about returning student applications
Any returning student who misses their designated open enrollment period will be invited to apply for housing beginning March 1, 2016, to be placed on a non-guaranteed wait list to be assigned a space if it becomes available.
The $200 housing prepayment will be refundable for returning students who cancel their housing application before Nov. 1, 2015. Students will not be financially bound to the housing contract until they either select a room, are assigned a space, or April 1, 2016, whichever comes first.
Complete information will be available on the Residence Life and Housing website.
Questions can be directed to Residence Life and Housing at 302-831-4663 or reslife-housing@udel.edu.