Students are eligible to participate in our lottery room selection if you have reached Step Two -  the "Form a Group of Two" page in the housing application. We require students to reach this page of the application to participate in the lottery, because they must complete all the required pages that are necessary to be successful in the room selection process. 

Eligible students will be emailed their lottery information the week of June 3. We anticipate these emails being sent towards the end of the week. In the meantime, if you have reached the Groups page, you are right where you should be!

Eligible students will be emailed their lottery information the week of June 3. We anticipate these emails being sent towards the end of the week. If you think you are eligible for the lottery and do not get a lottery email by Monday, June 10, please read out to [email protected] (make sure to include your E number!) so we can review your account.

Lottery emails are sent to the active email address and the personal email address that Housing and Residence Life has on file for you. These emails are not sent to anyone. You are responsible for checking your emails and making sure you complete your housing application. 

 Make sure to read through the “Create a Group of Two” section under the “Housing Application Basics” tab - you need to make sure you have successfully created a verified group! 

The Group Leader is responsible for assigning themselves and the other member of their group. We highly recommend that students talk with their group member about where they want to live in advance of the lottery and have backup options in case those areas are no longer available. 

If you are NOT the group leader, you will not be able to proceed with the application until your Group Leader makes your assignment. Please do not try, as this may cause errors!

After the Group Leader has made a housing assignment for both students, both students can pick their meal plan for the academic year and finalize and complete their applications. 

What we recommend is that Group Leaders let the other member of the group know when they have made the assignment! Message them, send a text, call, whatever is best! Just let your group member know so they know to log in and complete their application. 

ALL STUDENTS must finalize and complete their applications before Friday, June 21, at 5 pm. 

You will be given a lottery time to pick a space, but you will need to pay close attention to where and who is aleady in the space when making your assignment.

While you will still be able to participate in our lottery room selection, you will not have priority to select a space and will not have the ability to request a roommate at a later date. 

See the “Room Selection Steps” section for more details. 

On the ‘First-Year Room Selection’ page, select your building choice by clicking the green “Select This Location” button.

The next page will show you all of the available spaces in that particular area. You can further filter the building using the “room type filter” or “floor/building filter”.

Be very careful when selecting a room. Read the description of the room carefully and learn about who is already assigned into the space by clicking on “Show Room Info”. Read the profile of the student BEFORE selecting the room.

When you have picked the room you want, click the “Add to Cart” button on the room card. Then, scroll down and click “Save & Continue”. The next few pages will have you assign yourself (and a group member, if you have one) to the open bed spaces in the room. Once you reach the meal plan pages, know that you have successfully booked your spaces and continue working through the application process to finalize and confirm your selections.

Things to note:

If you don't see a particular building, area, or room type, that means it is SOLD OUT.

If you are looking to place yourself in an Learning Living/Theme Community, you must have selected that LLTC earlier in the application. If you did not select that particular LLTC on the application, you will not have access to the floor. You can always go back and update this as needed.

The system allows you 10 minutes to complete this process. If you run out of time, you are able to go back in and start over.

If the Group Leader or student cannot log in at the assigned lottery time, the process remains open from the assigned time until Friday, June 21 at 5 pm. Given this lengthy duration, we will not change assigned lottery times. 

You can log in anytime after your assigned lottery time to pick your space and complete the application.

ALL STUDENTS must finalize and complete their applications before Friday, June 21, at 5 pm. 

During room selection, housing staff hosts drop-in Zoom help sessions for those with active lottery times. Students who need help selecting a space should click on the link, which is only available within the housing application, for assistance. Access to the help session is limited to only those with active lottery times. There is usually a small wait time.

The following students should automatically enter the help session for assistance before trying to book a space:

(1)              Anyone with an approved housing accommodation from EMU’s DRC.

(2)            Anyone participating in our gender-inclusive housing program.

(3)            Anyone who needs an assignment into a CSP or TRIO-designated space.

Once a housing assignment is made, each student is responsible for working through the remaining pages of their housing application to finalize and complete it. 

Until students reach the “Assignment Summary” page, the application is not complete. 

The “Assignment Summary” page is the last page of the housing application and serves as your CONFIRMATION that you have completed the housing application. You will not get an email or any other notice.

First year students are eligible to reside in Walton, Putnam, Phelps, Sellers, Wise, and Downing. Double room options are available in all of these locations. First year students that require a single room for medical reasons must work with the Disability Resource Center as early as possible in order to be granted approval for this room type.                                                  

The majority of our first-year spaces are double room suites. A suite consists of two rooms, connected by a bathroom or other living space.

A double is a room that you will share with a roommate, and share common spaces like a bathroom, with another set of two students. This means that four students are assigned to each double suite - two students per room. Please see the residence hall options for floor plans and what comes in each space.

Wise Hall is the only residence hall that is a little different. All rooms in Wise are double rooms. Students do not have suite-mates in Wise due to the community bathroom. Students who select Wise will share the bedroom with another student, and share the community bathroom with the floor. Please see the Wise Hall page for floor plan information and what comes in the space.

If you are unable to find a roommate and form a group of two during the allotted time (Monday, April 1 through Sunday, June 2, at 11:55 pm), you will be contacted via email the week of June 3 regarding our room selection lottery.

While you will still be able to participate in our lottery room selection, you will not have priority to select a space and will not have the ability to request a roommate at a later date.

The first-year housing application reopens for late applications to start and finish the application process on Monday, July 8, at 10 am. Students who apply on July 8 and after cannot request roommates or form a group of two. 

The application will close for fall opening on Friday, August 9, at 5 pm. All applications should be submitted before this date and time.

Living in the TRIO, College Supports Porgram (CSP), Brotherhood, or Sisterhood Scholars communities require that you apply for those programs and be accepted into them in order to be assigned housing in those areas.

If you plan on being in any of these programs, Housing recommends that you apply and make your prepayment as soon as possible, and then communicate this to your program.

You should NOT reserve a space or create a roommate group. Please complete all pages of the application through the personal description. At that point, log out and let your program know that you have applied for housing. Housing will reach back out to you to complete the application once your program makes your assignment.

Student-athletes need to apply, make your prepayment and complete all pages of the application through the personal description. At that point, log out and let your coach know that you have applied for housing. You should NOT reserve a space, look for a roommate, or form a group of two.

Athletics makes your assignments over the summer, and then communicates this to housing. Once housing has been given an assignment for you, we'll let you know via email and provide further directions for completing your application.

All questions about student-athlete housing should be directed to your coach.