Frequently Asked Questions
Below are some commonly asked questions regarding room selection, priority numbers, pull-ins and other aspects of the room selection process. If you have a question that is not answered here, please call, email, or stop by the office.
General
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Refer to the
Quick Guide for more information on how to apply for housing.
Refer to our
off-campus housing page for more information
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tudents who no longer need on-campus housing must cancel their housing application. Housing applications can be cancelled from MyHousing prior to February 19th. After February 19th, students must submit a Withdrawal from Housing form online by March 5th in order to decline before receiving a selection number. The Withdrawal from Housing form must be submitted by May 1st for students to be removed from on-campus housing without being charged any fees. Please refer to the Housing License Agreement for more information on withdrawal dates and associated fees.
Students who miss the housing application will need to submit a Waitlist sign-up form.
We cannot guarantee availability of housing options or guarantee your first choice in housing. Forms with incomplete information will not be processed. It is important to note that students on the waitlist are NOT able to participate in the traditional online room selection.
Drop-In Hours are an opportunity for students to speak with a DCL staff member in person regarding the Housing Selection Process
Housing Selection Drop-In hours are no longer available as walk-in periods in the DCL main office due to social distancing. Please direct all questions about housing selection by email (
dcl@brandeis.edu) or phone (781-736-5060).
These info sessions are a time where students can learn more general information regarding the selection process and will be held in Skyline Commons
Thursday February 27th: 12:00pm -1:00pm
Tuesday March 3rd: 7:00pm-8:00pm
Wednesday March 11th: 3:00pm-4:00pm
Housing Selection Numbers
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Numbers are not transferable, nor do we reassign unused numbers. If a student whose number is used to secure a suite/apartment withdraws from housing for any reason before move-in, everyone in the suite/apartment will be withdrawn from housing.
Students currently enrolled in the TYP program can participate in room selection. They will be treated as rising sophomores and will receive a random number within the sophomore number block. TYP alumni will receive numbers within the rising junior/senior group
We strongly recommend that students create more than one plan for housing selection as it is difficult to predict which spaces will be available at certain times during the housing selection process. The
statistics page will be updated prior to the selection process so that students can see what housing types were chosen in past years.
Group Formation
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Toward the end of room selection, beds may be selected individually, regardless of their capacity. Students selecting these spaces will not be able to pull-in other students. Spaces in Village B and C House are fall semester only and reserved for students applying to study abroad in the spring semester.
Students may pull in other students within their class year, however students going through the study abroad process may not pull in other students not studying abroad and students who are going through the sophomore process may not pull in juniors and seniors. If sophomores wish to be pulled in by juniors or seniors, they must go through the sophomore process without picking a room and then be pulled in by the junior or senior selecting housing during the upperclass room selection process. Students wishing to live in Foster Mods may not pull in any non-senior student to live with them. Rising Sophomores MUST notify DCL via the Pull-In Request Form so that they can be transitioned over to the Rising Junior/Senior process by March 27, 2020.
No. Once you are pulled in, your number is considered used and you will not be able to select housing again or pull in other students.
No. One group cannot pull in another group. Suites in Rosenthal are composed of two groups of four. DCL cannot guarantee that two groups of friends will have the ability to select the same suite.
Housing Selection Process
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Students who are unable to select housing at room selection are automatically placed on the pending assignment list in lottery number order. Students who did not sign up for room selection but wish to live on-campus can add themselves to a separate waitlist for housing that we work with on a first-come, first-serve basis. Students who are in groups who are guaranteed housing and who end up on the pending assignment list should expect that they will receive an assignment and are expected to live in housing - if at any point prior to receiving an assignment you decide to not live on-campus, you should complete a Withdrawal from Housing form.
Yes, transfer students who live on-campus and off-campus can participate in room selection. Transfer students will be counted as rising juniors or seniors, depending on their class standing.
Study Abroad
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Students planning to study abroad for the Fall semester who want to live on campus in the Spring (or for the full year if their study abroad plans change) should apply for Housing Selection. These students will participate in a separate housing selection process. Housing for these students will be in Village and a limited number of suites in Ziv 130.
Students returning to campus in the spring have the opportunity to be pulled into a space by non-study abroad students with a vacancy at the end of the Fall semester. Community Living will entertain pull-in requests but also reserves the right to place any eligible student in need of housing in that space. Information is provided to students with a vacancy in late Fall prior to these spaces being assigned to students returning to campus in January.
Students approved to study abroad for the Spring semester and want to live on-campus must apply for Housing Selection and will participate in a separate housing selection process. Housing for these students will be in the Village and a limited number of suites in Ziv 130. Students who are studying abroad will need to live in study abroad designated rooms unless they are being pulled in by non-study abroad students. Students electing to be pulled in by another student in non-study abroad housing can do so by filling out the
Pull-In Request Form.
Students who are currently studying abroad must fill out the Housing Application and will participate in the Rising Junior/Senior Housing Selection Process or be pulled in by other students. These students may also designate a friend or DCL as their proxy if they are unsure of their internet connectivity by filling out the
Proxy Designation Form.
Students who apply to study abroad for Spring and then do not go abroad will have to change housing at the end of the fall semester. These students will receive priority for spring semester housing, but we cannot guarantee spring housing for students who remain on campus.
Students who apply to study abroad during the Fall semester but do not go abroad will receive priority for fall semester housing based on availability, but we cannot guarantee housing will be available.
Students should communicate with the Office for Study Abroad and Department of Community living if their study abroad plans change.