On-Campus Housing

Questions About Hall Assignments

How do you make residence hall assignments?
You will be assigned to a residence hall based on the date and timestamp the Office of Housing Administration receives and processes your License Agreement documents and initial $800 payment. In order for the OHA to make your housing assignment, you must provide us with your living preferences for room, hall and meal plan by completing your online License Agreement in the SDSU WebPortal. The hall assignment process is on a first-come, first-served basis.  This process is also based on the number of available spaces and the date timestamp the OHA received and processed your License Agreement documents.

When do I receive my hall assignment?
Your specific hall assignment will be made available to you around the beginning of August for the academic year and around the beginning of January for the spring semester in the SDSU WebPortal.

How do you make roommate assignments?
If you do not designate a roommate, the computer will match you with someone based on the information you provide in your Living Choices. You will meet your roommate during move-in. (We will notify you of the name and phone number of your assigned roommate if the roommate agreed to release that information.) While we match roommates by similar, self-reported characteristics, it is the responsibility of roommates to achieve an acceptable living relationship through communication and negotiation.

Do I get to pick the hall and roommate that I want?
You can indicate your hall and roommate preferences by completing your online License Agreement in the SDSU WebPortal. There is no guarantee that we will be able to accommodate your request since spaces are assigned based on your the date your License Agreement and initial payment are received and processed. That is why we urge students to indicate several hall choices. If you have a specific roommate request, both students must indicate each other as their roommate preference--you will not be assigned together if only one student mentions the other.

What if I want to move to a hall other than the one to which I am assigned?
We may offer the opportunity to sign up for hall switchduring the fall semester, depending upon space availability. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to accommodate your request.

What if I change my mind about my hall choice, living community, roommate preference or meal plan after I've completed my online License Agreement?
Part of the online License Agreement process requires students to complete their Living Choices form. Changes to your Living Choices will be allowed at any time prior to the May 19, 2008 License Agreement deadline. After the May 19th deadline, you may still change your selections but your request for change must be submitted in writing. To change your meal plan after May 19th, follow the meal plan change date schedule in the License Agreement.

May I contract for the fall only?
No. There are two contracting periods: academic year and spring semester only.