Current Rutgers students re-apply for on-campus housing through an annual housing selection process that allows students to search and select a room or apartment online. During housing selection, students must first apply for a housing selection number. Completion of the initial housing selection application is required for participation in the process to select any housing space on-campus. Obtaining the housing selection number is not binding until you select your space.

This year’s housing selection application deadline is April 19, 2021.

Who May Participate

• Full-time, matriculated students currently attending classes on the New Brunswick campus (living on or off campus)
• Students currently in a Rutgers sponsored study abroad program

How to Obtain a Housing Selection Number

1. All eligible students who wish to live on-campus are required to apply for a housing selection number between Thursday, April 1 through Monday, April 19, 2021.
2. All applicants will receive notification of their housing selection number via email on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.
   
3. Once you receive a housing selection number, please be sure to review the housing selection options to know when to participate in each process:

Types of housing

• Apartments: Groups of two or four interested in a two-single or two-double bedroom (respectively) apartment should review the application procedures and apply by the deadline. Groups of three interested in three-single bedroom apartments in the Livingston & Sojourner Truth Apartments also apply in this process.
• Suites: Groups of six students interested in a Crosby, Judson, Morrow, Thomas, or Winkler Suite on the Busch Campus should review the application procedures and apply by the deadline.
• Doubles: Individual students or a group of two interested in living in an upper-class residence hall on the College Avenue or Livingston Campus should review the application procedures and apply by the deadline.

Special Housing Timelines

You may be a part of a special housing program which is coordinated along with another academic department. Below are some of the other special housing timelines that students may be apart of.

Seniority Explanation

A seniority/reverse seniority system is used within the housing selection process. Each student will receive points based on their class year. Class year will be determined by what is listed via your school affiliation on April 19, 2021.

1. Eligibility order will be determined first by the total number of points the group has, then the lowest housing selection number within the group.
2. The more total points a group has, the higher they will be on the eligibility list.
3. The point system is reversed for doubles and suites, making that process “reverse seniority.”
4. Single rooms will use total earned credits to determine eligibility, rather than class year.

• Residence Life guarantees housing to all rising sophomores.
• The Sojourner Truth and Livingston Apartments application will only be available to senior and junior class years.
• Pharmacy students should subtract two years from the class year, since they are in a six-year program. This will ensure pharmacy students have the proper points. For example, 2024 pharmacy students will actually be counted as having a 2022 class year.

Sign Up for a Housing Option

1. Each housing option process has specific eligibility requirements and deadlines to apply.
2. Complete and submit the required application according to the instructions for the particular housing you prefer.
3. All students in a group will be required to complete an application for each housing option and indicate their requested roommates’ RUID numbers and full names.
4. Once you commit to a space through a housing selection process, you are bound to your housing agreement and cannot participate in any other selection process. Take this into serious consideration before committing as your housing agreement cannot be cancelled unless you are withdrawing from the university.

Notification of Eligibility

1. Once students sign up for a housing option, groups will be notified of their eligibility status on the day specified within the housing selection calendar.
2. If the group is eligible to choose a room during the process, the website will indicate the specific date and time they may log in and choose a room.

Select a Space Online

If deemed eligible to select a space online, one person in the group (or yourself, if in a single) will be required to log into the application website and select a space for the group.

Please note: Only one member of the group is required to log into the system and select a space. All roommates within the group will receive a confirmation email once a space has been selected.