Room Reservation Deposit and Housing Selection Process
Room Reservation Deposit
To participate in the Housing Lottery process, students must pay a $100 room reservation deposit. New residents will also be required to make a $200 damage deposit. The deadline to pay the deposit is Friday, April 12, 2024. This deposit reserves the student a space in the University’s residence halls. The deposit will be credited to the Fall 2024 housing bill.
Directions to complete the room reservation deposit:
- Log into Self-Service
- From the top menu, select the “Residence Life” tab
- Click “Room Reservation Deposit”
- Select “Click here to make a payment” and choose the payment option that corresponds to your eligibility ($100 for returning residents and $300 for new residents)
- Once submitted, a receipt of payment will be generated to your University of Mount Saint Vincent email
- The deadline to submit a room reservation deposit is Friday, April 12, 2024.
Room reservation deposits received after the deadline but before 4 PM on April 13 will result in the student being placed on the Wait List until a housing space becomes available. This process will be completed on a rolling basis by the Office of Housing and Residence Life.
Lottery Numbers
Each student who submits a room reservation deposit by 4 PM on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 will receive a lottery number. A computer randomly assigns this lottery number based on the student’s current class status as reported by the Registrar’s Office.
The order for selecting a housing assignment is determined first by the class year and then by the lottery number assigned to a student. Students will be given a time to report to the Housing Selection process based on their numbers and will select in order of the numbers. The lower the lottery number, the earlier the student will select a room within the assigned group.
- Class of 2025 will be considered “rising seniors”. (Students who have earned 90+ credit hours)
- Class of 2026 will be considered “rising juniors”. (Students who have earned 60-89 credit hours)
- Class of 2027 will be considered “rising sophomores”. (Students who have earned 24-59 credit hours)
Lottery numbers will be sent via your Mount Saint Vincent email on Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 by 4 PM.
Available Rooms
Rising Juniors and Seniors (60+ credit hours)
Rising Juniors and Seniors will be permitted to select rooms in Seton, Aquino, and Alumnae and Mastronardi Halls.
Rising Sophomores (24-59 credit hours)
Rising Sophomores will select rooms in Alumnae and Mastronardi Halls. Any remaining spaces in Seton and Aquino will be made available.
Selecting a Room with Roommates
A student and their preferred roommate will have two different lottery numbers. In order to choose each other as roommates, both must report to the Housing Selection at the time issued to the student with the lower lottery number, which will be the earlier time.
A student can only “pull in” a preferred roommate if the roommate has also received a lottery number to participate in the process. Both roommates must be present to select a room together. If this is not possible, the roommate present at the lottery must have a completed Proxy Form (see page 5) authorizing selection.
Each student wishing to choose a shared occupancy (double or triple space) must have a roommate preference at the time of selection. You will not be permitted to choose a shared occupancy room without the appropriate number of roommates to reside in the space. If you do not have a roommate preference, you will be placed into the next available open shared space.