First-Year Housing Selection

What Are First-Year Housing Assignments?

First-year students are eligible to select Cluster Style, Suite Style, Traditional Style, 1 Bedroom Apartment Style, 2 Bedroom Apartment Style , 2 Bedroom/4 Person Apartment, 4 Bedroom/ 4 Person Apartment, and/or a Living-Learning Community.

For 2025-2026: students will be self-selecting their housing unit beginning on June 24th. First-year students applying by May 1st will receive priority selection time slots in the self-selection process (ie. the earlier you apply, the earlier you will be eligible to pick your housing unit). You will not be eligible to enter the Self-Selection process housing until you have registered for Orientation. Details on the self-selection process will be emailed to students throughout May and early June.

Although many students will be selecting their own units through the self-selection process, we still ask for all applicants to provide us housing style preferences in the event that a staff member needs to manually place you in a unit. Traditional Style is the default preference for all incoming freshmen that do not indicate a housing style preference.

First-Year Self Selection Show

Incoming Freshmen students participate in room selection. You may self-select a specific unit based on the building, floor, unit, bedroom, and roommates that you would like. Note: roommate requests must be mutual.

After applying for housing:

Phase one: Select who you would like to live with via My College Roomie.

Phase two: Select WHERE you would like to live, via the Housing Selection process in your myHousing portal.

The room Selection Process opens in June and will remain open until July 15^th. You will automatically be added to the Selection Process. After July 15^th, any eligible student who has not selected a room will be assigned by a Housing and Residence Life staff member.

How to Select Rooms During Room Selection

Living Learning Communities Show

Research shows that living in an academically focused community has a strong effect on student learning and achievement as students in LLCs connect more intentionally and naturally with peers, faculty members, and staff members. Grand Valley has a variety of living-learning communities in Allendale, each with different interest areas and themes. Visit the Living-Learning Communities page to learn more.

Special Accommodations Show

Any student requesting a specific housing assignment based on a medical condition must register with Student Accessibility Resources. Housing accommodations will be coordinated based on SAR Advisor recommendations, date of application, and space availability.

Roommate Group Information Show

Prior to Self Selection: Our roommate matching software is called My College Roomie. Please see the Knowledge Base article related to My College Roomie for information about roommate matching prior to the opening of the Self Selection Process.

A week before Self Selection starts: Students will no longer be able to add roommate requests through My College Roomie. For questions regarding last minute roommate requests, please send an email to housing@gvsu.edu and include the name(s) of the students involved in the roommate grouping.

During Self Selection: Students that are unable to secure the type of housing that they originally wanted due to the size of their roommate group, have the ability to break into smaller groups during Self Selection. For example, if you have a group of 4 but are not able to view your top choice of a 4 person style, you could break your group into two groups of 2 and view options available for 2 students.

When on the Room Selection screen, you will notice a tab called "Select Roommate". From there, you can remove roommate(s) from your individual selection by clicking the three dots on the left and clicking on the "Remove" icon. Since you will only see units that will be able to accommodate your roommate group, this will allow you to view the options available to smaller groups.

*Note: Suite Style can be assigned for a group of 4 and the student selecting for the roommate group will choose which students are placed in each room. A group of 4 will only be able to view fully open suites. If none are visible, consider breaking into two groups of 2.

How To View Your Housing Assignment Show

Roommate and room assignment information are subject to change. To access your most up to date room assignment & roommate contact information, follow the steps below:

Access Banner with your GVSU credentials supplied in your letter of admission.
Once logged in, select "Student" and then select "myHousing".
Your housing assignment and roommate information will be listed under "My Assignments" in your myHousing portal.

Contact myhousing@gvsu.edu for additional housing assignment questions or concerns.

Cancellation of Future Housing Contract Before Residency Show

If you no longer intend to live on campus for a future semester in which you have an active application, please go to your myHousing overview to cancel your application.

Login with your user ID and password.
Click on Apply / Cancel / Forms.
Click on Cancel Your (semester) Housing Application. Make sure that you click on the correct semester that you are canceling.
Fill out the few questions and submit.
You will receive a copy of your cancellation letter in the mail.

Cancellations for Fall and Spring/Summer semesters received prior to May 1 are eligible for a refund of the $150 housing deposit. Cancellations for the Winter semester received prior to November 1 are eligible for a refund of the $150 housing deposit.

The submission of the Cancel Form will cancel your housing application and contract for the semester selected. If you are seeking to make a CHANGE to a future housing assignment, do not submit a Cancel Form. Please see the room change request information.

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