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 as housing preferences on their Applications.
For 2024-2025: students will be self-selecting their housing unit beginning in June. First-year students applying by June 1 will receive priority selection time slots in the self-selection process (E 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 sent to students in April.
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. We highly recommend that you select at least three preferences. Traditional Style is the default preference for all incoming freshmen that do not indicate a housing style preference.
First-Year Self Selection
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. For Fall-Winter, Phase One begins in the mid-February. Phase Two, the selection of rooms, begins in June.
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 as housing preferences on their Applications.
The room Selection Process opens in June and will remain open until July 15th. You will automatically be added to the Selection Process. After July 15th, 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
How To View Your Housing Assignment
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
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.