Room Selection

Room Selection Timeline:

Deposit & Application Deadline – Tuesday, April 11

Requesting A Roommate feature goes live – Tuesday, April 11
(Must submit Housing Application to be eligible)

Priority Room Selection Day times announced – by Monday, April 17

Keep My Room Day – Tuesday, April 18

Medical Singles & Special Living Options Selection Day – Wednesday, April 19
(Global Scholar’s/Honor’s Housing Hall)

Priority Room Selection Day – Thursday, April 20

General Room Selection – Friday, April 21
(For Study Abroad students and students that missed Keep My Room Day or Priority Room Selection Day)

Definitions

Keep My Room Day

Room selection day for residents that would like to remain in their current room for the following academic year. Students will be able to select their room at any time during this process. In order to participate in Keep My Room Day, you must have enough occupants to fill the requested room by this selection day.

Example: If only one resident of a double room would like to keep the same room, you can pull another resident into the room and qualify for Keep My Room Day. 

*Freshmen that reside in a Linden freshman room, may not keep their same room.

Priority Room Selection Day

Room selection day for residents that would like to select another room on-campus for the following academic year. Based on the number of completed credits (does not include credits in progress during the Spring semester), each applicant will be assigned a specific time to log-in and select their room/roommate. Students will have the ability to view rooms prior to their selection time, but will not be able to choose a room until their assigned selection time.

Special Living Options

Students who would like to live in Honors Housing must be current participants in either the Honors program or Global Scholars(Metro). A list will be provided to Housing and Residence life and only those students will be allowed to select these rooms during the Room Selection Process.

Housing Modification Requests

Students with disabilities that require a specific type of housing assignment to ensure equal access to the housing program may request a housing accommodation by submitting the proper paperwork to the Disability Support Services Office, who will then make a recommendation to the Housing and Residence Life. Students that have applied, and been approved, for a Housing Accommodation will only have access to ADA Compliant Rooms and/or Medical Singles.

General Room Selection

This room selection period is for commuter students and students who did not submit their Housing Application and/or deposits by the established Room Selection deadline.

Administrative Assignments

Students that apply after General Room Selection ends will be assigned a room and roommate by the Housing and Residence Life.

Selecting a Room

Commuter Students 

Commuter students are only eligible to participate in Keep My Room Day or Priority Room Selection Day if they are selecting a room with a current resident. Both the commuter student and the resident student must meet the Spring Room Selection application and deposit deadline. Otherwise, commuter students will have to select their room during the General Room Selection period.

Study Abroad Students 

Students studying abroad are only eligible to participate in Keep My Room Day or Priority Room Selection Day if they are selecting a room with a current resident. Otherwise, study abroad students will have to select their room during the General Room Selection period.

First-Year & New Students

Room Selection is the process in the Spring semester by which current FDU students only (resident and commuter) apply for and select their residence hall rooms and roommates for the following academic year.

Housing Deposits:

A nonrefundable Residence Hall Deposit ($200) is required for first year and new students residents.

Note 1: All EOF students and Full Scholarship Athletes will have their Residence Hall Deposits ($200) waived by their respective office. If you are unsure of your status, please contact the office you are affiliated with directly to get confirmation.

Paying Your Deposit Online:

All deposit payments can be made directly at Touchnet.

Step 1 – Select “Deposit Payments Only”

Step 2 – From drop-down menu, select “H. Residence Hall Deposit Only”

Step 3 – Submit Payment

Please keep a copy of the receipt for your records.

*applications submitted without a Residence Hall Deposit may not be processed.