Application Timeline: Fall | Winter | Spring, Summer

The Application Process for Entering Freshmen
University Housing welcomes all newly admitted students and extends an invitation to live in our community for the upcoming school year.

Incoming freshmen apply for housing online through an application that is available to admitted students who have paid their enrollment deposit request (EDR) or had it offically waived. Housing assignment priority is not based on deposit date.

Schedule
The Housing Information Office begins to contact students regarding applications for each term as follows:

Fall Term: Late March
Winter Term: Late October
Spring-Summer Terms: Late March

If you have not received an email within four weeks after mailing/submitting your EDR, please contact our office at (734) 763-3164. We will need to know your 8-digit U-M identification number.

Completing the Housing Application
Before completing the application, please read the View Freshman Application Details and the View Room Assignment Overview. These guidelines provide a clear outline of assignment procedures and options along with deadline dates.

• Submitting an application is not a contractual commitment.
• Students are not legally bound to a residence hall assignment until they sign a contract. You may also view a sample contract here.

Room Assignments and Changes
It is our goal to assign students to a room that meets all or as many of their stated preferences as possible. In some cases, however, we may not be able to accommodate student's stated choices because the requested room type or residential neighborhood is not available for a variety of reasons

Once an assignment has been offered, we do not make changes - even if the contract has not been submitted. If you turn down an assignment, we will not offer you another room until the start of the term, vacancies permitting. You will have the opportunity soon after moving in to sign up on residence hall waitlists if you wish to change rooms within your original hall or relocate to another hall.

University Housing does not make room assignments and will not consider student initiated room changes based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation*, or national origin.

*gender identity and gender expression

Application Information
Fall 2009

• March 18- Applications available (emails sent weekly thereafter as enrollment deposits are received).
• May 7 -Deadline to submit application for the first round of housing assignments. All housing applications received by 11:59pm EDT are assigned a random number to objectively determine the order in which housing assignments are made. Having an application in this round does not guarantee that you will receive your preferred room type or campus neighborhood. Applications after May 7 are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
• June 25 - August 20 - Residence hall contracts available. Assignments are not given over the phone. Contracts must be submitted within ten days from the contract sent date.
• First Week of August - Roommate notification, approximate room dimensions, and move-in information (including unloading permit and driving directions) available on line.
• August 31 - Entire fall term room and board payment due.

Residence Halls have a staggered move-in. Most newly admitted students will move in on September 2, 2009 or September 3, 2009. Contracts have the exact date. Returning students can return beginning 8:00am on September 4, 2009.

Winter 2010

• November3 - Applications available (emails sent weekly thereafter as enrollment deposits are received).
• November 22 - December - Residence hall contracts available. Assignments are not given over the phone. Contracts must be submitted within ten days from the contract sent date.
• January 6 - Entire winter term room and board payment due.

For more detailed information, please be sure to review the View Freshman Application Details.

Spring and Summer 2009

• March 18 - Applications available (emails sent weekly thereafter as enrollment deposits are received) .
• April 16 - June 15 - Residence hall contracts available. Assignments are not given over the phone. Contracts must be submitted within ten days from the contract sent date.
• April 30 - Entire spring term room and board payment due.
• June 30 - Entire summer term room and board payment due.