1. Complete HouseCat application.
2. Make sure that you are not listed as a member of any roommate group of any size.
3. Receive room selection start time.
4. During designated selection time, select your housing from available options on the HouseCat portal.

Note: Housing selection is binding. Once you have confirmed your selection on the HouseCat portal, you will not be able to change your housing.

To watch a video showing you how to choose a single room, click here.

If an intended roommate has completed their application, the group leader can add them to the application.

If an intended roommate has not yet completed their application, that group member can add themselves to the group after they complete their application. Or, the intended roommates can add themselves to the group when they create their application. The group leader must share the group name and password to enter the group with their intended roommates so that they will be able to add themselves.

As new members join, group leaders need to continually verify the group to be certain that membership is correct. If a group is not verified, the group leader will not be able to select housing during the room selection process.

After all groups are verified and the application window closes, groups will receive their room selection time slot. Time slots will be generated by averaging the individual time slots of the group members.

During their designated room selection time, the group leader (with consultation from group members) will select the group’s housing from available options on the HouseCat portal. It is the group leader’s responsibility to select housing for the group. If a group needs to change their group leader, they may do so in the same location where they manage group membership (HouseCat step 6). Groups will only be able to select housing in spaces where their group size exactly matches the number of beds available.

To watch a video showing you how choose a suite or triple room, click here.

Your group is not required to select housing during your time slot. If you do not want to live in any of the available spaces, do not select a space. You can disband your group and select an alternate type of housing during another process.

If there are no spaces left for a group of your size, you are able to disband your group, re-form, andjoin another future process. This must be managed via the roommate group area of the HouseCat Portal (step 6) and include all necessary steps from adding members to verification.

To watch a video showing you how to manage and reform the roommate group, click here.

We want to provide each group with as much time to select their housing as possible. The time slot you are given is your START time. You can take as much time as you want, but please be advised groups will continue picking. Once you click into a room, you will have two minutes to confirm beds.