Room Selection (Current Residents)

All returning students who apply before the priority deadline participate in room selection. Second-year students are required to live on-campus with an all-access meal plan. Junior/Senior students are not required to live on-campus but may apply for on-campus housing. Junior/Senior students are not required to have a meal plan. Please be aware that we are unable to guarantee housing for all Junior/Senior students. 

Students must complete the Housing Application and submit their $80 Administrative Fee by noon on February 27, 2026. In March, students will receive their randomly generated lottery number, which will correspond to a specific selection date and time. If you are part of a Roommate Group, contact your roommates to determine who has the earliest selection time. If you have the earliest selection time for your group, please immediately set a reminder for yourself to complete room selection at your allotted time.

At your selection date and time, you will go to the Residence Life Portal and select a room. If you are in a Roommate Group, the individual with the earliest selection time will pick the room for the group. Junior/Senior students in a roommate group with second-year students will pick for their group. 

Please be aware that some halls and room types may fill faster than others during Room Selection, so you will want to have a backup plan in case your top choice(s) have filled. Second-year students in a roommate group with Junior/Senior students should make a back-up plan should all Junior/Senior spaces fill during Junior/Senior selection. You will need to reform your roommate group with just second-year students and select during second-year room selection. 

The online tutorials below will take you through a step-by-step process of room selection.

We highly encourage students to utilize the available resources to learn more about the housing application and room selection processes.

Informational Tabling:

• Damen Student Center
  • February 10, 9am-11am
  • February 26, 1pm-3pm

Online Tutorials and Guides:

• Housing Application Steps
• Upperclass Spaces Guide
  • Includes information on room types, bathrooms, laundry locations, and more!
• Reapp-Accessibility Guide
  • Contains accessibility-related information for upperclass halls. Students with SAC-approved accommodations may find this guide helpful when picking a space. 

In order to participate in Room Selection, you must submit your Application and $80 Administrative Fee by February 27, 2026 at 12PM (noon). 

The application/contract will be available on the Residence Life Portal beginning on February 9, 2026. Read the application and contract carefully and be sure to complete all steps. Make sure to also submit your Administrative Fee, which you can submit via the link in the Residence Life Portal. 

In order to participate in Room Selection, you must submit your Application and $80 Administrative Fee by noon on February 27. 

The Administrative Fee must be submitted through the link provided on the Residence Life Portal. Your Application must be submitted before the Administrative Fee. If you do not submit an Administrative Fee or submit an Administrative Fee without completing an application, your application will be incomplete, and you will not be eligible for Room Selection.

• Do NOT use the tuition lockbox to submit your Administrative Fee. 
• Students must sign-in to the Residence Life Portal to access the Administrative Fee link.

You will have a wide variety of on-campus housing options to select from. Please review the options below!

• Baumhart*
• Bellarmine
• Canisius
• Fairfield
• Fordham
• Georgetown
• Le Moyne
• Marquette
• Marquette South
• Messina
• Regis
• Santa Clara
• Seattle
• Spring Hill
• St. Louis
• Xavier

*Baumhart 2-bedroom & 3-bedroom triple apartments have different configurations and pricing depending on which bed space you select. Please review Baumhart Hall’s page to best understand these room configurations before selection. Second-year students living in Baumhart Hall are not required to have a meal plan. Students will be provided with more information about changing their meal plan in mid-July. 

At your selection date and time, you will be able to pick from all spaces that are remaining. No new rooms are released during the selection process. Quints and Lake Shore Campus quads can only be selected by groups of 5 and 4 respectively, as they are limited. 

All First and Second-year students are required to live on campus and maintain an All-Access Meal Plan per the Residency Requirement. Second-year students who do not select a room during Room Selection will be administratively assigned to an on-campus space after room selection on a rolling basis. Second-year students may live with Junior/Senior students. As second-year students are required to live on campus, housing is guaranteed for second-year students. 

If you wish to request an exemption from the Residency Requirement, you will need to submit a Housing Exemption Form no later than noon on February 20, 2026 to receive a decision prior to February 27. If you do not receive approval for an exemption, you will be administratively assigned to an on-campus space and will be responsible for all housing/meal plan charges.

Junior and Senior students may live on campus should they choose to complete a housing application. Juniors and Seniors may live with Second-year students. Junior and Senior students should make sure to apply for housing by the priority deadline to participate in room selection, as housing cannot be guaranteed. 

Should all Junior/Senior spaces fill during room selection, all remaining Junior/Senior students will be placed on a Deferred Housing List. Students on the Deferred Housing List will be offered spaces as they become available based on their lottery number and will have 48 hours to accept or decline the space. Students will be offered spaces via their LUC email. Students on the Deferred Housing List who make plans to live off-campus may cancel their contract without penalty any time before they are offered a space on-campus.

If you currently have a housing or meal plan accommodation on file with the Student Accessibility Center or would like to request an accommodation, please contact their office as soon as possible to ensure that your records and accommodation are up-to-date and on file prior to the Reapplication Process. 

Specific information regarding applying to request a housing and meal plan accommodations is available on the SAC webpage. Any student whose accommodations are received after the priority deadline may be placed on a waiting list should a space that meets their accommodations not be available.

All students with approved accommodations will need to complete a housing application and submit an administrative fee. We will be reaching out to all students with approved accommodations to provide additional information on how your accommodation may impact the selection process. If you have any questions in the meantime, please email us at res-life@luc.edu.

If you aren't sure about your plans for the coming academic year, Reapplication and Room Selection may seem daunting. The Housing Contract is for the entire Academic Year, so you want to be sure before you sign.

Still Have Questions? Please contact us at res-life@luc.edu.

You are not required to live on-campus, however, the Housing Contract is a legally binding agreement and signing the Housing Contract is similar to signing a lease.

Once you have signed the Housing Contract... 
...you will not be released if you later decide to live off-campus.
...you will not be released if you are unhappy with your room assignment.
...you will not be released if you also sign a lease off-campus.

The complete terms of the Housing Contract are available on our website.
You should explore all of your housing options before making a final decision.
Visit Off-Campus Student Resources

Still Have Questions? Please contact us at res-life@luc.edu.

If you aren't sure about your plans for the coming academic year, Reapplication and Room Selection may seem daunting. The Housing Contract is for the entire Academic Year, so you want to be sure before you sign.

Below is an outline of the process to help you make the best decision for yourself.

If you complete Reapplication on or before Feb. 27 and decide to leave Loyola

• Submit a Request for Release and your contract will be canceled
• If you selected a room, it will be reassigned to another student
• Your Administrative Fee will not be refunded 

If you complete Reapplication after Feb. 27 and decide to stay at Loyola

• You will be assigned by staff based on preferences and availability

If you complete Reapplication after Feb. 27 and decide to leave Loyola

• Submit a Request for Release and your contract will be canceled
• Your Administrative Fee will not be refunded 

Still Have Questions? Please contact us at res-life@luc.edu.