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Online housing selection for the 2019-2020 academic year will be held April 2-5 for current and r... Housing selection for the 2021-2022 academic year will take place Tuesday, March 9 through Friday, March 12. The Office of Residential Life is excited to hold its second housing selection process with its new housing platform, which allows students to match their own roommates, explore, and sign up for their own housing assignment through the housing self-service portal.

Residency policy/eligibility for housing

Students who will achieve senior standing, earning 102 credits or more by May 2021, are eligible to live off campus for the 2021-22 academic year. Students who will have senior status and wishing to live off campus next year should not sign up for housing. All students with less than 102 credits are required to sign up for housing. Students with an unfavorable balance on their account are not eligible to participate in the housing selection process. Students with an unfavorable balance are encouraged to connect with the Office of Student Accounts to explore payment options.

Logging in/housing selection process

The housing selection process is completed through the housing self-service portal. Students can access their housing self-service portal via their my.carthage.edu homepage by clicking on the link on the left-hand side of the page. Can’t find the self-service portal or the housing selection process? Check out our walk-through guide to learn more.

Sign your housing contract and application

Students must sign their housing contract and submit an application to be eligible to participate in the housing selection process. Please note that the housing contract is a binding contract and cannot be broken. We encourage students to read through the entirety of the contract.

If you are unable to see your housing contract/application, reach out to the Office of Residential Life at housing@carthage.edu. Note: Students must fill out their housing contract and submit their application by 11:59 p.m. Monday, March 1.

Roommate matching process

Students have the option of sending a roommate request to at most three other students. Roommate groups must be fully matched to be eligible for suite spaces (i.e. Tower rooms, triples, etc.). All students involved in the roommate group must send/accept each other’s roommate requests to be considered fully matched. Students also have the opportunity to search for a compatible roommate by utilizing our roommate search tool. If you are unable to search for a particular roommate, they may not have filled out their housing contract/application yet. For more information on this function, check out our walk-through guide.

Selecting a room

Selection dates and times are determined by the number of credits students currently have. For information on selection dates and times, visit our website. If a roommate group is fully matched, the student with the highest number of credits in the group can secure a housing assignment for the group and sign up all included students at the same time. This is a change from our past processes. Students no longer have to wait for their time to accept a roommate invitation if they are eligible for housing and have matched their roommate group prior to housing selection.

Note: Current commuters, off-campus students, and incoming students are eligible to participate in the spring housing selection process. This is a change from past year’s housing selection processes. Current non-residential students should follow the same process of submitting a housing contract and application before March 1 to be eligible to participate in the housing selection process. 

Housing options

Please see our website for a complete list of room types available in each residence hall. Students looking to sign up for a specific Tower or Oaks room should reference the following information:

  • The few single rooms in The Tower will end with the numbers 03. Rooms ending in an odd number 03, 05, or 07 have a view of the entire campus. Rooms ending in an even number 06, 08, or 10 have a lake view. The Tower will not have specific gender-designated floors. Instead, The Tower will resemble the Oaks, breaking gender down to a suite.
  • Single-suite rooms have two single bedrooms and a shared outer area with a bathroom and vanity. These rooms end in an A or B designation and are numbered ending in 01, 02, 03, 11, 12, or 13. Double rooms are one big bedroom for two roommates to share, plus a bathroom. Double rooms are numbered ending in either 00 or 14.

For more information about the differential costs for housing types, view the Carthage Housing Rates 2020-21 document.

Questions?

Questions can be directed to the Office of Residential Life at housing@carthage.edu or by phone at 262–551–6169. To learn more about the online housing selection process, please visit the Residential Life website. We look forward to helping you!

SPONSORING DEPARTMENT, OFFICE, OR ORGANIZATION:

Office of Residential Life

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Office of Residential Life, housing@carthage.edu, 262-551-6169