Returning Students Housing Selection
For returning students: this page includes all the information that you need to know
about receiving a housing assignment for your Home at the Hall!
There is no residency requirement for any students to live in University housing.
To be eligible for University housing, you must be registered as a full-time student
(at least 12 credits).
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How to Apply for University Housing
There are two required steps for you to officially be eligible to receive a University
housing assignment (the deadline for both steps is April 22):
- Submit your $325.00 housing deposit. The housing deposit can be submitted via the
Seton Hall Marketplace.
- Complete your housing application, it will become available, via your MCR Housing portal, approximately 24 hours after you register for classes for Fall 2025. Therefore,
you will be unable to complete a housing application until you are registered as a
full-time student for Fall 2025.
Once those steps are completed:
How to Select a Roommate Group
Selecting a roommate group is completely optional! Students who do not select a roommate group will be able to select housing during
the Post-Lottery Housing Selection Period.
To find roommates, you can utilize the MCR Housing software, social media,or any other methods.
Within the MCR Roommate matching system, you can search for and add friends to invite
them to be roommates or match with peers that have similar interests and expectations.
The maximum roommate group size is seven (7) as 7 is the largest suite size for upperclassmen.
- Creating Your Roommate Profile
The first step a student should take in the Roommate portal is to edit their own profile.
Here, students can link their social media, fill out the matching questionnaire and
input some other important information. For help, please click here.
- Searching for Roommates/Suitemates
Students are encouraged to fill out the Matching Questionnaire in order to find compatible
roommates. All questions are on a sliding scale and students can indicate their own
answers as well as their preferences for their potential roommates. For help, please click here.
- Creating a Roommate Group
All friends that you have added will appear in the ‘My Friends’ tab after they accept
your request. From this tab you can see your current friends, any pending requests
and a ‘My Roommates’ tab.
Within ‘My Roommates’ you can see your current roommate group. This group is based
on who has accepted your requests to be roommates.
- The maximum size for a roommate group for Incoming students is 5 as that is the largest
suite size within the First Year Area
- The ‘Group Leader’ of the roommate group is the individual who initiated the first
request.
- The ‘Group Leader’ can remove people from the roommate group.
- You can leave a roommate group at any time from the ‘My Roommates’ tab.
Any changes made within the roommate group (adding or removing members) notifies the
entirety of the roommate group, so they remain informed.
For help, please click here.
Once those steps are completed, then you are set to receive an email with your Housing
Lottery Selection Period timeslot and additional instructions for selecting your housing
assignment.
Housing Assignment Process for Returning Students
Returning student housing selection is split into two periods:
Returning Student Housing Application Due April 22
Returning students must submit their housing application via the MCR Housing portal
by this date to be eligible for housing selection for the 2025-26 academic year.
Returning Student Housing Deposit Due April 22
Returning students must submit a housing deposit by this date to be eligible for housing
selection for the 2025-26 academic year.
Step 1: Housing Lottery Selection Period (Fill-a-Suite)
Each student who completes a housing application and submits a housing deposit will
be eligible for the Housing Lottery Selection Period.
Those students will receive an email on May 1 with their Housing Lottery Selection
Period timeslots during which they can select their housing assignments and instructions
for selecting a housing assignment.
If you are part of a roommate group, then the person in the group with the earliest
timeslot will be able to select a housing assignment for the rest of the group (even
if the other group members’ timeslots are not yet open).
During this period, your roommate group must be able to fill a suite. For example,
only four-person roommate groups will be able to view available four-person suites
in Xavier Hall and only two-person roommate groups will be able to view suites with
two spaces available in them in Turrell Manor.
If your roommate group cannot fill a suite, then you must split your group, add additional
people into your group, or wait to select housing during the Post-Lottery Housing
Selection Period.
Step 2: Post-Lottery Housing Selection Period
During the Post-Lottery Housing Selection Period, it is not required to fill a suite.
At this point, all students eligible to select housing will be able to view all available
housing assignments.
Housing Assignments for Returning Students
Returning students may select into a housing assignment in any of our Upperclass Area
residence halls:
- Cabrini Hall
- Neumann Hall
- Ora Manor
- Serra Hall
- Turrell Manor
- Xavier Hall
Visit our Residence Halls page for more information.
Effective July 1, 2024, there will be changes to the Housing Cancellation Policy. As per the new policy,
"Students living in residence at Seton Hall University sign a Housing Agreement that
is for the full Academic Year. This is a binding agreement, obligating the student
to financial payment for that period of time regardless of actual use. However, there
are limited reasons for which a student may cancel the housing agreement without further
obligation or other financial penalty." Documentation must be provided to show one
of the six (6) reasons. More information can be found at the Room and Board Cancellation Policy and Refund Schedule webpage.
Students with disabilities and/or medical conditions that require a specific type
of housing assignment may request housing accommodations through Disability Support Services (DSS). DSS partners with the Department of Residence Life to coordinate appropriate and
accessible room assignments based on documented need. The deadline to request housing accommodation through DSS is March 15.
More information regarding housing accommodations can be found on the DSS Housing Accommodations webpage.
Have any questions?
Please contact with any questions or concerns:
Department of Residence Life
residencelife@shu.edu
