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.

Students must complete the Housing Application and submit their $500 prepayment by noon on February 28, 2025. 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 in LOCUS 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 13, 11:30am-1:30pm
• February 17, 1:30pm-3:30pm
• February 26, 10:30am-12:30pm

Online Tutorials:

• HOW TO APPLY FOR ON-CAMPUS HOUSING
• HOW TO COMPLETE ROOM SELECTION - Coming Soon!

In order to participate in Room Selection, you must submit your Application and $500 prepayment by February 28, 2025 at 12PM (noon). 

The application/contract will be available on the Residence Life Portal in LOCUS beginning on February 3, 2025. Read the application and contract carefully and be sure to complete all steps. Make sure to also submit your prepayment, 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 $500 prepayment by noon on February 28. 

The prepayment must be submitted through the link provided on the Residence Life Portal in LOCUS. Your Application must be submitted before the prepayment. If you do not submit an prepayment or submit a prepayment 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 prepayment. 
• Students must sign-in to LOCUS to access the prepayment link.
• Prepayments only apply to fall housing charges, which will be reflected on July eBills.

We use a cohort model for our residences halls. This means that we offer distinct and unique experiences to students living on-campus. First-year students live in traditional-style communities and second-year, junior, and senior students live more independently in suite-style and apartment-style communities. 

Review the Residential Programming and Support Model Here

Visit this page to learn more about the Residential Programming and Support Model and which halls are used for first-year, second-year, and junior/senior housing.

You will have a wide variety of on-campus housing options to select from. Please review the options below! NEW for 25-26: Second-year students may live with Junior/Senior students.

• 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. 

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 21, 2025 to receive a decision prior to February 28. 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 a prepayment/be approved for a prepayment waiver. 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. 28 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

If you complete Reapplication after Feb. 28 and decide to stay at Loyola

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

If you complete Reapplication after Feb. 28 and decide to leave Loyola

• Submit a Request for Release and your contract will be canceled

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