The Returning Student Room Selection Process is an on-line process that takes place on Self-Service THD. Below is the typical time frame in which students should expect to see the process occur.
| March | Housing Application Available |
| March/Early April | TH Group & BT Roommate Pairing |
| Middle of April | Room Selection |
Additional information about the process will be sent to your MCLA email account.
Housing Application Submission Process (March)
Students must submit their Housing Application by the deadline to participate in the Room Selection Process. Meeting the deadline means that you can select your room and apartment assignment before other students who submit their applications at a later date. The Housing Application consists of the Residence Area Occupancy Agreement (RAOA) and some general assignment questions. To access the Housing Application:
After submitting the Housing Application, students should consider which residence area they would like to live in and with whom they would like to live.
In order to form a Townhouse apartment group, it is important to understand the "rules" of apartment group formation and the occupancy of various types of apartments.
Students requesting to live in Berkshire Towers can participate in the Room Selection Process alone or with a selected roommate. If you enter the process alone, your rank will be based on the number of academic credits you have completed. If you go into the process with a selected roommate, the number of completed credits for each of you will be added together and averaged to create a completed credits rank.
A floor map of Berkshire Towers has been provided for your reference. There are 3 suites on each floor with a variety of single and double rooms. Students living in Berkshire Towers are expected to live by design occupancy.
Roommate/Apartment Mate Pairing Process (March/Early April)
During this part of the process, students will make a final determination as to which residence area they would like to live. Students seeking housing in Berkshire Towers may enter the process on their own or should pair up with another student for a double room. Students seeking housing in the Flagg Townhouse Apartment Complex will determine with whom they will form an apartment group.
Students will then login to their Self-Service THD and request each other to pair up by clicking on Roommate Selection. The roommate/apartment pairing process is much like a Facebook Friend request. Each student will search for the individuals they are looking for and send a request. The requested student then has to accept the request to form the pair/group. Students have the ability to search for potential roommates based off the living preferences you answer in your housing application. When searching we encourage students to search one question at a time rather than selecting multiple questions at the same time.
Roommate pairing is available the day that the application goes live and open typically a week past the application deadline. You will only be able to find an individual once they have also submitted their housing application. Roommate pairings and groups can be adjusted at anytime during the process. If you do not get your desired first selection you may need to consider adding other students to your group or pairing to fit what spaces are available.
Room Selection Process (Mid of April)
During the final part of the process, students select their actual assignments on Self-Service THD. This is done via a ranking system that is based on the number of academic credits earned as of the end of the Fall semester. In the Townhouse selection process, the rankings of all the members of an apartment group are added and averaged to create a group rank. In Berkshire Towers, the ranking for each student will be based on the number of academic credits that individual has earned for a single or the average of the pairs credits earned for a double. Based on this, the groups/pairings/individuals are given a pick time. It is important to remember that on Self-Service THD a student can only see rooms available that fit the group/pairing size they have formed. If they do not see any rooms available for that size it means all of those spaces have already been selected and they will need to reform their group.
Students who do not fully participate in all parts of the process and select their own space will be assigned by Residence Life & Housing.
Frequently Asked Questions
We've answered some of the most frequently asked questions. Take a few moments to read the answers to be sure you are fully informed about the process!
Assistance is Always Available!
Just contact the Office of Residence Life & Housing by sending an e-mail to reslife@mcla.edu or calling 413-662-5249.
