Returner Room Selection

Please view our step by step guidelines below for more information on how to select a room within our housing system.

How to Select a Room

Roommate Matching Criteria:

ALL undergraduate students who want to be able to select their own roommates during our self-selection process must:

1. Contracts: Complete a 2021-2022 Undergraduate Housing Contract with us
   1. Located on the University Housing Contract portal.
2. RETURNING STUDENTS ONLY:
   1. Once your contract has been processed, you will receive an email stating that you can begin selecting your roommate(s). You cannot select roommates until you and all the people who you want to live with have received an email with your self-selection day and time.
   2. 2021-2022 Undergraduate Housing Contracts are due by Thursday, April 1^st by 5pm EST
   3. Please submit a contract by this deadline to be able to pull in other returning students who completed their contracts by the deadline. Students who submit their contract late, will not be able to roommate match with students who submitted their contracts on time.
3. NEW (FRESHMEN AND TRANSFERS) STUDENTS ONLY:
   1. 2021-2022 Undergraduate Housing Contracts are due by Saturday, May 1^st, 2021 . New students will not be able to select their roommates until they receive their self-selection day and time after the deadline above. Please submit a contract by this deadline, to be able to pull in other students who completed their contracts by the deadline in as roommates. New students who submit their contract late, will not be able to room with new students who submitted their contracts on time.
4. Roommate Groups: The following groups can only live with one another. They cannot live with someone in another group type.
   1. Razors Edge Incoming Freshmen
   2. Razors Edge Rising Sophomores
   3. Fischler Academy and Huizenga Incoming Freshmen
   4. Incoming Student Athlete
   5. 0 Terms (Semesters) Lived on Campus and Who Are Under 20 Years Old
   6. 0 Terms (Semesters) Lived on Campus and Who Are 20 Years and Older
   7. 1-3 Terms (Semesters) Lived on Campus
   8. 4+ Terms (Semesters) Lived on Campus 

Please Note:

• Returning students must submit their contarcts on time, in order to roommate match during room selection. 

How to Select a Roommate(S)

• Monday, March 29^th at 9am EST
  • The Undergraduate Housing Contract for 2021-2022 goes live
• Thursday, April 1^st by 5pm EST
  • Housing contracts for returning residents due
• Friday, April 2^nd by 12pm EST
  • Returning resident will receive their self-selection day and time via their NSU email
  • Upon receiving this email, returning residents will be able to roommate match with other returning residents who received their self-selection day and time via their NSU email

• Monday, April 5^th, 2021 9am
  • UPointe Preference Form goes live for Juniors and Seniors only who have 4+ terms lived on and that submitted their contracts by the April 1^st deadline
    • All Juniors and Seniors who have 4+ terms lived on and are interested in living at UPointe should complete this form by 9am EST, Friday April 9th, 2021 to receive priority assignment.
      • Roommates who are listed on this form must also be Juniors and Seniors, have 4+ terms lived on and must submit this form by the deadline.
• Tuesday, April 6^th (9am-6pm EST)

• • 9:00am EST: Room waitlist becomes available on housing portal for returning students ONLY who have already selected a room
  • 9:00am – 12:00pm EST: Students with 6+ terms lived on will select rooms

• • 1:00pm- 6:00pm EST: Students with 4-5 terms lived on will select rooms
• Wednesday, April 7^th (9am-6pm EST)
  • 9:00am – 6:00pm EST: Students with 2-3 terms lived on will select rooms
  • 12:00 p.m. EST: Returning students who submitted a late undergraduate housing contract, will be eligible for the last chance date of Thursday, April 8^th  
  • 5:00 p.m. EST: Returning students who submitted a late undergraduate housing contract by 12:00 p.m. EST on April 7^th, receive their self-selection day and time via email

• Thursday, April 8^th (9am-6pm EST)

• • 9:00 a.m. 12:00pm EST: Students with 1 term lived on will select rooms
  • 1.00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. EST: Last Chance Day (PENDING SPACE AVALAIBLITY), students who submitted contracts after the April 1st deadline will self-select
• Friday, April 9^th (9am-12pm EST)
  • 9:00am EST:
    • Self-selection page closes
    • Housing portal waitlist closes and returning students will email housing@nova.edu if they wish to add/ remove themselves from waitlists
    • UPointe Preference Form due for students to receive priority assignment (the housing office will notify students who complete the form when they can expect to be assigned to UPointe after April 9^th, 2021)
  • 10:00am-12:00pm EST: Students who declined to self-select, will be manually assigned to remaining spaces PENDING SPACE AVALAIBLITY