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Apply for Housing: All Other Students

NOTE: A $150 non-refundable fee is required to start the application. Please take this into consideration prior to starting your application.

2025-2026 Application Process for Late Applicants

The 2025-2026 application process for late upper-class students (which includes current residents, new transfers, commuters, and all graduate-level students) opens Monday, February 17, at 10 a.m, and will fully close Sunday, June 22, at 11:55 p.m. Whether or not the application reopens in July depends on availability. This decision will not be made until after July 1.

Late applicants can apply, submit the non-refundable fee, and secure a bed space from the limited bed space options available on campus. Late applicants cannot renew bed spaces, form groups, or request others to live with. Students had the opportunity to do these items during the priority phase (December 11 through January 31).

Late applicants cannot request roommates or suitemates. If you want to live with certain people, you must coordinate with the other student(s) to book a space out of the remaining options. Housing will not remove other students from their assignments to accommodate your late request. Students who already have reservations are welcome to request to be removed from their bookings to reselect a space with others from the limited remaining options.

Late Applicant Process - February 17 until June 22

  • $150 Housing Fee Expand dropdown

    All students, regardless of scholarship/financial aid status, are required to submit a non-refundable $150 fee at the start of the housing application. 

    Since the $150 is a fee, students should be aware that this fee is not a deposit or prepayment, and the fee is not applied to your student account in any way. 

    This fee cannot be waived or charged to the student account. 

    The housing application accepts credit cards and debit cards that work without PINs. The system will not accept debit-only cards (PIN required for use) or prepaid cards.

    The application fee must be paid via the housing application. Student cannot mail in fee payment or pay the fee in-person.

  • Matching Questions & Personal Description Expand dropdown

    All students are required to answer personal and lifestyle preference questions, as well as write a personal description about themselves.

    These items helps other students learn more about you. Housing staff also uses the answers to these questions when reassigning students during the consolidation process.

    Avoid allowing anyone else to fill out these answers on your behalf, as they reflect your preferences and habits.

  • Reserve Your Bed Space Expand dropdown

    What you see in your application on the Room Selection pages is all that is left. No other spaces are available. You are required to make your housing selection from the limited options available.

    Late applicants cannot request roommates or suite-mates. If you want to live with certain people, you must coordinate with the other student(s) to book a space out of the remaining options. Housing will not remove students from assignments to accommodate your late request. Students who already have reservations are welcome to request to be removed from their bookings to reselect a space with others. 

  • Room Selection Tips Expand dropdown

    On the ‘Upper-Class Room Selection’ page, select your building choice by clicking the green “Select This Location” button.

    The next page will show you all of the available spaces in that particular area. You can further filter the building using the “room type filter” or “floor/building filter”.

    If you are looking to place yourself in an Learning Living/Theme Community, you must have selected that LLTC earlier in the application. If you did not select that particular LLTC on the application, you will not have access to the floor. You can always go back and update this as needed.

    Be very careful when selecting a room. Read the description of the room carefully and learn about who is already assigned into the space by clicking on “Show Room Info”. Read the profile of the student BEFORE selecting the room.

    If you don't see a particular building, area, or room type, that means it is SOLD OUT or you are not eligible.

    The system allows you 10 minutes to complete this process. If you run out of time, you are able to go back in and start over.

  • Select Your Meal Plan Expand dropdown

    Please read through the meal plan tabs below for detailed information on your meal plan options for 25/26.

    Meal plan options and requirements are based on where you reserve your space. Therefore, you will not be prompted to make your meal plan selection until after you reserve a space.

  • Assignment Summary & Information Page Expand dropdown

    The Assignment Summary & Information page is the final page of the housing application that students can access at this time. This page serves as your confirmation that you have completed your housing application.

    This page displays your selected meal plan and room reservation details, including roommate and/or suite-mate information, if applicable.

    You will not receive an email or any other notification confirming your housing assignment.

    Why? Housing reserves the right to consolidate students or modify assignments at any time. Any changes will be reflected in real-time on this page.

    Students have access to the Assignment Summary & Information page anytime the application is actively open. If the application is closed, you will not have access to review this page until the application reopens.

  • 2025-2026 Upper-class Housing Options Expand dropdown

    Please find below a comprehensive list of upper-class housing options for the 2025-2026 year. This list is to be transparent about our inventory and to help students understand what may be available at the time of room selection.

    Village A & B - Single bedroom four-person suites (1 student per bedroom). 62 single-bed spaces exist in these two buildings. These buildings will remain open during university breaks.

    Village C, D, E, & F -Seven-person suites consist of three double rooms and one single room (2 students per double room, 1 student per single room). These buildings will remain open during university breaks.

    Walton - Four-person double suites (2 students per bedroom). No single options are available in this hall. This hall will open for all university breaks.

    Sellers - Four-person double suites (2 students per bedroom). No single options are available in this hall. This hall will close for all university breaks.

    Wise - Two-person double suites (2 students per bedroom). 9 single rooms exist in Wise, 3 male and 6 female. This hall will open for all university breaks.

    Downing - Four-person double suites (2 students per bedroom, 4 students per suite). No single options are available in this hall. Non-honors are limited to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd and Honors-Only on the 4th and 5th floors. This hall will close for all university breaks.

    Cornell Courts- Students MUST meet the eligibility criteria to be able to secure a space in this area. Single (1 student per apartment) and double (2 students per apartment) furnished options. There are 65 single 1-person apartments in this area. This area remains open during university breaks. 

    601 West Forest - Students MUST meet the eligibility criteria to be able to secure a space in this area. 601 consists of two 4-person and one 3-person apartments. This building remains open during all university breaks.

    Lakeview - Students MUST meet the eligibility criteria to be able to secure space in this area. Private bedroom (1 student per bedroom) apartments in a variety of layouts. Studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 4-bedroom options available.  Only 11 studio apartments and 5 1-bedroom apartments exist in Lakeview. This area remains open during university breaks.

    Westview - Students MUST meet the Apartment eligibility criteria to be able to secure space in this area. Private bedroom (1 student per bedroom) apartments in a variety of layouts. Studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 4-bedroom options available. Only 2 studio apartments and 14 1-bedroom apartments exist in Westview. This area remains open during university breaks.

  • Eligibility Criteria Expand dropdown

    To be eligible for Cornell Courts, 601, Lakeview, or Westview for the 25/26 academic year, students must have reached 25 or more attempted credit hours at the time of room selection to secure a bed space in these areas.

    First-year students are not eligible for the Village, Cornell Courts, 601, Westview or Lakeview, regardless of how many attempted credit hours they have. 

    What do the above statements mean for me?

    If you are classified as First year-19 or First-year 20, you are eligible for double rooms in Walton, Putnam, Phelps, Sellers, Wise and Downing only. 

    If you are classified as Returning, Transfer, or Commuter and have 24 or less attempted credit hours, you are eligible for double rooms in Walton, Sellers, and Downing, and all spaces in Wise and the Village.
     
    If you are classified as Returning, Transfer, or Commuter and have 25 or more attempted credit hours, you are eligible for double rooms in Walton, Sellers, and Downing, as well as all spaces in Wise, Lakeview, Westview, the Village, 601 West Forest, and Cornell Courts.
     
    All graduate-level students are eligible for any space on campus, except for Phelps and Putnam.
     

    If you do not know how many attempted credit hours you have, this information is displayed on the home page of the Housing Portal after you log in.

    Your attempted credit hours comes directly from EMU's system of record. Housing cannot modify or change your attempted credit hours, and is based on your academic record with Records & Registration.

  • Availability For Fall 2025 Expand dropdown

    As of April 15, late applicants will find the following housing options available for selection within the application:

    • Double bed spaces in Walton, Sellers, Wise, and Downing
      • Non-honors spaces are limited in Downing.
    • Double bed spaces in the Village

    This means:

    • Lakeview is sold out.
    • Westview is sold out.
    • 601 West Forest is sold out.
    • Cornell Courts is sold out.
    • No sinlges in Wise.
    • No sinlges in the Village.
    • All singles, studios, and one bedrooms in all apartment options are sold out.

    Please be advised that the listed availability is not guaranteed, as availability changes non-stop. We do our best to be transparent and update this site as changes occur.

  • Fall 2025 Wait-List Policy Expand dropdown
    If/when space becomes available, we will reach out to students based on the date of application, lottery date, AND whether or not they are interested in the type of room we have available, to offer out spaces.

    Please be advised that:
    • Per our website, we maintain a wait-list of serious applicants only. Students must have an active application AND application fee on file in order to be placed on the wait-list.
    • If you cancel your application at any point, you will be removed from this wait-list.
    • Your account must be current in order to be offered a space. If you have a hold on your account, we will skip your name. You will remain on the list, and we will check again the next time a space becomes available.
    • Students need to be flexible and understand the majority of our cancellations come in during the month of August. We cannot offer you a space if no spaces are available. 
    • Please be advised that we received LESS THAN 15 cancellations last year before the start of the fall semester - meaning we offered very few spaces out to students on the wait-list. 
    • We highly recommend that students who are unable to select a space in apartments pick an alternative space on campus so that they have housing secured. 
    • Student should NOT count on being offered a space off the wait-list. 
    • While we understand that students want to know "where they are" on the wait-list, your space or number on our wait-list is not an accurate representation of how long you could be waiting to be contacted about a space. Everything depends on what type of spaces become available via cancellations and what type of spaces you preference. Do not reach out to Housing asking about this. If you do, we will refer you to this bullet point.
    • If offered a space and you choose to decline or not respond to the offer, you will be removed from the wait-list.
    • As of August 15, we will no longer use this wait-list or take further additions to the list. 
    • This wait-list does not roll-over into the Fall semester. If you are still interested in securing a different space, you are welcome to apply for a room change once the Room Change Request form opens mid-September.
  • Request Wait-List Access Expand dropdown

    Before doing anything - READ through the wait-list policy section above.

    After reading the content above, if you would like to proceed with adding yourself to the wait-list, please send an email to: [email protected]

    Please make sure the subject line of the email is "Wait-List 2025". This helps staff respond promptly to your email.

    In the body of the email, you MUST include your E number so we can verify eligibility. 

    You MUST also state which wait-list you are interested in:

    • Apartments Wait-List -which covers Cornell, Westview and Lakeview.
    • Village Wait-List - for single and doubles in this location.

    Once eligibility is confirmed, we will reply to your email with further information and a link to the request form.

    WE ARE NOT OFFERING WAIT-LISTS FOR ANY OTHER AREAS ON CAMPUS.

  • I have an approved housing accommodation - what should I do? Expand dropdown

    If you have been approved for a housing accommodation (such as a single-in-suite) through EMU's DRC, you must work directly with Housing regarding your assignment.

    Late applicants should not reserve a space without discussing their needs with Housing and learning about what options may be available. 

    If you have an accommodation and reserve housing without consulting with Housing, you are responsible for your assignment and whether or not it meets the needs listed on your LOA.

  • Emotional Support Animals (ESAs) Expand dropdown

    Students cannot bring any ESA to campus until approved in writing via a Letter of Accommodation (LOA)through EMU's DRC. 

    If your only housing accommodation is an ESA, you are welcome to reserve any space you would like on campus, as approved ESAs are permitted in all locations. 

    We highly recommend you review the 25/26 contract for details on how ESAs are handled by Housing. These policies are also available for your review in the ESA policy section below.

  • I am a student-athlete who will be living in an Athletics space - what should I do? Expand dropdown

    Student-athletes need to apply, submit their application fee and complete all pages of the application through the personal description.

    At that point, log out and let your coach know that you have applied for housing. DO NOT RESERVE A SPACE.

    Athletics makes your assignments over the summer, and then communicates this to housing. Once housing has been given an assignment for you, we'll let you know via email and provide further directions for completing your application.

 

  • Policy Statements Expand dropdown

    All RESIDENTs living in our Residence Halls or Apartments must be prepared to live in bedrooms/suites and occupy other shared housing spaces with students who have emotional support animals (ESAs), service animals, or other housing-related accommodations.

    Students with approved ESAs and service animals can be assigned anywhere on campus and at any time. Housing does not give notice regarding this matter.

    Students and RESIDENTs do not have the option to opt-out or refuse a roommate/suitemate who has an approved emotional support animal(s) (ESAs), service animals, or other housing-related accommodations.

    If a student/resident is assigned a roommate/suitemate with an ESA, service animal, or other housing-related accommodation and the student/resident has an issue, the student/resident is welcome to request a change and enter the room change process (pending availability). The student/resident with the approved accommodation will not be asked to move.

    If students/residents assigned to a space have competing or contradictory accommodations, the first accommodation on file with Housing will take precedence in and over the space. Any accommodation(s) on file after the first for the assigned space will not be honored in the space and impacted students, regardless of having an accommodation, will be required to move to another location where their accommodation can be honored.

    If THE RESIDENT tries to decline a roommate and/or suitemate with an approved ESA, service animal, or other housing-related accommodation or creates an unwelcoming environment to try to avoid getting a roommate and/or suitemate with an approved ESA, service animal, or other housing-related accommodation, the RESIDENT will be sent through the student conduct process, may face additional fees, and Housing reserves the right to reassign the non-compliant RESIDENT to another space on campus at Housing’s discretion.  

    If a student/resident has a severe phobia/allergy to animals commonly used as ESAs or service animals, they must register and be approved for accommodation through the Disability Resource Center to avoid being assigned to a space with approved ESAs or service animals. 

  • Meal Plan Policies Expand dropdown

    A meal plan is required for all students living in the residence halls (Walton, Putnam, Phelps, Sellers, Wise, and Downing).

    All first-year students/residents are required to purchase a meal plan through the housing application, regardless of where they live.

    Upper-class students/residents who live in any of our residence halls (Walton, Putnam, Phelps, Sellers, Wise, and Downing) are required to purchase a meal plan via the housing application.

    Upper-class students/residents who live in the Village or any of our apartment options (Lakeview, Westview, Cornell, or 601 WF) are not required to purchase a meal plan.

    To change a meal plan, the student can e-mail a request to [email protected]. This email must come from the student and include the student's E number and what change they would like to make.

    Requests to change the meal plan will be accepted through September 15 for the Fall semester and January 15 for the Winter semester. After this deadline, no requests to change the meal plan will be honored, no matter what class level the student is or where they reside.

  • Options for Walton, Sellers, Wise, and Downing Expand dropdown

    If you book a space in Walton, Sellers, Wise or Downing, you are required to select a mandatory meal plan (also called a swipe plan) through the housing application. After you reserve a space in the housing application, you will be prompted to select a plan.

    Swipe Plan options you can pick from include:

    • Anytime at the Commons, which includes $200 Flex Dollars
    • 3 Per Day, which includes $200 Flex Dollars
    • 2 Per Day, which includes $200 Flex Dollars
    • 1 Per Day, which includes $950 Flex Dollars

    After you select which swipe plan you want from the above options, you have the opportunity to purchase more Flex Dollars via the housing application if needed. 

    Swipe Plans and additional Flex Dollars purchased through the housing application can be modified through September 15. After this date, no requests to change the meal plan will be honored.

  • Options for Lakeview, Westview, Cornell, 601 and the Village Expand dropdown

    If you book a space in the Village, Lakeview, Westview, Cornell Courts, or 601 WF, you are required to select a voluntary meal plan (also called a swipe plan) through the housing application. After you reserve a space in the housing application, you will be prompted to select a plan.

    Swipe Plan options you can pick from include:

    • Anytime at the Commons, which includes $200 Flex Dollars
    • 3 Per Day, which includes $200 Flex Dollars
    • 2 Per Day, which includes $200 Flex Dollars
    • 1 Per Day, which includes $950 Flex Dollars
    • 5 Per Week, which includes $1000 Flex Dollars
    • No Meal Plan

    After you select which swipe plan you want from the above options, you have the opportunity to purchase more Flex Dollars via the housing application if needed. 

    Swipe Plans and additional Flex Dollars purchased through the housing application can be modified through September 15. After this date, no requests to change the meal plan will be honored.

  • Where can I find my meal plan info? Expand dropdown

    If you don't recall what plan(s) you signed up for, you can review this information on the Assignment Summary & Information page of your 25/26 housing application. 

    Students have access to the Assignment Summary & Information page anytime the application is actively open. If the application is closed, you will not have access to review this page until the application reopens.

  • How can i change my meal plan? Expand dropdown

    To change a meal plan, you can e-mail a request to [email protected]. This email must come from you (the student) and include your E number and what change you want to make.

    Requests to change the meal plan will be accepted through September 15 for the Fall semester. After this deadline, no requests to change the meal plan will be honored, no matter what class level the student is or where they live.

     

  • Can I cancel my housing? Expand dropdown

    It depends!

    Between now and move-in, students can cancel their housing application. We ask that student try to cancel their applications as soon as they know they will not be living with us, as other students who need housing may be waiting for spaces to become available. 

    Once a student takes occupancy (receives access to their assigned space), they are bound to the terms and conditions of the contract.

    Our cancellation policy is detailed in our Housing & Dining Contract, which all students read through as part of the housing application process.

  • How can I request to cancel? Expand dropdown

    Students may cancel the contract before the contract start date/before move in by requesting a cancellation, in writing via email only, to the Housing and Residence Life main email account ([email protected]).

    Written cancellations must be sent via the student’s EMU email account to [email protected], and include the student's full legal name, EID number, and reason for cancellation.

    Cancellation of the contract, regardless of the reason, will result in a forfeiture of the entire application fee amount.

 

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