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.

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 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 come 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.

As of August 11, late applicants will be assigned at random to open spaces. Staff will discuss availability with each student before giving them access to apply.

All singles, studios, and one bedrooms in all apartment options are sold out. All singles in residence halls are sold out. Cornell Courts is sold out. Lakeview is sold out. Westview is sold out. 

• 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.

As of May 27, all Fall 2025 wait-lists are closed. 

The length of our wait-lists greatly exceed the small number of cancellations we may get this summer.  We do not want students to add themselves to wait-lists when there is no reasonable chance of being offered a space. 

We encourage students to secure a space from the options available. After the fall semester begins, students will be sent information on our room change request process and availability. 

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.

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.

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.

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 email 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 swipe meal plans 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.

Changes and cancellations of all VOLUNTARY FLEX PLANS work differently: 

Any Flex Dollar amount you select to purchase through the housing application is voluntary, and you can change or fully cancel additional Flex Dollars purchased through the housing application up until August 20, 2025. 

As of the Housing & Dining Contract start date (Thursday, 8/21), you can only change or fully cancel your voluntary flex if you have not used ANY of the flex dollars or additional bonus dollars associated with the purchase.
If you have used any of your voluntary flex dollars, we cannot make any changes to your selection or cancel your flex.

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. 

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. 

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.

To change a meal plan, you can email 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 swipe meal plans 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.

Changes and cancellations of all VOLUNTARY FLEX PLANS work differently: 

Any Flex Dollar amount you select to purchase through the housing application is voluntary, and you can change or fully cancel additional Flex Dollars purchased through the housing application up until August 20, 2025. 

As of the Housing & Dining Contract start date (Thursday, 8/21), you can only change or fully cancel your voluntary flex if you have not used ANY of the flex dollars or additional bonus dollars associated with the purchase.
If you have used any of your voluntary flex dollars, we cannot make any changes to your selection or cancel your flex.

It depends!

Between now and move-in, students can cancel their housing application. We ask that students 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.

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.