Apply for Housing: Winter Term
NOTE: The Winter 2025 Only Housing Application opened to eligible students on Monday, November 18, at 10 a.m., and closed Friday, December 13, at 5 p.m.
Winter 2025 Only Housing Application
This application is for students who wish to move on campus for the winter 2025 semester.
If you miss this deadline, the application will reopen for select applicants on Monday, January 6, 2025. You must contact [email protected] in January 2025 to discuss eligibility and availability, and to be given access to the application. Please make sure you meet the application eligibility requirement (see below) before reaching out.
A $150 non-refundable prepayment is required at the start of the application process. The prepayment cannot be waived nor charged to the student account.
Important Winter 2025 Housing Information
Application Eligibility Expand dropdownStudents must be registered for winter classes in order to access the housing application. Undergraduate students must be registered for at least 7 credit hours and graduate student must be registered for a minimum or 6 credit hours.
Once a student registers for winter classes, they take one business day to update in our system.
We highly recommend that you reach out to your advisor NOW to schedule an appointment. Not sure where to go or who to contact with your advising and registration questions? Please use the University Advising webpage as a starting point.
Housing Eligibility & Availability Expand dropdownAll first-year students are required to live on campus unless they are commuting from their primary guardian's permanent address within a 50-mile radius of campus.
To be eligible for Cornell Courts or 601 West Forest Apartments for the 2024–2025 academic year, students must reach the age of 20 by 12/31/2024 and have attempted at least 55 credit hours at the time of application.
To be eligible for any Lakeview or Westview Apartments for the 2024–2025 academic year, students must reach the age of 20 by 12/31/2024 and have attempted at least 30 credit hours at the time of application.
Students that require a single room for medical reasons must work with the Disability Resource Center as early as possible in order to be granted approval for this room type. Given limited spaces, we may or may not be able to accommodate your needs.
First-year students are eligible to reside in double rooms in Walton, Putnam, Phelps, Sellers, Wise, and Downing Halls.
For upperclass students, we are sold out of all residence hall singles, all studios, all one bedroom units, and two bedroom units in Cornell and Lakeview.
Winter 2025 Only applicants can preference double rooms in our residence halls (Downing, Wise, Walton, Sellers, Putnam, Phelps, and the Village) and male spaces in Lakeview and Westview. A few female spaces are available in Westview only.
Room Selection Expand dropdownStudent who apply and make their prepayment before the December 13, at 5 p.m. deadline will participate in a lottery room selection. Lottery times are assigned based on anticipated graduation date.
The room selection lottery will take place on December 18 and 19. Eligible students will receive a lottery email on December 16 with their lottery time and directions for logging into the housing application and securing a space.
Students are responsible for booking their own space during the lottery. Students who are assigned a lottery time and do not book a space will not receive an assignment.
If you have an LOA that includes a housing accommodation, you MUST connect with a housing staff member at your lottery time using Zoom Help link found in the room selection section of the application. Do not reserve a space without meeting with Housing. Meeting with us ensures that your assignment meets the needs of your LOA.
Move-In Expand dropdownMove-in for Winter 2025 will take place on Sunday, January 5. Early move in will not be available; please plan accordingly, as we will not be able to provide temp accommodations for students who arrive early. If you arrive before January 5, you are responsible for finding alternative accommodations off-campus.
