The following procedures apply to the entire Room Selection Process. Please read all of the information carefully for a broad outline of your responsibilities.

Eligibility: All students who are entering into a guaranteed year of housing are eligible providing they:

• Are free of any sanctions from the Office of Residential Life and the Office of the Dean for Student Development.
• Are a full-time matriculating day student. College of Advancing Studies students who are presently living on campus are not eligible to participate.
• Are free of any outstanding obligations on their student account.

Eligibility Code: Eligibility Codes will be determined by Registrar's record of your class year as of the beginning of the Room Selection Process. No changes will be made after the process begins. Eligibility Codes will be assigned as follows:

Code 1 = Rising Seniors
Code 2 = Rising Juniors
Code 3 = Rising Sophomores

Click here for a list of group eligibility categories.

Grouping: Students should decide whom they would like to live with based upon personal compatibility issues such as lifestyles, habits, and preferences. It is the Office of Residential Life's feeling that whom you live with is more important, ultimately, than where you live. Once you have determined your "group," a member must be designated as the Group Leader.

Registration: To apply for an accommodation, the group leader will enter each group member’s Eagle number into the registration page found on the “My ResLife” page on the Agora Portal. A computer-based, random drawing of all registered groups will produce a pool of groups that can participate in the selection of rooms in that process. If your group is not selected to participate in your chosen process, you will need to re-register for another process.

Blocking: Blocking provides groups with the opportunity to select rooms one after the other. When groups wish to block, both groups must fall into the same Room Selection Category. The groups who are blocking must fill out only one Room Registration Page. During the actual selection night, the Group Leader must be present. Groups are not allowed to split up and select at different times. For the 4-person room registration, students may block up to three groups. For 2- and 3-person rooms, up to 8 names may be blocked, in groups of 2, 3, or 4.

Behavior Restrictions: If any student(s) exhibits inappropriate behavior at any time during the Room Selection Process to any member of the Residential Life Staff or Boston College community member, that student(s) may be withdrawn from the process or placed in the Final Selection Category. Any student with a location restriction who is found manipulating the process will have their judicial record reviewed and may lose their privilege to live on campus.

Special Housing Needs: If you have a special housing need, please send a written statement to the Assistant Director, Operations and Assignments outlining your circumstances. Each situation will be evaluated and responded to separately.

Deadlines: Dates and times are strictly followed to ensure the fairness of the procedure. Due to the volume of transactions taking place, individual exceptions cannot be made. Please take the time to read this information thoroughly and note all deadlines.

Selection: Groups that are notified for a selection time will choose their room online. Once an assignment has been selected, no members of that group may participate in any further selection process, whether individually or in a group. No exceptions will be made. Additionally, following the Room Selection Process, changes cannot take place.

Resident Assistant and Roommates of Resident Assistants: Students accepting the RA position are not eligible to participate in the Room Selection Process. Students accepting housing accommodations with Resident Assistants are not eligible to participate in the Room Selection Process.

Residency Agreement: The Residency Agreement is the legal document that obligates you to follow the housing policies established by the University. Your signature on the copy of the contract (or the electronic signature via Agora) binds you to the agreement and must be submitted. Your signed Residency Agreement will be subject to cancellation if you become ineligible for on-campus housing or have outstanding charges on your student account. Your signature on the Residency Agreement (or your electronic signature via Agora) indicates that you have read the Conditions for Residency. Should you have an impairment that keeps you from reading this document, please contact the Assistant Director of Housing Occupancy and Assignments.

Cancellation: If you do not check into your Fall housing assignment by the end of the first week of classes, you will be automatically withdrawn, and your space will be assigned to another student. You must notify the Office of Residential Life in writing if you cannot return until after this date.

Vacancies: Any vacancy that occurs after the Room Selection Process will be filled by another student. If half or more of the residents of an apartment, suite, or room withdraw over the summer, the Office of Residential Life reserves the right to reassign the remaining students.

Six- and Nine-Person Suites: Students residing in 6- or 9-person suites in the Vanderslice and 90 St. Thomas More Halls will not be eligible for a room rebate, as these are not forced triple rooms.

Any eligible student who does not participate in the Room Selection Process may be withdrawn from Residential Life and will forfeit all future claims to on-campus housing.

A withdrawal from the University for academic or financial reasons will result in a withdrawal from Residential Life. If a room has been selected, the assignment will be revoked and reassigned to another student. Students readmitted must appeal in writing for reinstatement. Reassignment is not automatic but will depend on space availability.