Summer Student Information

Massachusetts State Law requires full-time, part-time, and part-time visa-carrying students to show proof of required immunizations.  All information must be submitted 30 days prior to the start of classes.  Failure to do so will result in a $85 non-refundable late fee and you will not be able to register for next semester classes.  More information about the immunization requirements can be found here.

Boston College has a pay parking system. All individuals using parking at Boston College are required to pay.  

Parking permit applications can be found on the Parking and Transportation website. Students may complete the application in advance beginning on May 6th and then bring a check to Student Services in Lyons Hall after May 13th to obtain a parking permit. For 2025-2026 the grad student (SGS) rate for the summer is $126. Students who need overnight parking can order the regular summer permit (SUM) for $360 for the summer. 

For those students who are staying in on-campus housing, you will receive information about on campus parking for the night that you are checking in.  

For those of you driving to campus on the first day of class, please park in the large TML lot on the Brighton Campus. Parking enforcement will be relaxed on Monday, June 23rd and July 14th so students can pick up permits at Student Services that afternoon.  In order to continue to park on campus, you must purchase your permit at Student Services by the end of that day or pay to park on a daily basis.  

The CSTM Summer Session Housing Application is now open and will remain open until late May.

Due to space restrictions, housing assignments will be granted based on the date we receive your application.  Once housing is filled the online application will be closed regardless if the application deadline has not passed.  

Please indicate your room preference (single, double, family accommodations, roommate preference) and any specific housing needs in the "comments" section of the summer housing application.  

If you have a specific person with whom you want to share your room or apartment, please indicate so on the application form. You may request only a person who is taking the same sessions as you are. Summer Housing is unable to "hold" a space for two weeks until a friend arrives. Conversely, should your roommate/apartment mate leave earlier than you, we will need to fill the bed space with a new student.

Once your Summer Housing Application has been processed, you will receive a confirmation email. Application processing will not begin until early June. In order for the application to be approved, you must be registered for a course within the applicable session. Students not registered upon submission of a Summer Housing Application will not be approved. To prevent a delay in processing, please register for your courses prior to applying for housing.

All CSTM Summer students are housed in air conditioned single, double, or family occupancy rooms in Gabelli Hall or another similar residence hall. Units in Gabelli Hall are apartment-style with two bedrooms and include a kitchen, a bathroom, and a common room. Each room includes a desk, chair, chest of drawers, and bed for each occupant. No dining plan is available through the University in the Summertime, but the dining halls are open. Students may pay with cash, a card, or with their Eagle ID Dining/Eagle Bucks. Eagle IDs or coins can also be used to pay for the laundry facilities located in Gabelli Hall. Gabelli Hall, along with all other buildings at Boston College, is smoke free.

Dishes, pots, pans, glasses, silverware and other utensils are NOT provided. If you wish to use these, you will need to supply them. Students from past summers have left behind some household goods that students staying on campus this summer may want to borrow.  Those items are usually available for students to peruse in the Gathering Place (the lounge in the residence hall) beginning at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday evening, the night before classes begin.  The items include tea pots, coffee makers, toasters, cookware, utensils, dishware, glasses, irons, frying pans, cutlery, hangers.   Please note that there are not enough items to fully outfit every room, so sometimes it is the case that people share items.  If there are particular items they want, they may want to bring them with them.

Single Accommodation includes a single bedroom in a shared apartment. Double Accommodation includes a shared bedroom in a shared apartment. Each bedroom is furnished with two single beds, two desks, two study chairs, and two dressers. All buildings at Boston College, including the residence halls, are smoke free and during the summer alcohol is not permitted on campus even for those who are of legal drinking age.

A basic linen service is offered to all CSTM Summer students for a one-time charge of $33.00 per person. Each student and family member will receive a supply bag that contains linens, towels, and toilet paper. Trash barrels with liners will also be provided for the suite. All linens must be returned in the supply bag provided when the student checks out.

Residence halls have laundry machines which are coin operated or can be activated by placing funds on your BC ID.

Unfortunately, Summer Housing is not able to house Summer students before or after the session. Due to the limited time available to prepare the halls, no one will be allowed to move into their assignment until the official move-in day.

More summer housing information will be available at https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/offices/student-affairs/sites/residential-life/living-in-bc-housing/summer-housing.html

Asking past summer students what they would suggest incoming students pack, they suggested the following. (Please note this is not an exhaustive list, but rather a collection of ideas from past summer students.) Items include: comfortable walking shoes/sandals, sunglasses, layers for class and the evening (the AC works really well in Simboli in the summer!), ziploc bags, laundry detergent/pods, a dish towel, a cloth napkin, small power strip for charging devices in the dorm room, backpack and tote bag, small cloth laundry bag for dirty clothes, reusable water bottle and coffee cup, umbrella, lunch bag, and simple utensils. 

CSTM Summer students bringing a spouse or additional family members should register for appropriate accommodations and include the names of each family member they are bringing in the comment section of the application. Rates depend on the number of occupants in a room and students are charged for each occupant. Please note that there are different rates per night for spouses and family members, which are listed in the table above. More summer housing information will be available at https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/offices/student-affairs/sites/residential-life/living-in-bc-housing/summer-housing.html.

Please note: Family occupancy apartments are extremely limited and will be distributed in accordance to need by CSTM. Family occupancy is designed for Summer students with children. CSTM participants planning on bringing family members must indicate this on their application and register for an entire two bedroom apartment. If any family members are minors, you must also let Summer Housing know in advance. Family apartments are only available with space availability due to space restrictions. Please contact the Summer Housing office at summer.housing@bc.edu if you are considering bringing your family.

CSTM Summer students may check in at the Summer Welcome Center, located at Stayer Hall, 110 St. Thomas More Drive, across from St. Ignatius Church, which is a short walk from Gabelli Hall. If you are taking a taxi to campus, you may want to have the taxi wait while you check in and drive you to the residence hall. The Welcome Center is open from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. daily.  Please do not arrive outside these hours, as there will be no staff available to check you in.  If you have an international flight that arrives after 12:00 a.m., please email summer.housing@bc.edu to make specific arrangements, at least 48 hours in advance, as this email is not monitored at all hours. 

Summer Housing will charge your student account for the number of nights staying on-campus.