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Housing Application Information

What is a Housing Application?

• A Housing Application is an online form that lets the Office of Residence Life know that a student has interest in living on campus during the upcoming academic year.
• Completing a Housing Application does not guarantee a student a space on campus nor does it commit a student to on-campus housing.
• Students must complete a Housing Application in order to become eligible for a Housing Contract.
• The University does not guarantee on-campus housing for any student after their freshman year.

Who should complete a Housing Application?

• Students who are currently living on campus and are interested in living on campus during the upcoming academic year should complete a Housing Application.
• New transfer students who are interested in living on campus during the upcoming academic year.
• Students living off campus and are interested in living on campus in the upcoming academic year should complete a Housing Application.
• New freshmen are required to live on campus. They complete a one step application-contract process as outlined in their OneBook.

Why should I complete a Housing Application?

• You must complete a Housing Application in order to become eligible for a Housing Contract.
• The Office of Residence Life creates a list of applicants and offers Housing Contracts to these applicants as space permits.
• Current freshmen will be given priority for Housing Contracts. Contracts are then offered on a first come, first serve basis to applicants who are currently living on campus, then to new incoming transfers, and finally to students who are currently living off campus.

When should I complete a Housing Application and how do I do so?

• Applications for the Fall 2013-Spring 2014 academic year will be available starting at 10pm on October 1, 2012 via the Online Housing System. Information about applying for on-campus housing will be emailed to all current on-campus students in September..

What happens after I apply?

The Office of Residence Life determines if there is enough space available to offer the applicant a Housing Contract.

If there is space available:

• The applicant will be sent an e-mail to their JMU e-mail address with an offer for a Housing Contract and a due date.
• Applicants must sign the contract online by the assigned due date in order to guarantee housing for the upcoming academic year.
• The contract will be binding for the entire academic year for which it is signed and may only be cancelled within 5 business days after it is signed.
• Students should not submit a Housing Contract as a backup plan, as they will be held to all terms and conditions once the contract is received.

If there is no space available:

• Applications will be kept on file. Contract offers are made to applicants on an as space permits basis.

How do I cancel my Housing Application?

• Housing Applications are automatically inactivated if a student is offered a Housing Contract and fails to sign the contract by the due date.
• If you have not been offered a Housing Contract and are no longer interested in being on our applicant list, please us at res-life@jmu.edu to cancel your Application.

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