Select Your Roommate(s)
When completing a housing application, students have the option to form a roommate group with other students. All students will need to form a roommate group (even if that is a group of 1). You may enter the process alone, but you will have limited options when choosing a room during Room Selection. We encourage you to find at least one roommate.
Choose a roommate group leader and share your Roommate Pairing Number(s) with the designated group leader. The student who creates the roommate group in the housing application will automatically be designated as the group leader.
Roommate Group Sizes
A roommate group may consist of one, two, or four students of the same sex who all share the same classification. You are only able to form groups with students of the same classification (Continuing Transfer Students may request a classification change using the form on the Additional Services tab of the Student Housing Portal if necessary). Groups can select rooms according to the size of their roommate group. For example: Students in a group of four can select two rooms in the same 4-person apartment or two rooms in the same suite.
5-Person & 6-Person Apartments
There are a highly limited number of 5-person & 6-person apartments available on campus. Students who are interested in being considered for one can create a 5-person or 6-person group in the housing application. After the application deadline, the Student Housing Office will review availability and randomly offer available apartments to eligible groups. It is recommended that students plan for a 4-person apartment since that is the layout of the majority of apartments on campus and the larger apartments are usually only available to a couple of groups. Student Housing will notify remaining groups of 5 and 6 if all the respective units have already been offered to other groups so they can prepare to make changes to their roommate group prior to selection.
We recommend student discuss and plan ahead as a backup if they form a 5-person or 6-person group so that they can quickly redo their roommate group to form groups of one, two, or four prior to selection if necessary.
Roommate Group Sizes & Selection Timeslots
A lot of the housing for continuing students at LMU is designed for four students. Both suites and apartments allow two students to share a room with each other and a bathroom or common area with two additional students. We highly encourage all applicants to consider forming a group of four. Additionally, your group size significantly impacts your odds of receiving a favorable timeslot for room selection as the chances of receiving a better timeslot increase with more group members. For example: a group of 4 students will have four chances to a good timeslot while a group of 2 students will have two chances.
Finding Roommates
The Roommate Finder tool provides a resource for students finding potential compatible roommates. Using the links located on the roommate group page of the housing application, you can find prospective roommates for the upcoming academic year. Please see below for the various options:
- Search for Roommates by Details: Allows students to search for specific roommates using their pairing number.
- Search for Roommates by Profiles: Allows students to search for potential roommates by filtering answers to the lifestyle questions
- Suggest Roommates: Roommates will be suggested based on a high rate of matching answers to lifestyle questions completed during the housing application.
Note: Students will need to have started their housing application to be found using this tool.
Forming a Roommate Group
1. In order to form a group, each person must start their online application.
2. The group should decide who will serve as the group leader and create the group in their application.
3. The first group member to create the roommate group in the online application becomes the group leader. The group leader is responsible for adding the other members to the group.
4. The group leader will add students to the group by entering their Roommate Pairing Number into the application.
5. The Roommate Pairing Number can be found on the "My Housing" page of the Student Housing Portal or the application page titled "Roommate Groups." Using this number rather than other personal identifiers, like your student ID number, helps safeguard your privacy.
▪ Avoid sharing your Roommate Pairing Number with anyone other than your chosen roommate(s) since anyone with your Roommate Pairing Number will be able to add you to their group.
6. If for any reason you would like to request a change to an established group, you may remove yourself from a group through the application.
7. No changes can be made to roommate groups past the application deadline until 24 hours before Room Selection begins (See "Select Your Room" for dates).
If you would like to participate in the Housing Selection Process without roommates, you may create a group of one. In order to do so, you must create a roommate group of one and verify your group. NOTE: This is not a request for a single, you will still need to select a room during room selection.
Tips for Creating a Roommate Group:
If you are having trouble creating a group, please review the following items to create a group properly:
- Ensure that you are correctly inputting the Roommate Pairing Number.
- DO NOT copy/paste the number into the application or include an extra space at the end.
- Ensure that all students have at least started their housing application.
- Ensure that all students in the group have the same sex.
- All students in a group must have the same classification, either LMU Blue or LMU Crimson.
- Ensure that the person you are adding is not yet in a group (even a group of one).
- If a student is in another group, that student will need to remove themselves from the group they are currently in and/or delete the group so that a group leader can add them to the desired roommate group.
- When deciding on roommates, be honest with one another about whether you share some common preferences and living habits. Doing this will lead to more successful roommate relationships. Your roommates do not have to be your best friends and good friends do not always make good roommates.
Gender Inclusive Housing
If you are interested in Gender Inclusive Housing, please contact the Student Housing Office at housing@lmu.edu