Room Swaps vs Room Changes
Room Swaps are different than a Room Change in that a Room Swap involves two students moving directly into each others spaces (unlike a Room Change which involves one student moving from their current assignment to a vacancy).
Room Swap Process
This Room Swap tool can be found in the Student Housing Portal and provides students the opportunity to "post" their room as available to other students, and then to search for rooms that other students have already posted.
The tool consists of the following pages:
- Select the Assignment you wish to swap out of
- Indicate your Reason for wanting to Room Swap
- Search Rooms available to swap in to
- Submit Request to Swap Rooms
Once a student finds and agrees to a room swap with another student via the Room Swap process, a member of the Assignment Team will reach out to schedule or confirm your room swap.
Student may not physically swap rooms until they receive instructions and confirmation from a member of the Student Housing Office Assignments Team specifying their move date.
Room Swap Availability
Traditionally, the Room Swap tool is only availabe when the Student Housing Office is able to accept Room Change Requests. This standard period begins Week 3 of the Fall and Spring Semesters and ends two weeks prior to the last day of classes in the Fall and Spring semester. The Room Swap tool is not avaiable during the Summer terms.
When resources allow, the Student Housing Office may open the Room Swap tool at their discretion to provide students with additional opportunities to swap assignments with other students.
Students are only permitted to swap between spaces of the same student classification (i.e. First-Year students can only swap into room spaces for other First-Year students, a Sophomore cannot swap spaces with a Senior, etc.).
Additional Details
- The Room Swap tool generates a request which must be review and approved by the Assignments Team.
- Student may not physically swap rooms until they receive instructions and confirmation from a member of the Student Housing Office Assignments Team.
- Students can only swap rooms if they are swapping between rooms of the same classification (first-year, sophomore, juior/senior).
- Availability of the Room Swap tool is at the discretion of the Student Housing Office and the Assignments Team and is subject to change as resources allow.
- Students are responsible for checking whether swapping their room will change their meal plan cost or housing cost for the semester.
- Apartments are required to have, at minimum, the A-Plan.
- All other residents are required to have, at minimum, the N-Plan.