Residence Life & Dining FAQs

Housing assignments for the Fall semester will be sent via email beginning July 1 and continuing through the summer. For Spring semester arrival, assignments begin in November and continue through arrival.

Yes. Simply write their name in the requested roommate space on your Housing Questionnaire and have them do the same for their Questionnaire. Each can also email Housing to confirm their intents. Please note that in order for your preference to be honored, both roommates must request each other.

You may request a specific hall, but there is not a guarantee you will receive your preference. Preferences are honored based on deposit date and available space.

You will be placed in housing with either another new transfer or a continuing student. Transfers are not assigned first-year roommates unless they specifically request it or if no other spaces are available. If you will be either a junior or 20 years old by September 1 of the current academic year and would like to live in an apartment on campus, please note that on your Housing Questionnaire.

You can see a list of what to bring (and what not to bring) here. 

Yes. Students can request to reserve a room in their current hall, and those requests will be granted based on seniority (credits earned) and room availability.

Students paired with a roommate(s) are preferenced in room reservation. Students interested in rooming with a new or transfer student can make this request in the room reservation process. Please note that any empty spaces may be filled at the discretion of Student Life. 

Simply include their names on the apartment application.

Apartments are awarded in order of point total for each type of apartment (4-person, 6-person, etc.) and in order of date and time of application submission. Points are determined by age as of September 1, and current class standing. Each individual on an application will be given points using the following scale:

• Current First-year: 1 point
• Current Sophomore: 2 points
• Current Junior: 3 points
• Current Senior: 4 points
• 23+ Years of Age: +1 point
• Full-Time, Off-Campus Program Credit (e.g., student teaching): +1 point

It's all relative—there is no "magical number" of points that will guarantee you an apartment. Every year the number of points needed is different because the groups applying are different. In general, the more upperclassmen you have on your application, the better your chances of qualifying. Over the past several years it has been very difficult for an application with all current sophomores to qualify. If this is true of your group, you can still apply but should be thinking of your other options as well.

Students not receiving an apartment will be able to secure housing by participating in apartment selection night, with the group choosing from available apartments based on their final ranking order from those approved for an apartment.

No. Applications must be complete (6 people for a 6-person apartment, 4 for a 4-person). Please note that each application must have the correct number of people for the fall semester. This means that students who will be off-campus during the fall semester (e.g., study abroad programs) cannot be part of a qualifying housing application.

Gordon College requires all full-time students to live on campus. We do realize that living on campus is not possible for all students due to various life circumstances. To address these specific needs students who are 23 or older, married or primary caregivers for children, living at home with their immediate family, military status, or part-time (less than 8 credits), or have a documented extraordinary circumstance, qualify to be commuters. These students must submit an application to the Office of Student Life each year that they intend to live off-campus. No student should commit to a lease before being approved to live off-campus. Gordon College is not responsible for leases signed or money paid before being approved. Once approved to live off-campus students may not participate in any other part of the housing process. Choosing to live off-campus may result in a reduction in financial aid as outlined in one's financial aid agreement.

If you do not qualify to live off-campus, you will need to find housing on campus during in the room resercation process. We will review cases of significant hardship on a case-by-case basis. If you think you need to live off-campus due to a significant hardship, you can indicate that by completing the off-campus housing application.

Choosing to live off-campus without approval or under false pretenses will result in the standard reduction of financial aid plus an additional amount, and in some cases possible student conduct response.

No. If you are approved you will be required to verify your off-campus address with Student Life by the second Friday in September and by the end of add/drop period in January

If you do not qualify to live off-campus you are required to pay a housing deposit so that you will be eligible for on-campus housing. Housing deposits are credited to your student account as a payment toward your overall expenses. If your case of hardship is considered extraordinary and you are approved to live off-campus, your housing deposit will be refunded.