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First-year Application Process

First-year students are guaranteed on-campus housing. In May, Residential Living will email to students’ Georgetown account, a “Welcome to On-Campus Housing” email that will detail the instructions on how to participate in all options of the housing application process. Students will fill out their housing application within the Hoya Housing portal.

Hoya Housing is Residential Living’s online student housing portal that will be a place where all applications, forms, cart reservations and email correspondence is hosted.

The required steps of the housing application include: signing the Housing Occupancy Agreement, filling out the Living Preference Questionnaire, and listing emergency contact information. Optional steps within the application include: apply for a Living Learning Community and searching for/selecting a roommate with our CHARMS roommate process.

Important Application Dates:

First-year Housing & LLC Application opens: May 2023

At this time, students will complete the Living Preference Questionnaire, Emergency Contact Information, Housing Occupancy Agreement and create a Roommate Profile.

CHARMS opens: June 2023

Students may use the CHARMS portal to search and message potential roommates. If you find a roommate you want to live with you can request and confirm on another.

CHARMS closes: June 2023

After the deadline, all first-year students who have submitted an 2023-2024 Housing Application will be randomly assigned to one of the new students buildings on campus.

All students, will receive their housing assignment, roommate confirmation and move-in instructions the first week of August; this includes students who are accepted into an LLC and students with specific medical accommodation housing.

Housing Assignment Specifics

  • New first-year students cannot request a specific residence hall or room and all assignments are random
  • Important: Students who require a private bath due to religious need must submit this in writing to newstudenthousing@georgetown.edu. Request must be submitted in writing before the CHARMS deadline!
  • Single rooms are not available to first-year or sophomore students, unless required due to approved medical need.
  • Students requiring medical accommodations should apply through the Academic Resource Center. Medical accommodation requests are due June 2023
  • New first-year students are not assigned to apartments or with upperclass roommates, unless the student elects to live in a Living Learning Community housed in an upperclass hall
  • Non-Discrimination Statement — We provide housing to undergraduate students on a non-discrimination basis

Transfer Student Application Process

In June, Residential Living will email all transfer students, to their Georgetown account, a “Welcome to On-Campus Housing” email that will detail the instructions on how to participate in all options of the housing application process. Students will fill out their housing application within their Hoya Housing portal.

Hoya Housing is Residential Living’s online student housing portal that will be a place where all applications, forms, cart reservations and email correspondence is hosted. account.

Important Application Dates:

Transfer Housing Application opens: June 2023

At this time, students will complete the Living Preference Questionnaire, Emergency Contact Information, Housing Occupancy Agreement. Students may also apply to a Living Learning Communitie. 

Medical Accommodation Requests are due by:

July 2023

Residence Exemption Requests are due by:

July 2023

All students will receive their housing assignment, roommate confirmation and move-in instructions the first week of August; this includes students students with specific medical accommodation housing.