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IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES!
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES!
- - - CONTINUING STUDENT HOUSING SELECTION for 2025-2026 - - -
TUE, MAR 11: ResEd&Housing Tabling Help, Founders Main Lobby, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
THU, MAR 13: Housing Help Sessions, ResEd&Housing Office in 101 King Hall, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM. *Bring your laptop
FRI, MAR 14: DEADLINE to submit Off-Campus Release Requests and New ADA Housing Requests. You'll be notified of decisions by Mar 21 if your application was complete and on-time.
MON, MAR 24: DEADLINE for Online Housing Registration forms. REQUIRED for all continuing residential students without pre-approval of an off-campus release. REQUIRED to be eligible for roommate/suitemate matching and Room Self-Selection.
FRI, FEB 28 through Room Self-Selection: Roommate/Suitemate Matching. You must be successfully matched with all desired roommates/suitemates through MyHousing Self-Service in order to self-select and fill 2025-2026 rooms/suites as a group.
Week of Mar 31: Room Self-Selection Process. Participants will receive a specific selection date and time.
Meal Plans will be assigned over the summer according to your preferences indicated on your housing registration form.
- - - INCOMING STUDENT HOUSING SELECTION for 2025-2026 - - -
New, Transfer, Visiting, and Readmitted Students
SAT, APR 12: Housing Registration forms open.
THU, MAY 1: DEADLINE for online Housing Registration forms and Roommate Requests for best consideration. Students who register by this deadline will receive their room and roommate assignments no later than June 15.
- - - BREAKS & CLOSING, SPRING 2025 - - -
SAT, MAR 1: 10:00AM, Residence Halls CLOSE for Spring Break. Students may register to stay (no additional fee).
SUN, MAR 9: 9:00AM, Residence Hall REOPEN after Spring Break.
SAT, APR 19: 10:00AM, DEADLINE TO VACATE for any student not enrolled in Spring 3-week session.
THU, MAY 15: 3:00PM, RESIDENCE HALLS CLOSE for the term, DEADLINE TO VACATE for ALL STUDENTS except for graduating seniors and those with explicit permission due to direct involvement with commencement ceremonies (e.g. marshals).
SAT, MAY 17: Commencement! RESIDENCE HALLS CLOSE at 8:00PM for all remaining students (e.g. graduates, marshals).
The 4-Year Residential Requirement
The 4-Year Residential Requirement
Yes. Guilford requires students to live on-campus for four years per the Residential Contract. You may ask ... why? Between schoolwork and getting enough sleep, the last thing to worry about is hustling through a commute to get to class on time. But consider more closely the value of a Guilford education. Community is central to the Guilford experience. Many students form their closest, lasting friendships outside of the classroom.
Living in such a tight-knit, diverse, dynamic group of people can expand your social circle, life experiences, and your world perspective — and it’s integral to a true liberal arts education. Through community living, students gain such transferable experiences and skills as self-advocacy, communication, conflict resolution, independence, accountability, decision-making, and respect. And as residential students you also have direct access to on-campus resources and support.
Guilford offers a variety of types of housing to accommodate students’ changing needs year-to-year. We hope you’ll make the most of them! Limited exceptions are made to this 4-year residential requirement, but if you believe that you meet these criteria, please read more about how to request an off-campus release.
EXCLUSIONS to the 4-Year Residential Requirement
EXCLUSIONS to the 4-Year Residential Requirement
There are a few exceptions which EXCLUDE a student from the residential requirement and on-campus housing options:
a.) Early College student status
b.) Continuing Education student status
c.) Graduate student status
d.) Age 15 or younger
e.) Age 23 or older*
f.) Enrolled part-time* (11 or fewer credit hours - these students must still submit an off-campus release application but will be approved)
g.) Those already with a standing approval by Residential Education & Housing for an off-campus release
*For examples b.), c.), e.) and f.), a student may petition to live or remain in on-campus housing through the Request to Stay in Housing Form linked below, which may required the support of the student's Academic Advisor or an Academic Dean.
Course Registration / Enrollment Requirements for Housing Eligibility
Course Registration / Enrollment Requirements for Housing Eligibility
In order to be eligible for continuous housing throughout each semester, a student* must be enrolled in concurrent academic coursework at a minimum of 12 credits during each of the 14-week sessions and a minimum of 2 credits during the Spring 3-week session. A student who is not registered for, or is withdrawn from, Spring 3-week courses may not remain in the on-campus housing assignment for the duration of that 3-week period, regardless of the number of enrolled credits during the Spring 14-week session.
*Full-time graduate students who are approved for on-campus housing are required to be concurrently enrolled in a minimum of 8 credits during each of the 14- week sessions and a minimum of 1 credit during the Spring 3-week session.
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