For Incoming First-Year Students
Housing Registration Forms and Roommate Requests are DUE by MAY 1 @ 5 p.m. for best consideration!
You may REVISIT Roommate Selection until it closes or you receive a housing assignment.
Incoming First Year Students are housed together in Binford, Milner Halls and Bryan Suites . Students cannot be paired as roommates with Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.
Students participating in the Ethical Leaders in Action TLC or Queer in the First Year TLC are likely to be paired with roommates who are also in that respective TLC so roommate options may be restricted.
Please also refer to the Roommate Search and Selection VIDEO at the bottom of this page!
Request a specific roommate...
Perhaps you already know someone you want to request as a roommate or you meet a compatible roommate through Guilford Orientation... Be sure to FULLY MATCH with one another through MyHousing Self-Service in order to be housed together!
Both you and your roommate must complete your Online Housing Registration Forms in order to be eligible and searchable.
Login to MyHousing Self-Service. Go to the "Roommate and Room Selection" drop-down menu, select "Roommates/Suitemates."
Select the relevant future term.
Simply search for your roommate using the name fields. Once you find the other student, click the button to request them as a roommate.
Your requested roommate must follow the same steps to login and "accept" your request.
Confirm that "Your roommate group is fully matched." If you are not a fully matched roommate group, Housing will be unable to accommodate the pairing.
Search for compatible roommates...
You can search for compatible roommates using the various Roommate Search criteria. If you find someone who seems like a good match, you can send them a roommate request! If they accept, you'll be a FULLY MATCHED pair and you'll be housed together!
Complete your Online Housing Registration Form in order to be eligible and searchable.
Login to MyHousing Self-Service. Go to the "Roommate and Room Selection" drop-down menu, select "Roommates/Suitemates."
Select the relevant future term.
Use various search criteria to view eligible roommates, we recommend starting with just one or two criteria that are most important to you.
View your search results and the profiles of potential roommates. If you find a good match, click the button to send them a roommate request.
Your requested roommate must "accept" your request to be matched with you.
Confirm that "Your roommate group is fully matched." If you are not a fully matched roommate group, Housing will be unable to accommodate the pairing.
No roommate? No worries!...
If you do not have a roommate in mind coming into your first semester and don't match with someone through the Roommate Search options, don't worry! This is the case for most students. Our system will match you with a roommate based on your responses and preferences in your Online Housing Registration Form.
And don't forget to enter or update your Roommate Profile!
For INCOMING TRANSFER STUDENTS
Transfer students are routinely housed with continuing Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors, most of whom already have their housing assignments. This is a manual process and placement is based on the preferences you enter in your Online Housing Registration Form and the remaining available vacancies in continuing student housing. If you have a specific roommate or placement request, please contact Residential Education & Housing directly once you have completed your Online Housing Registration Form.
And don't forget to enter or update your Roommate Profile!
For Continuing Students
Please also refer to the Roommate Search and Selection VIDEO and SCREENSHOT INSTRUCTIONS at the bottom of this page!
If you will be participating in Room Self-Selection...
Be sure to complete your Online Housing Registration Form by the deadline in order to be eligible. Your proposed roommate(s) must also complete this step to be searchable as a roommate.
Login to MyHousing Self-Service. Select "Roommates/Suitemates" from the "Roommate and Room Selection" drop-down menu.
Select the relevant future term.
Using the Roommate Search fields, find and request your roommate(s). (If you cannot find your roommate, they may be ineligible, you may contact ResEd&Housing directly.)
If you do not have a specific roommate in mind, you may use the various search criteria to search for and request compatible roommates. Please note that if you are interested in living in an Apartment, Suite or in a double room with a roommate and do NOT match with anyone, you will be assigned after the self selection process based on your preferences listed on your Registration.
Your roommate must follow the same steps or "accept" your request.
Confirm that "Your roommate group is fully matched."
For Continuing Students Housing Registration:
For Continuing Students interested in an Apartment & Bryan Suite, or a Double Room, each suitemate of the group must match with every other suitemate for the group to be "fully matched" and eligible for consideration. All students will be placed into the self selection process by ResEd&Housing, prioritized by total number of earned credit hours.
Roommate matching settings for Apartment & Bryan allow for groups up to four (each individual can match with up to three roommates), however keep in mind the size and capacity of the Apartments and Bryan.
North Apartments: 4 total suitemates, housed in four single bedrooms.
South Apartments: 4 total suitemates, housed in four single bedrooms.
East Apartments: 3 total suitemates, housed in three single bedrooms. Double Rooms are no longer allowed in the East Apartments.
Bryan Hall: 4 total suitemates, housed in four single bedrooms. Bryan bedrooms are set as singles by default but furnished as doubles.
English Hall: 2 total roommates, housed in 1 single room. Space permits, students are able to receive a single room if interested, or join the waitlist.
Mary Hobbs: 2 total roommates, housed in 1 single room. Mary Hobbs is an all-women's hall. Space permits, students are able to receive a single room if interested, or join the waitlist.
Shore Hall: 2 total roommates, housed in 1 single room. Space permits, students are able to receive a single room if interested, or join the waitlist.
And don't forget to enter or update your Roommate Profile!
