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There are a limited number of rooms on campus that are designated as single rooms (i.e., not having a roommate). Students are only guaranteed single rooms if they are in one of these designated singleshave an approved accommodation obtained through the Office for Academic Access. Occasionally, it is possible for students to live alone in a non-designated single room. Students choosing to live alone in a designated double room may be charged an additional fee per semester to live in double room by themselves.Room consolidation is a procedure that allows the ; this can include if the person has an approved accommodation, but no designated single rooms are available or if a roommate option is not available or not needed by EMU Housing.
Room/Apartment consolidation is a procedure that allows the housing office to provide the maximum amount of space to students in the residence halls. The process may affect students who live alone in a double occupancy room which occurs when a roommate does not arrive or withdraws. Students may be required to pay a single room fee (an additional fee per semester), move into another room, or have another student move in with them. The residence life staff will assist in making decisions about who changes rooms if the students cannot agree. If necessary, room consolidations are generally completed by the second week of each semester, or in the case of mid semester changes, by the fifth day after a roommate has left.have an empty bed(s) in their space. EMU Housing staff reserves the right to place students needing a bed in spaces that are appropriate to their age and/or class level. Students who are living in a space that has an empty room should ensure that the empty space is available and ready to receive a roommate at the beginning of each semester.
Residence Life Procedures
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For current students who are continuing their enrollment into the following year, room selection procedures begin early in the spring each year when housing applications are made available. Students complete a housing application according to their preferences for the following yearthe following year, room selection procedures begin early in the spring each year when housing applications are made available. Students complete a housing application according to their preferences for the following year. When applying for spaces, groups that will fill a space with at least two-thirds occupancy, will be given priority for selecting spaces. Those who do not meet that threshold will go immediately after the people who meet the threshold. Anyone with an empty bed in their space (whether meeting the two-thirds threshold or not) are subject to receiving a roommate if there is a need for that bed for an EMU student.
New Students
The director of residence life Director for Campus Life makes room assignments for new students. This process is completed by July 1 and after that students should be able to see their assigned room and roommate on my.emu in the “Housing” tab. Students are given housing assignments in accordance with their preferences whenever possible. Assignments are made by entering information from the “Housing Questionnaire and Request Form”, completed by all new incoming students on the EMU website. Persons with the most similar responses are assigned as roommates. Late applicants may be assigned on a space-available basis. New students may request each other as roommates by indicating who they would like as their roommate on the Housing Questionnaire form.
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