Returning Undergraduate Housing Selection Process

To complete the housing application agreement

1. Login into your eRezLife account.
2. All housing application forms are available under the Housing Overview tab. You will also have a recommended action to ‘apply for housing’ that will take you to the housing overview. Click this link!
3. Click the Apply Now button beside the housing you wish to apply.
   • Please Note: All students will be completing the new applicant housing agreement
     application.
4. Complete all questions on the housing agreement application. Mandatory questions on
   the application are marked with a red asterisk mark (*). After completing your application form, click “Save” to save your data, or click “Save and continue” to continue with your housing application process.
5. On the Confirm Application page, carefully review your application details and check
   off the three terms listed indicating that you understand and agree with all statements.
   • Once your application has successfully been completed, you will see the confirmation
     message along with your receipt number. A copy of the receipt will also be sent to your Trinity email address.
   • Your application and application status can now be reviewed under the Housing Overview

1. Go to Roommate Groups on the drop-down menu once you have submitted
   your application
2. If you have a roommate group pending, you can accept the invitation. There
   will be green check marks next to each person’s name
3. If you do not have an invitation waiting for you, select Create new roommate
   group.
   • Enter a group name and provide potential roommate’s email (You can
     only add a roommate who has completed the housing application).
   • The potential roommate will receive an email invitation to be your roommate and will be viewable in their Roommate Group‘s section in eRezLife. They will have
     to accept the invitation as outlined above.
4. Once completed, your roommate group should appear under Roommate Groups with green checks next to their name.
5. Note: Only one of you creates a roommate group. The other accepts the invite.
   If you both create a roommate group, the accounts will not be linked and the
   request will not be granted.

Prior to entering the Room Selection Process, you will be able to preview rooms under
the Housing Overview page.

1.  You may search for specific rooms. Vacant rooms are indicated by an icon of a bed, and rooms that are unavailable to you are indicated by the icon of a bed with a red circle and line over it.
   • This also tells you how many people are needed in a group in order to be qualified for this space.
2. You can search by building and floors for your rooms through the search on the left side of the page.
3. If you find a room that you like, you can click the star icon beside the room to add it to your Favorites.
   • It is highly recommended to have at least 10 options in your favorites. Rooms go quickly! Have backup plans in place. This will make the process a lot less stressful when the time comes.
   • On the left side of the page, you can also click Only show my favorites so that your page becomes less cluttered and easier to select when the process begins.

1. Once you are eligible to enter the Housing Selection Process, you will see a ‘Browse
   Rooms‘ button at the top of the Housing Overview page. Click this to begin.
2. This is where you can set to Only show my favorites, or search buildings and rooms to find the space you want.
3. Click the bed icon to select your room. You will not be able to select any unavailable
   rooms. So if a room you selected into your favorites earlier is no longer there, it means it is no longer vacant.
4. A dialog window will appear with details of the selected room. Click the ‘choose this
   bed‘ button.
5. Review the details of your room reservation. Click on ‘Assign me now‘ to confirm your
   assignment. If you are living alone, you have completed selecting your housing assignment.
   • If you have a roommate group, you can also pull them in and “place your roommates nearby” for them to be in your space.
   • You then have the option to move roommates into different beds by selecting ‘reassign beds‘. Once you complete assigning beds, you have completed selecting your housing assignment.

The following students are not eligible to participate in the housing selection process:

• Students aged 25 or older [are not eligible for any on-campus housing]
• Students studying abroad during the following fall semester
• Students who have a financial hold
• Students who are approved for a housing accommodation through the SARC office (with the exception of those approved for an AC Unit)
• Students who have accepted positions as a Resident Advisor, or First-Year P.R.I.D.E. Leader
• Students who will be residing in the FRED (Summit East). 
  • Please Note: There is a separate application process to live in the FRED
• Students who have been approved for off-campus housing or commuter student status and instead wish to participate in the housing selection process must notify our office prior to the week of April 6, 2026 by emailing housing@trincoll.edu. 

Your housing selection time slot is determined by your graduating class year. Priority is assigned as follows: rising seniors first, followed by rising juniors, and then rising sophomores. Within each class year, the time slots are randomized. Please be aware that our housing software program does not allow for you to change your assigned time slot.

The size or makeup of your roommate group, or even the absence of a roommate group, does not influence the time slot you receive during the housing selection process. Additionally, changing roommate groups does not affect your assigned time slot.

Townhouse selection will occur in the order below:

1. Groups with only rising seniors
2. Groups with rising seniors and rising juniors
3. Groups with rising seniors, rising juniors, and rising sophomores
4. Groups with only rising juniors
5. Groups with only rising sophomores

Each group must appoint a group leader. This leader will then extend invitations to other students to join the group, and those students must accept the request to become part of the group.

Important Note: The total number of individuals in a roommate group must match the number of beds available in the townhouse or suite. If your group has one fewer or one more person, you will not be able to select that space.

When the housing selection process begins, the group leader will log into the housing software program to choose a suite and randomly assign roommates to their respective beds. This individual will be the sole person selecting for your group, while everyone else will be added automatically.

No, once your room assignment is confirmed, changes cannot be made through our housing software program.

The individual who has the earliest timeslot will serve as the group leader and will be responsible for choosing the housing assignment.

You can only reserve a townhouse or suite if all the bed spaces within it are occupied.

If a roommate request is declined, your group will forfeit the reservation for the townhouse or suite, and everyone will need to restart the housing selection process.

No, once a roommate request is submitted, the student’s name becomes unavailable for selection unless the request is denied.

The makeup of your roommate group determines the suites you can browse and select from when looking for rooms. This includes factors such as the number of individuals in your group, their gender, and their class year. For instance, a group of four people would not have access to availabilities in the Jarvis suites.

On the day your class chooses housing, you will still have the opportunity to access the system and select a housing assignment.

Housing selection for the upcoming fall semester occurs during the preceding spring semester. Students who plan to study abroad in the fall do not participate in the housing selection process at this time. Once students confirm their return for the spring semester, they will apply for housing selection during the fall prior.

Students who will be studying abroad during the spring semester of the upcoming academic year are eligible to take part in the housing selection process and must choose their housing for the fall semester.

Students who are studying abroad but intend to return for the upcoming fall semester must take part in the housing selection process, following the same procedures as those currently on campus.

For instance, a student who is abroad in Spring 2026 and plans to return to campus for Fall 2026 must engage in the housing selection process, as students are required to live on campus.

You can get information about the neighborhoods and individual residential halls, including  the floor plans, here.

The housing agreement clearly states that the housing team holds the right to fill any vacant spaces at any time during the academic year. If you are residing in a double room, please refrain from occupying the entire area, moving the existing furniture, or using the other bed. The housing office will notify you if someone is set to move in, but it’s essential that the space remains clean and ready for new occupants at all times.

For those in a suite or townhouse, please do not use the vacant room for storage or any other purposes. The room will undergo inspection and cleaning once the student moves out, and any belongings left behind will be removed.

If you know someone interested in moving into the space, kindly fill out the mid-year roommate request form here.