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Students will be able to self-assign to a hall and room during the self-selection windows. The confirmation window helps our system generate a random self-selection window based on the application completion timeframe.

Students who complete the application within a confirmation window will be randomly assigned a selection timeslot to self-select their hall and room. This is all completed in the application during the self-selection window assigned to the student. Verified roommate groups will be assigned the same selection timeslot which will be determined from the best.

You will need your login information for MyState as well as a means to pay the $75 confirmation fee, and you will need to sign the housing contract. If you have a roommate in mind, you will need to also have their first and last name in order to request them in the application.

Students will be able to request special accommodations, indicate additional interests, indicate interest in a Living-Learning Community, apply for up to two Living-Learning Communities, create a profile for a roommate search (about me information, living environment preferences) and search for, request and confirm roommates.

No, not necessarily. However, if you do not choose a roommate, you will not be able to self-assign during your self-assign selection window. Housing and Residential Life will assign you at the end of your self-assign window.

You can send up to 4 (four) roommate requests. To fill a double room, you need to confirm at least one roommate. To fill a four-person suite, you need to confirm at least three roommates. If you wish to live in a suite, you must confirm all the roommates you wish to have in the suite with you. This is the only way to self-assign to a suite. Students must have enough roommates to fill a suite when the self-selection window becomes available or they will not be able to self-assign to that space.

It is possible that your friend has not yet completed a housing application. Your friend also needs to select being included in roommate search results in their application. Only roommates who are eligible to live in the same spaces will show up in search results (a first-year student will not show up in a second-year student's search results, etc.).

Once a roommate group is verified, the selection timeslot that is earliest out of all group members will be issued everyone within the group. Roommates will have the same timeslot once their group is verified.

You must have been assigned a selection time in order to access this step. When your self-selection time arrives, assign yourself to a room.

Like most online systems, the software has user capacity limits for how many people can access it at any given moment. As soon as one student logs off or leaves the site, another student will be able to access the portal. If you receive a "server is busy" message, please return in a few minutes.

Here is our cancellation policy:

• If your application is canceled on or before May 31, your $75 confirmation fee will be refunded to you.
• If your application is canceled between June 1 and July 31, your $75 confirmation fee will be forfeited.
• If you are formally withdrawing from South Dakota State University and your application is canceled on or after August 1 (fall) on or after Dec. 1 (spring) through the date of 60% completion of the current semester, your $75 confirmation fee is forfeited, and you will be billed for any days you had occupancy of your room.
• If you remain a student at South Dakota State University, but are permitted to cancel your housing contract through appeal or release on or after Aug. 1 (fall) or after Dec. 1 (spring) through the date of 60% completion of the current semester, your $75 confirmation fee is forfeited, you will be charged a $200 early termination fee, and you will be billed for any days you had occupancy of your room.
• If your application is canceled after the 60% completion date, you will be charged the entire semester housing charges.

All on-campus students will receive a randomized personalized timeslot via email. Timeslots are distributed across multiple days to balance system usage and reduce technical failures.

Yes. Your application completion timeframe determines the room selection window you are placed in:

• Apply within 0–24 hours → First selection window
• Apply within 24–72 hours → Second selection window
• Apply within 72–336 hours (2 weeks) → Third selection window
• Apply after 2 weeks → No selection timeslot; manually assigned

You have 24 hours to be included in the first selection window. There is no advantage to applying exactly at your timeslot as it simply marks when your 24-hour period begins.

No. Timeslots are assigned to evenly distribute students and prevent system overload. However, because your application window lasts 24 hours, most schedules will accommodate completion.

That is okay. Each person applies during their own application window. Later, once your roommate group is verified, you will be assigned the same room selection timeslot.

• You can form and verify your roommate group in the housing portal.
• Once verified, all members share the same room selection timeslot.
• The group member with the most flexible schedule during the selection window can do the room selection for your entire group.
• No one needs to leave class or share passwords.

No. The only factor is which application window you apply within. There is no benefit to competing within the same window.

Students who do not apply within two weeks of their assigned timeslot will be manually assigned a room and will not receive a selection timeslot.

Because your application window lasts 24 hours, most students can complete the application regardless of location. If you still have concerns, contact the Housing Office in advance.

• Apply within the first 24-hours of your application timeslot
• Form your roommate group early.
• Have a list of backup buildings/room types.
• Attend returner open house sessions or ask your CA for help.

If your roommate group is unverified, your group can adjust or remove members as needed. If your roommate group is verified and you need to adjust your group members because a group member is no longer attending SDSU, you will need to contact Housing and Residential Life at 605-688-5148 for assistance.

No, this change only affects application timing and room selection.

Yes, there are single rooms available for selection but these are limited. If you do not see a single room during your self-selection timeslot, these are full.

Yes. Students are randomly assigned an application timeslot. Yes, students are randomly assigned a selection timeslot within their confirmation window. Timeslots are generated randomly through our housing software.