Incoming Student Room Selection

Are you a new incoming first year student at UWRF or a new transfer student? Explore this page to learn about the room selection process. Carefully complete all steps to ensure your room selection is completed properly! All messages regarding the steps will be communicated via your UWRF email. 

Step 1: Sign Contract

  1. Log in to the Housing Portal.
  2. Once in the portal, sign your 2025-26 housing and dining contract.
  3. Submit the $135 contract payment.
  4. Select a meal plan.
  5. Complete all required pages, including the "Sign Contract" page. 


Step 2: Preferences

  1. Log into the Housing Portal to select:
    1. Roommate: May 20 was the deadline to request a roommate in the Housing Portal. If you didn't accept a roommate in the Housing Portal by the deadline, then see roommate details in the "Room Selection Timeline" section of this page.
    2. Communities: Learn about and indicate any Themed Community preferences in the portal. Roommates who accept each other in the portal should specify preferences for the same communities, in the same order of preference.  


Step 3. Select a Room

See the timeline for details about the following:

  1. When Room Selection opens:
    1. Select your hall and room in the Housing Portal.
  2. When Room Swap opens:
    1. After choosing a room in the Housing Portal, if you change your mind about where you want to live or your roommate preference, you may Room Swap to a different room or hall at any time while Room Swap is open in the portal.
  3. FAQ: Can I have a single room without a roommate?
    1. No, there will not be an option for incoming students to receive a single room for the 2025-26 year. If you end up in a room without a roommate, then a roommate will be assigned to you. After the fall 2025 semester begins, if there are empty rooms available, then there will be a single room lottery.


Before Room Selection

  • In preparation for choosing a room:
  • Summary of Halls and Eligibility
     
    • Ames Suites: Graduated high school in 2024 or earlier.
    • Crabtree Hall: First year incoming students only.
    • Grimm Hall: First year incoming students only.
    • Hathorn Hall: Graduated high school in 2024 or earlier.
    • Johnson Hall: Any student.
    • May Hall: Any student.
    • McMillan Hall: Floors 1 and 2: Any student. Floors 3 and 4: First year incoming students only.
    • Parker Hall: First year incoming students only.
    • Prucha Hall: Graduated high school in 2024 or earlier.
    • South Fork Suites: Graduated high school in 2023 or earlier or are 21+ years old.
    • Stratton Hall: Any student. 


Room Selection Timeline

Roommate Deadline: 
May 20, Noon

The May 20 Roommate Request deadline in the Housing Portal has passed, as advertised in the Housing Portal. 

  • Accepted roommates: These details are for students who met the May 20 deadline and accepted each other as roommates in the Housing Portal. You have an accepted roommate if you log into the Housing Portal and see a roommate listed on the page titled "Roommate Search (Closed)." Getting into a room together is easier when you have an accepted roommate in the Housing Portal, because only one student in the roommate pair logs into the Housing Portal during Room Selection and chooses a room, then assigns both roommates to the room. Only an incoming first year or transfer student can assign both roommates to a room during Room Selection. This means that if your accepted roommate is a returning UWRF student, they can't log in and choose a room for you both during Room Selection.
  • Do you have a roommate in mind, but missed the May 20 deadline? You can still get into a room with a preferred roommate during Room Selection or Room Swap by choosing the same room together. During room selection, you will want to both log in and choose a room and be in direct communication with each other to ensure that you choose the same hall and room.
  • Random Roommates: If you you don't have a roommate in mind, and didn't accept a roommate in the Housing Portal, no worries! When you choose a room, you can see the profiles of students who have empty beds in their room before you choose a room. Or you can choose a room with two empty beds and let a random roommate choose the empty bed in your room. Later, you can change rooms during the Room Swap phase of Room Selection if you aren't a match with your roommate.
Community Lottery Winners:
Tuesday, June 3		Community Lottery: Students who indicated a preference for Themed Communities in the Housing Portal will be entered into a random lottery for those communities. Winners will receive an email on Tuesday, June 3, notifying them that they will be assigned to a room in a requested community. If they have a mutually accepted roommate in the Housing Portal, then both they and their roommate are winners.

If you are paired with a roommate in the Housing Portal, per instructions in the Housing Portal, both you and your roommate should select the same communities and in the same order of preference. If you don't, then you may not receive a preferred community.
Early Bird Deadline:
Wednesday, June 4, noon

Early Bird Housing Contract Deadline (June 4, noon): Incoming first year and transfer students who have a signed a housing and meal plan contract by Wednesday, June 4, at noon, will be sent an email on June 5 with details about the earliest date and time that they may sign up for a room during the Room Selection start dates of June 11 and 12.

  • Room selection dates and times are determined by when the student signed their housing contract. Students with earlier signed contracts receive earlier room selection dates and times.
Early Room Selection:
Wednesday, June 11-
Thursday, June 12, 
5-8 p.m. nightly

Early Bird Room Selection for incoming first year and transfer students starts between 5-8 p.m. each day in the Housing Portal June 11-12. This room selection phase is only for students who signed their housing contracts by the Early Bird deadline of noon on June 4. In the email they receive, Early Bird students will have a specific start date and time when they can log in and choose a room - this information will also be available for them in the Housing Portal prior to their Room Selection date.

  • Room Selection Step-by-step Instructions (Coming soon!)
Room Selection:
Tuesday, June 24, 8 a.m.-
Monday, June 30, noon

Room selection available for any incoming new and transfer students in the Housing Portal, including those who signed housing contracts after noon on June 4.

  • Room Selection Step-by-step Instructions (Coming soon!)
Room Swap:
Wednesday, July 2, 8 a.m.-
Wednesday, July 9, noon

Room swap available for all incoming new and transfer students in the Housing Portal, for students seeking to change their hall, room and/or roommate. Only incoming students who have a room may use Room Swap. Students may room swap as many times as they would like

  • Room Swap Step-by-step Instructions (Coming soon!)
Pending

Late Room Selection and Room Swap (Pending)

  • If empty rooms are still available after July 9, then a late Room Selection and Room Swap phase may be opened. Details will be provided here if this happens.
Hand-Assigned to a Room:
(Dates coming)

For students who have a signed contract to live on campus but have not yet chosen a room: As empty beds become available, Residence Life will hand-assign those students to a room with a roommate of similar age and year in school, then will email those students with details to their UWRF email address. 

  • We STRONGLY ENCOURAGE students to choose a room and roommate on one of the above room selection dates, rather than wait for Residence Life to hand assign them to a room. 
Move In Sign Up:
(Dates coming)		Move In Sign Up: A few weeks before Move In, students will log into the Housing Portal and choose a move in day and time. An email will be sent to students in advance of the Move In sign up date and full details will be available on the Move In webpage at that time. Details for students with unique arrival dates or circumstances will also be available at that time.
Friday, Aug. 29-
Monday, Sept. 1
  • Hall Move In begins for incoming first year and transfer students on Friday, Aug. 29. Welcome activities and meal plans begin on this date as well.
  • Move In for returning UWRF students begins Saturday, Aug. 30.
Monday, Sept. 1Hall Move In ends.
Tuesday, Sept. 2Classes begin.

 

Related Links:

Residence Life

410 S. 3rd St.
B3 East Hathorn Hall
River Falls, WI 54022

reslife@uwrf.edu

715-425-4555

Monday-Friday, 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m.