• Application Opens – Tuesday, December 2
• Deadline to submit documentation to the Office of Accessibility Services – Friday, January 30
• Sophomore Advanced Placement requests due – Friday, January 30
• Sophomore Advanced Placement selection - Week of February 9
• Application Closes – Thursday, March 5 at 11:59pm.
• Selection Times Sent to group leaders – Week of March 9
• Housing Selection Week – March 16-20

Rising Sophomores are guaranteed housing for the 2026-2027 academic year by participating in the Sophomore Advanced Placement process.

• Advanced Placement allows rising sophomores to select housing in Ellsworth, Fuller, and South Village as a group of 2, 3, 5, or 7 people.
  • Groups of 1, 4, and 6 are not able to participate – the HRE Center will host a roommate meet & greet for students looking for additional group member(s) for Advanced Placement
• All group members must be Rising Sophomores (Class of 2029)
• Sophomore Advanced Placement will include a live selection process.
  • Group leaders will receive an email with their selection time the week of February 2.
  • At their assigned selection date and time, group leaders will be able to log into the housing portal and select from the available options that can accommodate their group size.
    • If and only if every available assignment in Ellsworth, Fuller, and South Village are selected, then some additional assignments in the WPI Townhouses and/or other Campus Houses will be added for groups that have not had the opportunity to select housing yet.
• Rising sophomores that opt not to participate in Advanced Placement are declining their opportunity for guaranteed housing and therefore will not be guaranteed housing through later processes.
  • This includes students that form a group for Advanced Placement but choose to not select housing during their assigned selection time.
  • Rising sophomores are permitted to participate in the general selection process, but it is not recommended unless they already have a rising junior or senior that they plan to live with.
  • During general selection, any rising sophomore groups would get a selection timeslot after all rising junior & rising senior groups have already selected.
  • Rising sophomores who choose to participate as a group of 4 during the general selection process would likely have no housing options to select, as East & Faraday Hall have historically been selected in entirety by rising juniors & rising seniors.

• Virtual Tours available for all locations:

  Ellsworth Apartments

  Fuller Apartments

  South Village Houses - 

Tips & Tricks for Rising Juniors & Rising Seniors 

All class year distinctions are based on the group leader. 

The maximum group size for the general selection process is 4. 

The following locations are available to Groups of 4 during general selection; Groups of 4 select in the order of Rising Juniors, then Rising Seniors, then Rising Sophomores. If space allows groups of 3, 2, and 1 will select from the remaining apartments (with remaining beds in partially filled apartments being available for other groups). 

• East Hall
• Faraday Hall 

The following location is available to Groups of 3 during general selection; Groups of 3 select in the order of Rising Senior, then Rising Juniors, then Rising Sophomores. If space allows groups of 2 and 1 will select from the remaining apartments (with remaining beds in partially filled apartments being available for other groups). 

• WPI Townhouses
• South Village

Any open double or triple bedroom will be available to Groups of 2 during general selection; Groups of 2 select in the order of Rising Senior, then Rising Juniors, then Rising Sophomores. If a Group of 2 selects a triple bedroom, the remaining bed will be available for a group of 1 to select. 

Any open bed will be available to Groups of 1 during general selection; the order for Groups of 1 is entirely random (not based on class year). Groups of 1 are strongly discouraged. 

Earliest Advanced Placement Timeslot – Rising Sophomores

Rising sophomores can enter the raffle for the earliest timeslots by attending the Sophomore Advanced Placement Overview, Advanced Placement Q&A and/or the Sophomore Meet & Greet.  

• Attending multiple events will result in multiple entries and a better chance to win!
• Winners will be announced by Friday, February 6 

Earliest General Selection Timeslot – Rising Juniors & Seniors

• Rising juniors & seniors may enter by attending any of the other roommate Meet and Greets and programming options.  

Studio Single Raffle – Wellness Day  

• Stop by East Hall between 9am-4pm on February 13, 2026. To enter for the chance to win placement in a Studio Single Apartment next year through our Wellness Day raffle!
• The number of winners will be determined after all accommodated students have been placed.  
• Winners will be responsible for the cost of their placement. Housing costs can be found on this page.  
• Winners will be announced by February 20 

If you are a current student with questions about on-campus housing, please email housing@wpi.edu