Housing Selection Process

• Application Opens – Tuesday, January 17 

• Accommodated Documentation Deadline to the Office of Accessibility Services – Friday, February 3 

• Application Closes – Friday, March 3 at 11:59pm.

• Selection Times Sent – Week of March 13 

• Housing Selection Week – March 20 – 24 

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• The housing application is available beginning Tuesday, January 17th, 8am at the website: https://WPI.starrezhousing.com/StarRezPortalX.
• Students will use WPI credentials to log in. 
• All actively enrolled students in the class of 2026, 2025, 2024 will have access to the housing application. 
• All other undergraduate students will be able to participate in the housing waitlist process through this housing portal.
• The DEADLINE to complete the application and verify a roommate group is Friday, March 3 at 11:59pm. 
• All upperclass housing is gender-inclusive - this means that you may form your group with any other eligible upperclass students, regardless of system labeled gender
• EVERYONE must make a group to participate in housing selection, even if a group of 1 person. 
• GROUP LEADERS must verify their group to receive a selection time.  
• The maximum group size is 4 people. 
• Selection times/building options will be based on the class year of the GROUP LEADER. 

• Selection times within class year will be completely random. 

How to Fill Out the Housing Application & Form Roommate Groups - VIDEO

How to Select Housing in the Housing Portal - VIDEO

Step 1: Complete a housing application in the housing portal

Step 2: Form a roommate group and verify your roommate group

Step 3: Learn more about the housing selection process by attending events

Step 4: Receive your housing selection day and time 

Step 5: Select housing 

Step 6: Confirm housing and meal plan 

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Subject to change based on Class of 2027 size.  

All class year distinctions are based on the group leader.

• Cedar House A - Class Year 26 will have the opportunity for Advanced Placement. (Explained below).  If space allows, groups of 3, 2, and 1 will select from remaining spaces. *Meal plan required.* 

• Cedar House B - Class Year 26 will have the opportunity for Advanced Placement. (Explained below).  If space allows, groups of 3, 2, and 1 will select from remaining spaces.  *Meal plan required.* 

• East Hall - Groups of 4 will choose in the following order, Class Year 25, Class Year 26, Class Year 24. If space allows, groups of 3, 2, and 1 will select from remaining spaces. 

• Ellsworth Apartments -  Class Year 26 will have the opportunity for Advanced Placement. (Explained below).  If space allows, groups of 4, 3, 2, and 1 will select from remaining spaces. 

• Faraday Hall - Groups of 4 will choose in the following order, Class Year 25, Class Year 26, Class Year 24. If space allows, groups of 3, 2, and 1 will select from remaining spaces. 

• Fruit House - Class Year 26 will have the opportunity for Advanced Placement. (Explained below). If space allows, groups of 3, 2, and 1 will select from remaining spaces.  *Meal plan required.*

• Fuller Apartments - Class Year 26 will have the opportunity for Advanced Placement. (Explained below).  If space allows, groups of 4, 3, 2, and 1 will select from remaining spaces.  3 and 2 person studio apartment will choose in the following order, Class Year 24, Class Year 25, Class Year 26

• Marston House A - Class Year 26 will have the opportunity for Advanced Placement. (Explained below).  If space allows, groups of 3, 2, and 1 will select from remaining spaces.  *Meal plan required.*  

• Marston House B - Class Year 26 will have the opportunity for Advanced Placement. (Explained below).  If space allows, groups of 3, 2, and 1 will select from remaining spaces.  *Meal plan required.*    

• Oak House - Class Year 26 will have the opportunity for Advanced Placement. (Explained below).  If space allows, groups of 3, 2, and 1 will select from remaining spaces.  *Meal plan required.*  

• Sever House - Class Year 26 will have the opportunity for Advanced Placement. (Explained below).  If space allows, groups of 3, 2, and 1 will select from remaining spaces.  *Meal plan required.*  

• West House - Class Year 26 will have the opportunity for Advanced Placement. (Explained below).  If space allows, groups of 3, 2, and 1 will select from remaining spaces.  *Meal plan required.*  

• William House - Class Year 26 will have the opportunity for Advanced Placement. (Explained below).  If space allows, groups of 3, 2, and 1 will select from remaining spaces. *Meal plan required.*  

• WPI Townhouses - Groups of 3 will choose in the following order, Class Year 24, Class Year 25, Class Year 26. If space allows, groups of 2 and 1 will select from remaining spaces. 

Rising Sophomore Advanced Placement Explained - VIDEO

Advanced Placement is the opportunity for groups with leaders in the Class of 2026 to bypass the housing selection day/time selection process and be pre-placed into a housing assignment in either South Village, Ellsworth Apartments, or Fuller Apartments.

Reminder: All upperclass housing is gender-inclusive - this means that you may form your group with any other eligible upperclass students, regardless of system labeled gender

To participate, please follow these few steps:

Step 1 - Create and verify a roommate group for the size bedroom you desire and the students you wish to be in your bedroom

• Ellsworth/Fuller 7 person apartments - groups of 3 students/2 Students/2 students (to fill a triple/double/double in the same 7 person apartment, each bedroom group must have a rising sophomore group leader)

• Ellsworth/Fuller 5 person apartments - groups of 3 Students/2 Students (to fill a triple/double in the same 5 person apartment, each bedroom group must have a rising sophomore group leader)

• Oak House 5 person space -  triple room/double room with a shared bathroom - groups of 3 Students/2 Students - each bedroom group must have a rising sophomore group leader (RESIDENTIAL MEAL PLAN REQUIRED)

• Double or triple room in South Village houses - groups of 2 students or groups of 3 students - groups must have a rising sophomore group leader (RESIDENTIAL MEAL PLAN REQUIRED)

Step 2 - Email Residential Services (res-services@wpi.edu) with your desired TOTAL group and location with ALL group members CC'd. (If you wish to live in a 5 or 7 person space, make sure all 5 or 7 students are CC'd on the email).

• All groups of each size/bedroom must have a rising sophomore as the group leader
• If you are a group of 2 or 3, please include your top 2 South Village house preferences (RESIDENTIAL MEAL PLAN REQUIRED)

• If you are a group of 5 or 7, please include if you prefer Ellsworth,  Fuller or Oak House

• Residential Services will do our best to accommodate your preferences, but understand demand may be larger than availability

Step 3 - Residential Services will place your group BEFORE housing selection times are assigned

• All requests must be received by 11:59PM on March 3rd.
• By requesting an assignment through advanced placement, you understand and accept that your housing contract will become active and financially binding upon being assigned housing by a WPI Residential Services staff member.
• Residential Services will confirm your assignment in writing by responding to the email in which you requested a placement.

If the demand for the Advanced Placement Process is larger than the availability of space, Residential Services will randomly generate a placement order to assign groups.  Any groups that are not placed will receive a selection time to participate in general housing selection.

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