New Students

New Student Housing Checklist

Apply for Admission to the University
mySFA Credentials:
Reminder: Admissions will mail your SFA Credentials upon application to University. MySFA credentials are important in order to proceed in the housing application process. mySFA Log-in Help
Housing Options and Rates:

Housing Facilities
Meal Plan - Reminder - All on campus residents are required to have a meal plan and will default to a 7/14 meal plan (except units that have a full kitchen).
Rates

On-Campus Requirement:
Students who are younger than 21 years of age and have earned less than 60 hours of course work, reside and dine on campus and have the opportunity to discover the full university experience. Students are not required to live on campus during the summer terms.

Applying for Housing:
Students apply to live on campus through their mySFA account. A $50 deposit is required with the application. Students will submit an additional $50 deposit when they complete their housing contract online. Each student is required to have a $100 deposit on file while living on campus.

Housing assignment available:
Housing applications are accepted approximately one year prior to the semester of application. Assignments will only be made for students who have been admitted to the University and paid the first $50 deposit, if space is available. Assignments are made based on the date the Housing Application is received and the date they are admitted to the university. Students who are admitted late, apply for housing late, fail to sign their contract by the deadline, or have been suspended and readmitted late, may not receive a permanent assignment until the first day of class. Complete the contract with the second $50 deposit by the deadline and then unit and roommate information will be available to view.

Fall: June 1st
- Assignments will be made weekly check housing services to see if you have received a permanent assignment.
Spring: December 1st

Assignments will be made weekly check housing services to see if you have received a permanent assignment.

Summer: May 1st (only facility assignments will be available, unit and roommate assignments will be given at check-in)
Instructions on How to View My Housing Assignment
- View the instructions on how to complete the Housing contract.
- Verify your contract is complete by following these instructions.
- PDF copy of Housing contract

Change Meal Plan - All on campus residents are required to have a meal plan and will default to a 7/14 meal plan (except units that have a full kitchen).
- Instructions on where to go to change a meal plan
Roommate Information (available after contract and second $50.00 is complete for fall only):

Change Unit or Facility (after receiving assignment and contract completed):

Fall (access to assignments will be not be available on Monday and Tuesday’s to complete new assignments)

Select a different space (Option open ONLY if space is available), dates will be posted on the Residence Life Calendar
Facility Transfer dates
Change unit dates

Cancelling Housing assignment: (must meet requirements - review PDF of Housing Contract) In order to get deposit refunded), student must cancel by the following dates:

Fall: July 1
Spring: December 20
Summer 1 & 2: May 20
Instruction on Cancelling housing
Verify your contract is complete by following these instructions.
If student continues to be enrolled in SFA and has been assigned a meal plan, the meal plan election will remain on students account unless they cancel it. Instructions on where to go to change a meal plan

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