Hey GW Revs!

As we finish up our third week of the spring semester, it’s time to plan ahead for the upcoming academic year. Today, we, the Campus Living & Residential Education (CLRE) team, are excited to announce our housing registration process for currently enrolled students who plan to live on-campus during the 2024-2025 academic year. We are introducing new elements to the process to provide you with a better registration experience and more choice in who you live with–so please pay attention!  

This email outlines the new parts of the process, allows you to learn more about 2024-2025 housing options, provides an opportunity to familiarize yourself with the registration process, and most importantly (!) gives you time to begin conversations with your roommates, friends, or family about your housing wishes for next year.

Quick Timeline Snapshot: 

This won’t be the last email you receive about this process! We will keep you informed when specific dates/times that may pertain to you will be opening soon and when actions are required.

Next, let’s review your class year and our residency requirement!

Housing at GW is based on your class year. This is determined using the year you were admitted to the university, not necessarily the number of academic credits you have.

In 2023, we removed the third-year residency requirement. For the next academic year, this means: 

If you are a rising 3rd- or 4th-year student and do not plan to live on-campus, there is nothing further you need to do. We wish you the best of luck with your off-campus housing search or continued off-campus living.

Don’t stop, we have more info that we know you want to know!

Introducing 2nd-Year Halls 

Our residence halls are places for creating community, building connections, and finding your place on campus. To help our students do this, we create communities based on class years. Currently, we have first-year-only buildings and then “upperclass” buildings, consisting of a mix of second- third- and fourth-year students. Next year, we are introducing a few second-year-only buildings so that some of our students living together in first-year halls can continue living among their peers and provide relevant engagement opportunities to grow as a class.

Unveiling a New Housing Portal: GW Home

In the spirit of improving your on-campus experience, we are introducing a new resource. We're thrilled to introduce a new portal to you – GW Home – your gateway to a streamlined and enriched housing registration experience for the 2024-2025 academic year and beyond!

NOTE: As we step into the future, the current Campus Living eServices Portal will be phased out. The eServices Portal will be used only to adjust any current spring 2024 housing assignments.   

2024-2025 Housing & Dining Rates

We know the cost of a room/unit is a factor in your on-campus housing choice. The 2024-2025 Housing Rates will be available online on Monday, Feb. 5. GW Dining will also publish meal plans and associated rates on Monday, Feb. 5.

Now, let’s get you started on registering for housing. 

Don’t stop, we have more info that we know you want to know!

Housing Registration starts with the Roommate Discovery Period, and then you participate in one or more of these processes: 

Open Now! Roommate Discovery, Matching, and Group Formation

In an effort to enhance the on-campus experience for all GW students, we are introducing an improved set of roommate matching questions as part of our new roommate discovery process. Before you begin the roommate discovery process, preview the new housing registration roommate matching questions. These questions are required for every student to complete during their housing registration to help make any future room and roommate assignments while maximizing roommate compatibility. With roommate discovery, students can form roommate groups, search for roommates based on the new roommate matching questions, or allow CLRE to choose their roommates.

➡️  The Roommate Discovery period is Thursday, Feb. 1 - Wednesday, March 13.

For students who have a roommate group in mind for 2024-2025:

For students who DO NOT have a roommate group in mind for 2024-2025:

For students who DO NOT want to participate in Roommate Discovery

The second phase of our housing registration process begins with a very important question— If you had the chance to do it all over again, would you? And, if so, do you want to keep your current room to live in again next year? 

If you are eligible, based on the location of your current building/room, you will have the opportunity to keep your current room for next year. This will also include the chance to pull in friends into your current room for next year if your current roommate/s will not be living on-campus next year or they choose not to participate in Room Renewal. 

➡️The Room Renewal period is Wednesday, Feb. 14 to Wednesday, Feb. 21.

Current residents of the following halls or communities are not eligible for Room Renewal:

If you have an approved housing accommodation from Disability Support Services, you will not register earlier than any other population. However, select assignment priority will be given to students with DSS housing accommodations when housing assignments are made by CLRE. 

We strongly encourage students eligible for Room Renewal with approved accommodations to use the Room Renewal process to keep their current room to meet their housing needs. 

Students who are not eligible for or do not participate in Room Renewal, and have a DSS housing accommodation, will register for housing during the General Housing Registration period from Wednesday, Feb. 28 to Wednesday, March 13.

Various student groups are eligible for specific housing assignments associated with their group membership, including:

All specialized student group members are required to complete the General Student Housing Registration form. As part of their registration, members may indicate their desire to live in the designated housing location for each group.

After the housing registration period for Room Renewal is complete, the majority of returning undergraduate students, including some students with a DSS Accommodation and those seeking affinity and FSL housing will register during the General Housing Registration period and be assigned to a room based on a ranked preference list. 

➡️ The General Housing Registration period is Wednesday, Feb. 28 to Wednesday, March 13.

Ranked Preference List 

With Ranked Preference List students will rank a list of up to 25 upperclass residence halls from 1-25 that they would like to live in for the upcoming academic year. This ranked preference list is used to assign students to a hall and room size as high as possible on their list.  If you register for housing this way, you'll complete some initial registration steps, form a roommate group (if desired), rank your residence halls and room types, and then eventually get assigned to a specific room by CLRE.

If you are wondering about friends and roommates, it is okay! Returning undergraduate students should keep in mind the size of their roommate group when ranking building and room size preferences. We prioritize keeping roommate groups together (not splitting them up) over rankings of building and room size. It is our belief that who you live with is more important than where you live. 

Today’s email provided an overview of the entire 2024-2025 housing registration, but we know you may have questions as you think about your 2024-2025 housing. Here is what you can do:

Virtual Info Session: 2024-2025 Housing at GW

Tuesday, Feb. 6  |  6 - 7 PM EST

Dan Wright, Director of Campus Living, will walk through 2024-2025 housing registration in further depth, provide tips to navigate the process, and provide attendees a chance to ask questions. All students and families, up to Webex Webinar capacity, are welcome to attend. The session will be recorded and posted to our website for those unable to attend.

This guide will help you gain insights into available housing options, deadlines, and step-by-step instructions, ensuring a seamless housing registration experience.

If you still have questions, please call our office at 202-994-2552, we are open Monday through Friday 9 am - 5 pm (EST), or email us at living@gwu.edu. 

Have a great day,

Campus Living & Residential Education