Junior and Senior Housing

Juniors and seniors may enjoy living in our apartment-style on-campus options. Continuing undergraduate students may also be eligible for Special Interest Housing. Off-campus housing is also an option after the two year residency requirement has been satisfied.

Review Housing Lottery Information

Process

  • Rising Juniors and Seniors will have the opportunity to form a housing group during the application process. Students will not be bound to these students but forming a group by the deadline will ensure that all students in their group will either be issued a lottery number or a waitlist number.
  • Each student within a group must complete their own housing application by the deadline.
  • Rising Juniors and Seniors who are submitting an intent to study abroad will not be eligible for a housing lottery number and will be placed on the housing waitlist.
    • If a student who has submitted an intent to study abroad form is a part of a group - they will be removed before the randomization process runs to determine lottery or waitlist numbers.

Special Theme Housing

  • Theme and Special Interest housing is a separate process from the lottery/ waitlist and will run slightly separately. Students wishing to reside in a special interest, theme, or identity-based house should apply through the housing portal by the deadline. Students who are accepted will have their housing assignments finalized before the sophomore housing selection process and will have completed the housing lottery process. Students who have had a lottery number who are offered a placement in theme and special interest housing will have the opportunity to accept the new placement or retain their originally selected placement. Those students who are waitlisted for our general housing application will still have the opportunity to participate in the theme housing communities unless noted as a student intending to study abroad in the following year.
  • Students who have been accepted into Theme/Special Interest (TSI) and Fraternity/Sorority (FSL) communities will be placed in available housing in early spring in order to complete necessary placements for any students who require particular housing accommodations.
  • Accepting a placement in theme housing or special interest housing completes the housing process for these students. Students that accept theme offers are assigned rooms and will not participate in group formation or selection. These students will have their lottery numbers nullified.

Fraternity & Sorority Housing

  • Fraternity & Sorority Housing is only available to rising juniors and seniors who are affiliated with the organization.

Types of Housing

Please note that the information below is subject to change dependent on particular needs per University policies and processes such as approved housing accommodations, theme, and special interest communities, RA placements, etc.

  • Sophia Gordon Apartments (Juniors and Seniors Only) – Elevator access, students responsible for cleaning bathroom, kitchen, and common space
    • 4-person apartments - 23 Apartments Available
      • In-apartment bathroom
      • Kitchen - Eligible for a reduced meal plan
    • 6-person apartments - Four (4) Apartments Available
      • In-apartment bathroom (2)
      • Kitchen - Eligible for a reduced meal plan
  • Latin Way – Multiple Class Years (Sophomore, Junior, Senior) - No elevator access, students responsible for cleaning bathroom, kitchen, and common space
    • 4-person apartments (4 singles) - 16 total 4-person apartments available.
      • In-apartment bathroom
      • Kitchen - Eligible for a reduced meal plan
  • Apartments in stand-alone ResLife houses
  • Special Interest,Theme, and Fraternity/Sorority Houses

Timeline

General Applicants

  • October 17 – Housing applications open for general and theme communities 
  • November 6 at 5:00 p.m. – Housing applications close for juniors and seniors. General Housing Applications received after November 6 will be automatically added to the housing waitlist.
  • November 6 - Deadline for rising juniors and seniors with documented disabilities to apply for housing accommodations (visit the StAAR Center for more information)
  • November 15 – Rising junior and senior lottery numbers are distributed vai Tufts email accounts
  • November 15 - 22 - Accommodation Assignments 
  • November 28 – Sophia Gordon group formation – 4-person and 6-person groups 
  • November 29 & 30 – CoHo group formation – various sizes 
  • December 1 – 3- & 4-person group formation 
  • December 4 – Sophia Gordon housing selection 
  • December 5 – CoHo housing selection 
  • December 6 – 3- & 4-person housing selection 
  • December 7 – General housing selection 
  • December 8 - Priority Deadline to join the housing waitlist
  • December 13 - Waitlist Numbers issued

Theme/Special Interest Communities, Fraternity/Sorority Housing & RA Applicants

  • January 23, 2024 - Housing Application Closes including Theme/Special Interest Communities and Greek Housing
  • February 16 - RA positions offered to qualified candidates
  • February 21 - RA acceptances due
  • February 26 - Theme/Special Interest Community Placement offers distributed
  • February 26 - March 1 - Fraternity and Sorority Housing Selection
  • March 1 - Theme/Special Interest Community Acceptances due by 5 p.m.
  • March 4- 8 - Theme/Special Interest Community Accommodation Placements
  • March 11 - 15 - Theme/Special Interest Community Housing Selection

*Housing applications for students who are interested in living in theme, special interest, or fraternity/sorority housing is available to all students to apply, even those with a waitlist number. 

Students who elect to live in a theme/special interest community or in Greek housing will have completed the process and will no longer need to participate in the housing selection process. Lottery numbers and waitlist numbers for those who have accepted placement will be nullified.

Estimated Housing Selection Timeline

  • April 1 - 10-person housing selection
  • April 2 - 6-person housing selection
  • April 3 - Quads & Singles housing selection
  • April 4 - Triples & Doubles housing selection
  • April 5 - General housing selection

Possibilities