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Housing Lottery
Keep your current room, dependent on placement and availability or look for a new one.
The Housing Lottery is held every spring semester and is the method by which students can keep or change what rooms they have between academic years. The system is made to be fair and equitable, allowing you to choose a room closest to your preferences from those that are available.
General Process
- Each student will receive a lottery number based on how many units they have.
- Students who want to keep their current room will be dependent on placement of building and availability, there is no guarantee.
- Students with accommodations documented before the lottery have first choice of rooms not already being kept.
- Over the course of a few days, ranges of numbers will be called in order. The student with #1 will pick their room, then #2 will pick theirs, etc.
Dates & Times
Drawing Lottery Numbers
- Lottery numbers will be emailed to you during the week of March 30th-April 3rd.
Special Accommodations (you must be approved through the LEADS office, please meet with Tori Perry before you come and see us)
- Time: 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
- Location: Office of Residence Life, Porter Hall
- Days: April 2nd and 3rd
New Room Selection
- Time: 4:00p.m.-8:00p.m.
- Location: The Stack in the Powerhouse
- Days: April 13, 20 and 21
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Details for 2026-2027
- All-Female Identifying Hall will be Bushnell Hall.
- Gender-Inclusive Halls include Whitney Hall, Blaisdell, Wood and Haven.
- Alcohol/Substance Free Spaces will be Brannon Hall and the A Tower of Wood. (ABC)
More Information
Drawing Lottery Numbers
The lottery number will be emailed to you and it will be based off the amount of units you’ve accumulated during your time at Beloit.
Students with documented accommodations needing housing accommodations should go through the LEADS office and will select their rooms prior to others, from April 2nd and April 3rd from 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m. in the Residence Life Office in Porter Hall. You must meet and be approved by Tori Perry before first meeting with us.
Students with an Emotional Support Animal (ESA), as an FHA regulation (not ADA), are not eligible for this priority lottery process.
Please let the Residential Life office know if you will use this process.
Details for Specific Housing Options
All doubles must be filled by two students. You will need to have a roommate before lottery selection!
Both students should both draw numbers separately. Then, when it is time to select a room, line up using the lowest number between the two of you.
Draw a Lottery number, and pick from the available rooms when your number is called. If there are no singles, then you must choose from the available doubles.
Fraternities/sororities must select their residents early in order to turn in their house lists before the lottery. Contact the House President/Manager as soon as possible if you are a member and want to live in a Greek house. You will be notified if you are selected to live in the house.
If so, you do not participate in the Lottery. Your name MUST appear on the list of next year’s residents submitted to the Residential Life Office if you are going to live in the house.
All financial aid forms must be on file and all accounts in order before the list is adopted. Please be sure all is in order.
Special Interest Houses and Special Interest Floors must select their residents early in order to turn in their house lists/floor lists before the lottery. Contact the House President, or Club President as soon as possible if you want to live in a Special Interest House or Special Interest Floor. You will be notified if you are selected to live in the house.
If so, you do not participate in the Lottery. Your name MUST appear on the list of next year’s residents submitted to the Residential Life Office if you are going to live in the house.
All financial aid forms must be on file and all accounts in order before the list is adopted. Please be sure all is in order.
Townhouses and Clary Street Apartments are open to seniors and fill quickly. They are selected in groups of four (4) students. You must fill an entire apartment with four people to select either option.
There are twelve (12) apartments available in the Moore Townhouses and four (4) available in the Clary Street apartments.
Emerson Apartments are open to juniors and seniors. They are selected using the normal lottery process. Students will use their selected lottery number, pair up with a roommate and select an apartment using the lowest lottery number.
There are 28 apartments available (19 one bedroom units for two people, 5 two bedroom units for two people, and 4 studio apartments for one person).
All apartments for two (2) people must be completely filled at time of selection.
Only students who have completed six (6) terms in residence are permitted to live off-campus so through your junior year. There are exceptions, you must have a parent or legal guardian that lives within commuting distance but you must reach out to Residence Life with documentation to that effect.
If you have lived on-campus for six semesters and are now planning to live off-campus, please email the Residential Life Office (reslife@beloit.edu) and let us know your plans before the lottery begins.
- You must file all financial aid forms and your account must be in order before April 10th to participate in Lottery. If all is complete, you will draw your number and choose your room according to the chart on the back page.
Proxies and Semester Abroad
If you are unable to choose your room due to other commitments such as class or a sort, etc., you may ask another student to do so for you. They should let us know ahead of time that they will be doing so and they must have an email saying the person gives them consent. If you are currently abroad during lottery selection, we will do a Zoom meeting with your during your time slot as you will still receive a lottery number.
Waiting List
If you are dissatisfied with the room you chose in Lottery, you may elect to participate in the waiting list procedure. If you participate, you will then choose one other residence hall in which you would rather live. As vacancies develop, and after transfer/exchange students are placed, individuals on the list will be assigned rooms. Ranking on the list is determined on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you sign the waiting list, you agree to be moved to any open space that matches your request. You will be notified of any such change over the summer.