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The Housing Assignment process for returning students happens in three parts:
Register For Housing Assignment. Priority registration will open on February 3, 2025, until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 7. Registration is required for all returning students who want to complete the housing assignment process. Registration for the housing assignment process will take place on Rhodes.eRezLife.com. When you register, you also acknowledge that you understand and agree to the cancellation fee.
Fall 2025 Housing Assignment Sessions: All students going through the housing assignment process are invited to attend one of the Fall 2025 Housing Assignment sessions. The sessions provide critical information about the selection dates and process. The sessions will be recorded. The dates and times of the sessions:
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Room Selection. After you have completed your registration by the priority deadline, you will receive an email the week of March 17 assigning you a time block for Room Selection. Room Selection begins the week of March 24.
Three-Year Residency Requirement
As a reminder, Rhodes has a three-year residency requirement (6 fall and spring semesters). Transfer students must live in college housing until they have completed six full fall and spring semesters; previous enrollment at other institutions counts toward fulfilling this requirement.
Form Availability
All forms mentioned below are available for residents to fill out on eRezLife. To access these forms, go to rhodes.erezlife.com and log in with your Rhodes credentials. From there, you can find all the available forms on the left-hand side of the screen.
Registration for Fall Housing Assignment
Registration is required for all returning students who want to complete the housing assignment process.
Registration opens on February 3, 2025, and closes at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 7, 2025. The priority deadline is March 7, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. All students who complete housing registration by the priority deadline will receive a time block for room selection. Please be sure to register as soon as possible.
FAQs
Do I have to register for the Fall 2025 Housing Assignment Process?
Yes. Registration allows Residence Life to know who wants to live on campus. It will also let us know your needs and interests so we can plan accordingly to house our current and incoming students. Students who register by the deadline can enter their housing preferences and roommate groups.
What happens once I register?
Once the registration period ends, you will receive information about your time block to log in for Room Selection Night.
eRezLife uses a lottery system to assign each student a sign-in time, which will be sent to students the week of March 17. The email will include the date and time you can log into the system to select your room and roommates for the Fall 2025—Spring 2026 school year. Students will be able to see the open spaces each night.
For example, the Class of 2089 has 150 members who must sign up for housing. The system randomly assigns each person a time beginning at 6:00 p.m. The first 1-20 will start at 6:00 p.m., and the next 21-40 will begin at 6:15 p.m. This process continues until all members are assigned a time. The housing portal closes at 9:00 p.m. each evening. Those in the Class of 2089 cannot access the system after their selection day has closed. This process is done for each class.
Students who register by the priority deadline (5:00 p.m., Friday, March 7, 2025) will select rooms from March 24 – April 1, 2025.
What happens if I register after the priority deadline?
Students who register after March 7 at 5:00 p.m. and before March 21 at 5:00 p.m. will be given the last selection time. This means you will not select housing with your class year. You will choose a room on April 2. You can still join a roommate group anytime during the room selection process.
Housing registration closes on March 21 at 5:00 p.m. The portal will not re-open. Students who fail to register by March 21, 2025, and have not fulfilled the residency requirement will be assigned a room by the Office of Residence Life.
What happens if I register and then change my mind?
Only rising seniors and students who have fulfilled their residency requirements can cancel their registration. The cancellation fee is listed below.
If a student cancels by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 24, the student does not incur a cancellation fee.
If a student cancels between 5:01 p.m. on March 24 and 5:00 p.m. on May 9, a cancellation fee of $750 will be charged to the student's account.
If a student cancels after May 9 at 5:00 p.m., the student is responsible for fully paying the contract.
Once you have reviewed all the content on this page, register using the link below. You will be registering for the 2025 - 2026 housing assignment process. By registering, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to the cancellation fee.
What happens if I do not register for housing?
The Office of Residence Life will assign a room to students who fail to register by March 21, 2025, and have not fulfilled the residency requirement. Students will not be released from their residency requirement.
When will 2025-2026 costs be available?
The housing cost webpage will be updated with 2025-2026 rates before housing selection begins.
Fall 2025 Housing Assignment Registration Link
Instructions for Using eRezLife Application for Fall Housing
Watch a video on How to Create a Roommate Group.
Room Selection
Once you have completed your registration, you will receive an email the week of March 17 with your time block for Room Selection. That is the time block you log in and select your roommate and room. Room Selection nights are held by class year from March 24 – April 1 (larger classes may need two days). Students who register after March 7 are assigned a selection time on April 2.
2025-2026 Housing Selection Order
Class of 2026
Class of 2027
Class of 2028
Roommate Groups
You must set up your roommate group before your selection time. Roommate groups must select must-fill spaces and spaces that are not traditional-style singles. You must create your roommate groups ahead of time.
If space is a must-fill double, you must have a roommate group of two to select that open space. As another example, in a nine-person townhouse, which is not a must-fill, your roommate group of four may fill four of the spaces, and you will have five random suitemates.
You may also need multiple roommate groups for your plans A, B, and C! If you are selected to a roommate group of four, eRezLife will not allow you to choose a two-person space. As a result, you may need to set up roommate groups of 4+ and then a group of two in case the size space you want is no longer available during your selection time. If you need to split into a roommate group of two, you will select your backup group and then pick the double room.
If you are interested in being assigned to a single room for the upcoming academic semester but cannot select one during the housing selection process, you are welcome to join the Single Room Waitlist. Completing this form does not guarantee a single room.
Students Studying Abroad
Students approved to Study Abroad or Away in Fall 2025 are encouraged to participate in the Housing Assignment process. This ensures a student will still have desired housing if their Study Abroad program is cancelled. Students studying abroad must then cancel their housing assignment once they receive confirmation they will be studying away from Rhodes. Students studying abroad or away will not be charged for the cancellation. The Office of Residence Life will arrange your Spring 2026 housing, and students will be notified in November 2025 before your return to campus.
Residence Life will assign students to their Spring housing assignment based on availability. You are welcome to request to live with specific residents when you complete your housing application, but this assignment will be based on current availability in November 2025.
Students who have not completed the three-year residency requirement will be required to live on-campus when they return from their Study Abroad program until the residency requirement is met.
Resident Assistant (RA) Spaces
All current RAs must participate in the Housing Assignment process. If you are not selected to be an RA or not returning to be an RA for the 2025 – 2026 academic year, you must participate in the Housing Assignment Process. They will be included in their class. Apartment-style RAs (East Village and West Village) will select their apartment mates. RAs must provide roommates’ names to the Office of Residence Life in advance.
Housing Cancellation
Students who cancel their registration or housing after the housing assignment process starts are subject to a progressive cancellation fee.
To cancel your application or your housing assignment for Fall 2025, complete the Housing Cancellation Form. The Office of Residence Life will confirm all information submitted with necessary campus partners before determining the requested cancellation.
Gender-Neutral Housing
Gender-neutral housing refers to designated spaces in traditional and apartment-style residence halls open to all students, regardless of gender or sex, during room selection. This means that any student can live with any other student, regardless of gender or sex. There is no application process.
You may be suited/sharing a bathroom or apartment with anybody of any gender or sex.
Gender-neutral housing is not for romantic couples.
For the 2025-2026 academic year, these buildings/floors will be gender-neutral:
Gender-neutral spaces are designated as must-fill during the room selection process. You must confirm your roommate group before your room selection night. Please note, if you are in a roommate group with somebody who, per eRezLife, is a different gender or sex as you, you will only see available rooms in the above-listed gender-neutral spaces. Students should have multiple, predetermined roommate groups to see various room types during room selection. If you only have a roommate group with mixed gender, and all gender-neutral spaces are taken, zero rooms/halls will display for you on selection night.
Disability Housing Accommodations Requests
Student Accessibility Services (SAS), Residence Life, and Physical Plant work together to ensure students with disabilities have equal access to the college’s housing resources. Students interested in requesting housing accommodations must complete (1) the SAS accommodation request process and (2) the housing registration link through Residence Life. All requests are considered on a case-by-case basis. The housing accommodation application is open and closes on Saturday, February 15, 2025.
Continuing students should complete this process for fall semester housing by Saturday, February 15, 2025. Housing accommodation requests submitted after this date will still be considered. However, students approved after the preferred date may need to be placed on a waitlist for a necessary housing assignment to become available. Students who received housing accommodations in the past must renew their accommodations with SAS each year before the preferred date above.
Students who submit late requests, are not approved for a disability-related housing accommodation, or choose not to accept the room offered as an accommodation should complete the standard room selection process through Residence Life.
Examples of Disability-Related Housing Accommodations
Housing accommodation examples include, but are not limited to:
Important Notes about Approved Housing Accommodations
Housing Accommodation Assignments:
Animal Accommodations:
Medical Single Rooms:
Housing Accommodation Cancellation:
Contact SAS for additional information on housing access accommodations or other accommodations and services for students with disabilities.
Gender-Affirming Housing
Rhodes College is committed to ensuring all students have a community to live, learn, and thrive.
Gender-affirming housing (GAH) supports and affirms an individual's gender identity when it differs from the gender they were assigned at birth.
Gender-affirming housing allows students the opportunity to prioritize their needs. Gender-affirming housing assignments may include two or more students mutually agreeing to share a multiple-occupancy bedroom, studio, suite, or apartment, regardless of students’ sex or gender.
The Office of Residence Life determines room assignments for all GAH preference requests based on availability.
Is Gender-Affirming Housing an accommodation?
No. Gender-affirming housing is a preference request a student submits for the housing that best meets their needs. Accommodations are covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), require documentation, and are processed through the Office of Student Accessibility Services.
How do I request Gender-Affirming Housing?
What are the deadlines?
What happens if I am approved for a Gender-Affirming Housing request?
Gender-Affirming Housing assignments are determined by the Office of Residence Life and are based on available spaces that best meet student’s needs. When a student is assigned to an apartment-style unit, Residence Life may assign ONE requested roommate/suitemate to the unit.
What if I do not like my tentative Gender-Affirming Housing assignment?
Students who decline the room offered as their Gender-Affirming Housing assignment must complete the standard room selection process through Residence Life.
I am interested in Gender-Neutral Housing. Do I need to complete the GAH preference request form?
No. Gender-neutral housing is available during room selections the week of March 24 for all who choose mixed-gender roommate groups unless those rooms become filled before their selection time. Only students who need gender-affirming care should complete a GAH preference request form.
Are there specific Gender-Affirming Residence Halls?
Gender-affirming housing requests are not limited to specific buildings, allowing for flexibility in finding spaces that best meet student’s needs within the limited spaces on campus. Gender-affirming housing assignments may be placed within Gender-Neutral Housing spaces.
Additional Questions?
For questions about disability-related housing accommodations, contact Student Accessibility Services at sas@rhodes.edu. For any additional housing questions, contact Residence Life at reslifestaff@rhodes.edu.
The deadline for submitting Gender-Affirming Preference Requests is Saturday, February 15, 2025.
Religious Preference Requests
If you feel you have reasonable needs for housing preference based on religious beliefs, please complete the Religious Preference Request form. Requests must be submitted by Saturday, February 15 for consideration.
Students Unable to Log into the System
If you cannot log into the eRezLife system during your allotted time, you may designate a Proxy.
A Proxy is a trusted friend with whom you identify and share your login information. They will then select a room for you.
Your Proxy will log in as you are at your designated time and select a space for you. Be sure your Proxy is aware of the type of space you prefer.
Building Information
Students can access the floor plans for each building on Rhodes.erezlife.com. To do so, click “Bulletins & Resources” on the left side of the page and then select “Resources.” You can access all residence hall floor plans and room dimensions from there.
