The housing portal opened on December 1, 2025, for deposited students to complete a housing application or request a live-on exemption. 

• December 1, 2025, at 10 a.m. CST: The 2026-27 housing application opens in the housing portal. 
   
•  May 1, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. CST: Housing application priority completion date for students to select a residential college or be eligible to participate in room self-selection.
   
•  May 2-31, 2026: Students are assigned a room, and do not participate in room self-selection.
   
• June 1 and later: Students are placed on a housing standby list and will be accommodated as spaces become available. We are unable to guarantee campus housing assignments to first-year applications submitted after June 1.