When it comes to making your housing area choices, being realistic is the key. While the online application will allow you to choose a number of housing areas, you should keep in mind that many areas will already be filled with upperclassmen by the time freshman housing assignments are completed.
Reminders:
You are required to live on campus for the fall and spring semesters unless you will be commuting from home (within a 50-mile radius of campus) living with your parents or guardians. (Written documentation is required.)
Your Housing priority will be established by the date you applied to the University for admission, not the date the Housing application was submitted.
You may select another freshman as a roommate, but if you request a specific roommate, your housing priority is determined by the later of the two (yours or your roommate's) admission dates.
The Housing application MUST be submitted by May 1 or you will lose your Housing priority.
NOTE: Freshmen may request a freshmen as a roommate. The priority will be based on the latest date of the two application dates to the university. For example, if roommate one applied to the university on August 1 and roommate two applied on January 1, both roommates would have January 1 priority date.
Therefore, we have reserved several buildings exclusively for freshmen. These include:
Incoming freshmen should contain their choices primarily to the above buildings. If you really want to try for another area (such as the suites, Clemson House, or the apartments), then limit that selection to just your first choice and make your other selections more realistic (i.e., from the above list). If you choose a living and learning program as your first and/or second choice, be sure that your remaining selections are realistic ones.
Choose wisely, and it will increase your chances of getting what you want without wasting choices.
Residence Halls Descriptions
Apartment Descriptions
