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Coterminal Student Housing Policy

Coterminal Stanford undergraduates who are current seniors or who have completed their senior year may apply for housing in the Graduate Housing Lottery and will have two years of low priority. While coterminal students are not guaranteed housing, we are optimistic about our ability to accommodate coterminal students for the 2023-24 year as long as they are willing to accept any assignment within graduate housing, including off-campus subsidized housing. 

Coterminal students who are current seniors may also participate in the undergraduate assignment process for 2023-24, but are not guaranteed a space in undergraduate housing. We will assign coterms interested in undergraduate housing if space is available.

Applying for Graduate Housing

Information on applying as a graduate student can be found at theLottery.stanford.edu.

To increase your chances of being assigned:

  • Apply by the First-round Lottery deadline, which is in the spring quarter.

  • To improve your chances of being assigned to your desired housing, rank ALL apartment locations in the order you would like to be assigned until you have no further preferences.

  • Pay close attention to the Final Choice on your application which indicates whether or not you are willing to live in any residence for which you are eligible.

  • If you select "assign me to any residence for which I am eligible," you could be assigned to any housing option except the Munger, the GSB Residences, off-campus subsidized housing (except Oak Creek Apartments) or premium studios (for single students). You must specifically list these options on your application to be considered. The system will assign you to a residence that is left over at the end of the process.

  • If you select "assign me only to the residences I have listed" you will not be assigned if we cannot assign you one of your preferences. 

  • If you aren’t assigned in the first round, apply for the subsequent assignment rounds in Axess when you view your results. The Second-round Autumn Assignments are processed in July and the Rolling Assignments are processed from August - October.