The 2025-26 House and Room Selection application portal opens on March 3 and applications are due April 16! 

• Log in to MyHousing.Stanford.edu
• Select Undergraduate Housing Application
• Select the quarter for which you are applying (the quarter you plan to move in)
• Follow the prompts to apply for housing
• Be sure that you submit the application

Stanford uses a self-select model for autumn undergraduate housing assignments to specific houses and rooms. This way of selecting housing increases transparency in the process and gives students more agency by allowing them to make decisions in real time based on exactly what is available when it is their time to pick a house and room. Read on for important details about what you need to do in order to secure 2025-26 undergraduate housing.

Selection Order

During House and Room Selection, sophomores select first but they are only able to select sophomore-priority spaces. Seniors pick next and are able to select from all available spaces. They are likely to select the most popular room types and locations. Juniors pick after seniors. As sophomores cannot select rooms on the row or in EVGR-A and Mirrielees, juniors are likely to fill the shared rooms in these areas. At the end of House and Room Selection, some juniors as well as students who are out of housing guarantee quarters will be unassigned. These students will be assigned over the summer and will be assigned before autumn quarter.

Sophomore priority spaces

Rising sophomores who participate in House and Room Selection will select first in House and Room Selection but will only be able to select sophomore-priority spaces. Rising sophomores should assume that all one room doubles, triples, and quads in non-theme Resident Fellow residence halls will be sophomore-priority rooms. There will be no sophomore-priority spaces on the Row, in Mirrielees or EVGR-A, or in the suites.

Rising sophomores can only form groups with other sophomores. However, juniors and seniors who wish to live with a sophomore can attempt to secure a room with their sophomore friend at their gate time.

The number and location of sophomore-priority rooms is dependent upon how many sophomores are selected to live in preassigned houses such as academic themes, co-ops, and Greek communities. Depending on the number of sophomores who preassign to academic themes, co-ops, and Greek houses, there may be a small number of two-room doubles in RF residence halls available as sophomore-priority spaces during House and Room Selection. Last year, there were no two-room doubles available as sophomore-priority spaces.

Please note that sophomore-priority does not mean sophomore-only. If there are any sophomore-priority spaces remaining after sophomores have selected, those spaces will be available for juniors and seniors. Likewise, if a sophomore in a sophomore-priority space leaves mid-year, that space could be assigned to a junior or senior.

Why do sophomores select first?

University leadership has determined that sophomores are a unique population that benefits from the presence of a Resident Fellow. The only way we can ensure that sophomores are assigned to RF residences is to allow them to go first. In order to make the process as fair and equitable as possible, sophomores are only able to select "sophomore priority spaces." These are shared rooms in dormitory housing that includes an RF. Sophomore priority spaces do not include singles, any spaces on the Row, Mirrielees apartments, or EVGR-A units.

Why are some juniors unassigned after the first round of House and Room Selection?

R&DE Student Housing Assignments will ensure that every undergraduate with housing guarantee quarters remaining will receive an assignment prior to the start of autumn quarter. 

Each year, the first round of House and Room Selection takes place in May. Over the summer, an average of 100 undergraduate students cancel their housing assignments. Right now, undergraduates live in both traditional undergraduate housing and in EVGR-A, which is a graduate residence. This means that placing more undergraduates in EVGR-A reduces the number of graduate students who can live on campus.

If we assigned every undergraduate in the first round, we would end up with many vacancies in undergraduate housing and fewer spaces for graduate students - neither of which is ideal.

To ensure that we make the best use of available housing, some juniors and students without a housing guarantee may not receive an assignment in the first round. However, these students will fill the vacancies created over the summer as cancellations occur.

We understand that being unassigned after the first round can feel stressful, but please know that juniors who remain unassigned at this stage are still guaranteed housing as long as they participate in the subsequent assignment rounds. In fact, some students assigned later in the summer end up in highly desirable housing locations that become available due to cancellations.

Again, every undergraduate with housing guarantee quarters remaining will receive an assignment prior to the start of autumn quarter.

Reassignment Requests

If you are not satisfied with the room you selected, you will have an opportunity to apply for a reassignment. We anticipate receiving housing cancelations over the summer. House and Room Selection will open again for students who went through House and Room Selection in May to change their house and/or room selections from July 14 through July 18. 

For students unable to find a more preferred room during the self-select reassignment period and for students who went through the disability accommodation, preassignment, or religious observance request processes, reassignment applications can be submitted through Axess beginning July 21. Reassignments are done each quarter once all incoming students have been assigned, and end at the end of the fifth week of the quarter.

To apply for reassignment in Axess:

• Go to MyHousing.Stanford.edu
• Select Undergraduate Housing Application
• Navigate to the application through which you were assigned to housing
• Select Apply for Reassignment
• Follow the prompts to complete the application