Guide to Housing Selection

Gettysburg College offers a wide variety of housing options. The housing selection process is designed to help students select housing for the following year. Housing Selection consists of three Phases. There are many details to consider, therefore we ask that you read this information carefully and familiarize yourself with the processes, policies, and housing options available to you.

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Phase I:

This phase includes the following processes which take place in February, March, and April.

Greek Housing

Living Off-Campus

Disability Accommodations for Housing

College Houses

Residential Education Staff Selection

Study Abroad/Off-Campus

Commuters

Phase II:

This phase involves all the processes related to Online Housing Selection.

Section 1: Things to Think About When Considering Your Housing Options

Room/apartment capacities and vacancies that occur during the summer
Housing floor plans
Availability of single rooms
Gender-Inclusive Housing
Special notes on Quarry Suites, Apple Hall, Ice House, and College Apartments
Room rates and meal plan requirements

Section 2: The Details You Should Know About Housing Selection

Lottery number assignments and class year designations
First-year students regarding First-Year Residential Experience (FYRE) participation
Sophomore students regarding Sophomore Success Program participation
Class pre-registration requirement
Readmitted students and students returning from a leave of absence
Online Housing Selection
Proxy process (what to do if you're unavailable to choose housing for yourself or your group at your designated time)
Waitlist forms (what to do if you don't get your first choice -- see Phase III)

Phase III

The following processes begin once the online housing selection process has ended in May and continue through July.

Waitlist forms are used for students who did not receive their first choice in housing accommodations or who do not select housing through any of the housing selection processes. All full-time students are guaranteed housing for all four years at Gettysburg but some students may leave campus in May not knowing where they will be living in the fall. This situation occurs each year because in the spring we assign housing to upperclass students who in the summer decide to take leaves of absence, withdraw, or transfer. Students who do not select housing will be required to complete an Online Housing Waitlist Form.

As spaces become available housing is assigned using the information collected on the waitlist forms that students submitted. Please note that this process occurs throughout June and students who departed campus in May without a housing assignment will be notified of their housing by July 31.
- Waitlist forms are placed in class year/lottery number order.
- Students are permitted to be on more than one waitlist.
- On Monday, April 24 2023, waitlist forms will be available to any current junior, sophomore, or first-year student and will be due no later than Friday, May 19, 2023.
- Groups are encouraged to designate a contact person who will serve as the representative for your group. Residential Education will contact your group's representative when an offer for a change in your housing becomes available. All students who are part of your group on the waitlist form MUST individually accept the waitlist offer via email.
Due to its residency requirement, Gettysburg College guarantees housing for all full-time students. Therefore, Residential Education must efficiently and effectively utilize all available spaces in its housing inventory and reserves the right to utilize the consolidation policy.

The consolidation policy states that the Residential Education reserves the right to move students from their current room assignment. All students within a room may be moved to another location, multiple groups of students in separate rooms but on the same floor/building may be relocated, and students residing alone in multiple occupancy rooms may be consolidated. This means that a student, upon notification, may be reassigned to another space on campus. This is an effort to optimize the utilization of vacancies/rooms on campus.

Over the summer months Residential Education will review occupancies across campus. During this time period the Residential Education will determine if consolidation is needed at which point you may be notified. Residential Education will work with all students involved in a consolidation to make the transition as smooth as possible.
Students returning from a leave of absence or readmitted students who have not participated in PHASE I or PHASE II of the Housing Selection Process will participate in the housing placement process using a Housing Preference form, which will be emailed to them once the office receives official notification of the student's return. Students should not expect to hear about their housing assignments until July 31.

Housing Policies

2022-2023 Residential Guidebook

Housing Selection Timeline for 2023-2024 Academic Year