Below is the entire housing selection timeline broken down by month. If you wish to see the timelines for a particular topic, please refer to that topic's section.
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Friday, February 14
- Off-campus application opens to all eligible students
Monday, February 24
- 10:00 p.m., February first-year Community Meeting
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Saturday, March 1
- 5:00 p.m., Off-campus application closes to all eligible students
Monday, March 3
- College House online application opens
- The Center for Student Success will begin contacting students with existing accommodations to confirm their status for 2025-2026
Friday, March 7
- Off-campus housing decisions communicated to applicants via email
- 5:00 p.m., Spring Break begins
Friday, March 14
- 5:00 p.m., Off-campus acceptance and relinquish forms due to the Office of Residential Education
Monday, March 17
- 8:00 a.m., Spring Break ends
Friday, March 21
- 5:00 p.m., New housing accommodations requests for Fall 2025 due to the Center for Student Success (CUB 280)
Friday, March 21 - Saturday, March 29
- College House Recruitment Events
Monday, March 24
- 10:00 p.m., March first-year Community Meeting
- Spring Semester Wellness Module opens in EngageGettysburg (Sophomore Success Program)
Wednesday, March 26
- College House Fair, 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at Stine Lake (rain location: CUB Junction)
Thursday, March 27
- 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Sophomore Tradition Event (location dependent on weather)
Sunday, March 30
- 5:00 p.m., College House online application closes. Students will hear about their status as early as March 31, but likely not until April 1.
- Spring Semester Wellness Module closes in EngageGettysburg (Sophomore Success Program)
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Wednesday, April 2
- 5:00 p.m., Final College House room rosters due to the Office of Residential Education (CUB 250)
- 5:00 p.m., Greek rosters due to the Office of Student Activities & Greek Life (CUB 210)
Monday, April 7
- College House Leader application available
- Beginning, Monday, April 7, students with approved accommodations who have not yet secured housing for the Fall 2025 semester will be contacted by Residential Education
Wednesday, April 9
- Last day for students to petition and complete the approval process with the Center for Student Success to change their anticipated graduation date
Sunday, April 13
- College House leader application closes
Monday, April 14
- 10:00 p.m., last first-year Community Meeting
Tuesday, April 15 - Friday, April 18 and Monday, April 21
- College House leader interview days
Wednesday, April 16
- First-Year Residential Experience (FYRE) program officially ends
- 5 p.m., deadline for current first-year students to appeal their First-Year Residential Experience (FYRE) spring semester attendance record if they believe there are any discrepancies
- Final deadline to complete all Sophomore Success Program (SSP) components
- Deadline to appeal discrepancies for Sophomore Success Program (SSP) attendance
Monday, April 21
- Lottery numbers and times available in CNAV/MyHousing for current juniors, sophomores, and first-years participating in online housing selection
- Juniors, sophomores, and first-year students begin selecting roommates for online housing selection in CNAV/MyHousing
Tuesday, April 22
- College House leader applicants notified of hire/not hire
Thursday, April 24
- All proxy requests for online housing selection must be emailed to Andy Hileman in the Office of Residential Education
- 5 p.m., Fall 2025 abroad students must communicate to CGE if they no longer plan to study abroad so that they can be included in the online housing selection process
Sunday, April 27
- Current juniors: housing selection begins (time TBD; CNAV/MyHousing)
- Current sophomores: housing selection begins immediately after juniors select housing
- Current first-years: housing selection begins immediately after sophomores select housing
Monday, April 28
- Fall Housing Preference forms are available
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Friday, May 23
- 5:00 p.m., Fall Housing Preference forms are due to the Office of Residential Education
Saturday, May 31
- Students who are not pre-registered for classes will be withdrawn from the College by the Registrar's Office and the Office of Residential Education will remove students from their Fall 2025 housing
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Thursday, July 31
- All students will be sent an email to view their Fall 2025 housing assignment and roommate information in CNAV/MyHousing
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First week of classes, Fall 2025
- Mandatory Off-Campus Housing Orientation Meeting (date, time and location to be determined)
October 2025
- Spring Housing Preference Form for Spring 2026 emailed to students studying abroad/off-campus
Monday, October 27
- Spring Housing Preference forms are due from students currently studying abroad or off-campus
Week of January 12, 2026
- Spring housing placements completed by the Office of Residential Education
- Students notified via email of housing placements which will be posted in CNAV/MyHousing.