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Southwestern is a residential campus: first- and second-year students are required to live on campus, and students entering in Fall 2025 are under a new three-year residency requirement. First-years can choose among mixed-gender and single-gender residence halls, and the housing sign-up runs through a three-step digital process.
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- Confirm your residency status based on class standing, age, marital status, children, or veteran status.
- Complete the housing registration form as early as possible to improve your room-selection slot.
- Make sure health records are submitted by June 13 if you want to join room selection.
- Pick among Brown-Cody, Mabee, Clark, or Ruter if you are an entering student choosing a first-year hall.
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Southwestern says its campus is residential, with first- and second-year students required to live on campus. It also says entering students will fall under a new three-year residency requirement as of Fall 2025, and that students with fewer than four full-time semesters or less than 48 combined hours in college are required to live on campus.
- Exemptions listed by Southwestern include military veterans and students who are 22 or older, married, or have children.
- Incoming students must be at least 17 at the time of initial occupancy to live in University housing.
- This is a housing rule, so confirm your own eligibility with Residence Life if your class standing or age is close to the cutoff.
How do you sign up for housing?
Southwestern says on-campus sign-up happens in The Housing Director, a digital platform, and it has three steps: complete the housing registration form, do roommate matching, then select a residence hall and room.
- Room selection happens after all three Sprog sessions end.
- Your room-selection time slot is based on when you complete the housing registration form, so earlier submission gives you an earlier slot.
- You will not be able to participate in room selection if your health records are not turned in by the June 13 deadline.
What housing options are named for first-year students?
Southwestern names four first-year residence hall options: mixed-gender Brown-Cody and Mabee, plus single-gender Clark for women and Ruter for men.
- Room assignments may change before move-in day, but Southwestern says you will stay in the residence hall you select.
- Roommates select rooms together rather than individually.
- Southwestern says it will email housing assignment, roommate pairing, and meal plan assignment around August 1.
Who to contact for housing help
Residence Life is the office to contact for housing questions at Southwestern, and the university lists its office page and staff contact page for current information.
- Residence Life page: web-0.
- Residence Life staff page: web-3.
- If you need current housing details, use the university’s Residence Life contact listed there rather than relying on old directory copies.
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