Academic Year Housing Selection
2026-2027 Housing Selection
The Housing Application for the 2026-2027 academic year opened January 12, 2026 at 9 a.m. via the Housing Portal and is the first step students will take in the selection process. The application also offers the opportunity for students to start thinking early about their living plans for next year according to their class year and, therefore, residency requirements before selection.
As you plan, be sure to review the important information below regarding housing for the 2026-2027 academic year, please note that housing selection will occur after Fall 2026 class registration as students must be registered to classes in order to participate in housing selection. We encourage you to check here regularly for updates.
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Housing Selection Open Office Hours
Friday, April 10 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the RLH Office in Angelou
April 13, 14, 15, and 16 from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the RLH Office in Angelou
Housing Selection Help Desk
For assistance as you’re navigating selection in the Housing Portal. Our focus is on those who are selecting at that time.
April 13, 14, 15, and 16 from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. in the RLH Office in Angelou
Housing Selection Communication
THINGS TO KNOW
As we move forward, there is one significant change we want everyone to be aware of. Beginning this cycle, housing selection will occur by housing credits in the following order:
- Selection for 1+ Housing Credits (Rising Sophomores)
- Selection for 3+ Housing Credits (Rising Juniors)
- Selection for 5+ Housing Credits (Rising Seniors)
Each selection group will see the specific communities designated for them.
Please use this Housing Availability Summary tool to see the specific communities based on your class year. (You must be logged into your WFU account to access)
Any remaining spaces after each selection night will then be available for the next class on their selection night. For example, if not all sophomores select Davis, those spaces will then be available for juniors to select.
2026-2027 Campus Occupancy
Our incoming classes continue to grow, and Babcock Hall will be offline during Fall 2026 for renovation. That said, most of Kitchin and Poteat Halls will be held for incoming students.
Wake Forest University views living on campus as integral to a liberal arts education and the Wake Forest experience. In support of that view, the University has a six-semester residency requirement.
Those with 6+ housing credits (typically seniors), will be asked to express their intent to live on or off campus for the upcoming academic year. Those who do not express an on-campus intent by the deadline will be assigned an off-campus application.
Students for whom a portion of college costs are provided by Wake Forest Need-Based Scholarship funds should carefully consider their housing and meal plan selections. Please read about the financial impacts of the various options and then contact Student Financial Aid at with any questions.
Students with on-campus housing applications who do not select housing by the end of their selection period (e.g. April 14 for Rising Sophomores) will be assigned by the Residence Life and Housing office. Assignments will be made based on availability at the time of placement and aligned with the communities designated for their class year. As these placements occur after the selection window has closed, room type, building preference, and roommate requests cannot be guaranteed.
Rising seniors who have fulfilled their residency requirement will not be automatically assigned; instead, they will be reclassified to off-campus status and charged a $250 cancellation fee for their housing application.
Students who select during housing selection will NOT be permitted to request a room change between housing selection and the Fall Semester. The earliest opportunity for a room change for those students is during the Fall Semester.
If students would like to make rearrangements of their current selected suite, they must submit the following linked form between May 1 and July 31.
Unapproved room changes may result in a fine, a return to the original assignment, and/or other administrative actions.
Residents of the apartment/block/room may have the first opportunity to fill vacancies during the year by pulling in a roommate of choice.
Any continuing or transfer student who is under the residency requirement and enrolled or re-enrolled after April 10 and before July 1 will participate in our Second Round of Housing selection and will receive communication from our office regarding that process. Students enrolled after July 1 will be contacted by our office to discuss options and then manually assigned. Click here to learn more about this process.
SPECIALTY HOUSING
Fall Study Abroad
Fall Study Abroad
Students studying abroad during the Fall Semester will NOT select housing during Academic Year Housing Selection. Instead, students abroad for the Fall Semester will be required to select their housing for the Spring Semester ONLY online in December.
If you are planning to go abroad for Fall 2026, please keep these critical considerations in mind as you begin to think about Spring 2027.
- Students who participate in study abroad/away are still subject to the residency requirement, with their semester abroad counting towards the six-semester requirement.
- Students abroad for the fall semester will select their spring semester housing in December.
- Students returning from study away programs in the fall have limited housing options for the spring and are often placed into rooms with open beds, meaning they may be living with random roommates.
As with Spring 2026, we will be unable to house all students returning from abroad. Babcock Hall will reopen for Spring 2027, providing just over 200 beds for students returning from abroad. Additional availability is expected to be severely limited and unpredictable.
Most students returning from abroad should not expect to live in University housing.
Spring Study Abroad
Students planning to study abroad during the Spring Semester should proceed with Academic Year Housing Selection for the Fall Semester. During the Fall Semester, our office will be notified by Global Programs and Studies that these students are going abroad, and their Spring Semester housing will be canceled.
During the Spring Semester, these students will be able to participate in Academic Year Housing Selection for the following fall from abroad.
If you are going to be an RA for the Fall Semester, you will participate in this online process. When instructed, you will need to visit the Housing Portal to update contact information, pull in suitemates – if your space allows, select a meal plan, and sign the Housing and Dining Agreements.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Want to learn more?
Please contact Residence Life and Housing at or 336.758.5185 for further information.
Selection By the Numbers
Thinking about group sizes and where to look? Use this guide to help get you started!
Note: This guide is pulled from our most common floor plan numbers – reference against the availability list to see what’s actually available before your selection time.
Want to learn more about selection this year?
We encourage attending a Housing Selection Information Session to learn more about the process and visit Find Your Way Home for detailed step-by-step guides for completing the Housing Selection Process.
THE SELECTION PROCESS
Completing a housing and dining application is required each year.
To participate in the housing selection process, students must first update their profile information in the Housing Portal.
Plan ahead with those you want to live with about where you would like to live. While completing your application, there is a section labeled “ Roommate Search Settings”. You must click the box stating “Check this box if you wish to be included in the roommate searching process”. A group leader should invite others and form a housing group.
Before the group’s selection time, each person will need to log in and accept their invitation in order to be pulled in during selection.
Keep in mind groups looking to select multiple occupancy apartments/blocks/rooms must fill all beds in the apartment/block/room at the time of online selection.
The way a space is listed on the availability list and/or in the selection portal is fixed and will not be reduced in size.
Continuing students may choose to form single-sex or co-ed roommate groups.
Students forming co-ed groups will complete an additional agreement in the housing selection process, agreeing that:
- Students agree to Co-Ed Housing for the academic year with limited options for room changes.
- Should a resident of the suite/apartment leave the University, the group must work with Residence Life and Housing to fill the vacancy in a timely manner.
- Residence Life and Housing may consolidate students in Co-Ed suites/apartments in the event of unfilled spaces.
- Selection times are assigned based on a roommate group’s average housing credits.
- The earlier your time, the sooner you are allowed to participate and the more room options you may have.
- Students who are not guaranteed housing (including non-resident students, students beyond their 8th semester in housing, etc.) will not be issued a selection time and are not eligible to participate in the General Room Selection process.
- If you have a disability-related housing accommodation on file, someone from Residence Life and Housing will contact you to schedule a meeting to select your housing.
The earlier your selection time, the sooner you are allowed to participate and the more room options you may have.
A list of available rooms, including the type and occupancy of the room, and independent blocks will be posted and updated frequently during the selection process. Review the availability list regularly as you get closer to your selection time.
- Have a backup plan should your first choice (or second or third) not be available when your selection time comes.
- Review our community pages and the Guide to Community Living for information about the different communities around campus.
You (or your group leader) will log into the housing portal at your selection time on your selection date and select the housing, placing all members of a group in their beds for the coming year.
Help Desk
During General Room Selection, the Residence Life and Housing will provide a help desk during all room and dining selection processes. Here, staff members will be available to provide personal, one-on-one assistance for any student who would like help.
Note: On a case-by-case basis during room selection, the Residence Life and Housing may allow a student to delete an active assignment and select again if the student made an error or mistake in the selection process
Want to learn more about selection this year?
We encourage attending a Housing Selection Information Session to learn more about the process and visit Find Your Way Home for detailed step-by-step guides for completing the Housing Selection Process.
Important Dates
March 2026
Sunday, March 1 at 11:59 p.m.
Students requesting disability-related accommodations should submit a request and all supporting documentation via the Housing Portal. Please carefully review the requirements for submitting disability-related accommodations and supporting documentation.
*The Residence Life and Housing office has a wide variety of housing and dining options and provides reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities who request housing and/or dining accommodations. A release from the University’s residency and meal plan requirements are generally not considered reasonable accommodations. Most housing or dining accommodations can be made among the current residential and dining facilities on campus.
Wednesday, March 4 at 9 a.m.
All rosters for block housing must be submitted. Our office will follow up with communications as needed.
Tuesday, March 31
Please reach out to our office directly at after this date if you Fall plans change.
Housing selection times will be available in the Housing Portal.
Click here for the step-by-step guide on how to view your time.
April 2026
Monday, April 6 – Thursday, April 9
Block Housing leaders will need to log into the Housing Portal to assign housing for their group by April 9. Once assigned, all members will be notified to log into the Housing Portal to select their Fall 2026 meal plan.
RAs will need to log into the Housing Portal to assign housing for their Pull-Ins by April 9. Once assigned, all members will be notified to log into the Housing Portal to select their Fall 2026 meal plan.
Appointments for Disability-Related Accommodations will take place the week of April 6 – 9
A staff member from our office will email you to set up an appointment to discuss any recommended accommodations or necessary follow-up. During your appointment, you will discuss your accommodations with a staff member as part of an interactive process; our staff will also discuss housing selection timelines/processes with you at this time as necessary.
Wednesday, April 8
Students must be registered for at least one class by Wednesday, April 8 in order to remain eligible to participate in Housing Selection for 2026-2027.
Friday, April 10
Our office will release the Room Availability List via the Housing Portal. Here, you’ll be able to see what’s available (including the number of beds needed to fill a space, as well as any spaces that are allocated for a specific sex) at the time of your selection. Only spaces that match the size of your roommate group will be visible.
*The list is only available during selection week and will update every 15 minutes during housing selection.
2026-2027 Housing Selection
Important Note: Selection times are assigned based on a roommate group’s AVERAGE housing credits.
Individuals or groups with one or more housing credits (typically rising sophomores) who have expressed an on-campus intent for the upcoming academic year will select housing on April 13 or April 14 from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m., according to your housing selection date and time.
Your selection time will be available on March 31 by 10 a.m. via the Housing Portal.
If you are entering housing selection with a group, the group leader will select housing for your group.
Students are encouraged to stop by our open office hours between 1pm-4pm for assistance from our Assignments team.
Rising sophomores will be able to select from spaces in the following communities:
- Quad Area – Davis, Efird, Huffman, and Taylor
- North Campus – Dogwood, Magnolia, Martin, and North Campus Apartments
Individuals or groups with three or more housing credits (typically rising juniors) who were not released via the Off-Campus Lottery will select housing on April 15 from 4 p.m.- 8 p.m., according to your housing selection time.
Your selection time will be available on March 31 by 10 a.m. via the Housing Portal.
If you are entering housing selection with a group, the group leader will select housing for your group.
Students are encouraged to stop by our open office hours between 1pm-4pm for assistance from our Assignments team.
Rising juniors should expect to select from spaces in the following communities:
- North Campus Apartments, Student Apartments, and Polo Hall
- Any remaining spaces in sophomore designated communities – Davis, Efird, Huffman, and Taylor, Dogwood, Magnolia, Martin
Individuals or groups with five or more housing credits (typically rising seniors) will select housing on April 16 from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m., according to your housing selection time.
Your selection time will be available on March 31 by 10 a.m. via the Housing Portal.
If you are entering housing selection with a group, the group leader will select housing for your group.
Students are encouraged to stop by our open office hours between 1pm-4pm for assistance from our Assignments team.
Rising seniors will be able to select from spaces in the following communities:
- Deacon Place
- Any remaining spaces in sophomore or junior designated communities – North Campus Apartments, Student Apartments, and Polo Hall, Davis, Efird, Huffman, and Taylor, Dogwood, Magnolia, Martin
*Please note that we recommend using a pencil, not a pen, when adding these dates to your calendar. Though we’ve taken a great deal to provide accuracy for the upcoming year, dates are subject to change as needed should institutional changes impact the 26-27 academic year dates. Check back here regularly as we near key dates and deadlines, and be sure to check your WFU email for the most updated information.