Housing Selection
What You Need to KnowResidence Hall Information & Room Rates
The Process for Qualifying for a Room Using Quality Points
Housing Policies
Frequently Asked Questions
What You Need to Know
- Housing selection is the process by which currently enrolled students choose an on campus room for the 2013-2014 academic year.
- Room selection is based on quality points which are your SJC credit hours x grade point average.
- Students can start applying for Housing on Monday, March 18, and the deadlines for the halls are as follows:
- Residential Apartments- must be submitted by Monday, March 18, 2013
- Gallagher & Halas- must be submitted by Friday, April 5, 2013
- Seifert, Bennett, Merlini, Justin, Schwietermann- must be submitted by Friday, April 12, 2013
- Students will be notified via email about their housing application status, and every applicant is required to either attend the Apartment Selection night on Tuesday, April 16 or Housing Selection on Wednesday, April 17 to pick a specific room.
- All students must be registered for Fall 2013 classes before selecting a room. Class Registration for Fall 2013 opens Monday, April 8, 2013.
Residence Hall Information & Room Rates
Room and Board Rates (all rates per semester)
Room with a roommate: $2,050
Board (Meal Plan): $2170
Private Room: $2665
Apartment Room (per person): $2,895
Schwietermann Private: $3,740
Schwietermann Double (per person): $2,895
Schwietermann Triple (per person): $2,665
Residence Hall Information
Residential Apartments (Male/Female): 5 people of the same gender per apartment, 18 total apartments available. What to know: you must keep it filled with 5 people ALL YEAR. The Apartments do cost more than other residential spaces. Apartments will not be awarded to students with judicial problems. Your group will be cleared by Ernest Watson before being approved. If you are not approved you will be notified to select another location.
Gallagher (Male): Rooms are “suite style” with either 2 rooms for 2 people, or three rooms for four people. There are ten 2 person rooms and ten 4 person rooms available.
Bennett/Merlini (Male): Rooms can either be double or single occupancy.
Justin (Male/Female): Men are on the first two floors of both Justin East and West; women are on the third floor of both east and west. Rooms can either be double or single occupancy. There are four rooms that are triple rooms (3 per room), 2 for males and 2 for females.
Schwietermann (Male or Female): 1, 2 or 3 people of the same gender per room. Cost varies depending on the number of people in each room. Please consult the room rate list.
Halas (Female): Rooms are “suite style” with either 2 rooms for 2 people, or three rooms for four people. There are seven 2 person rooms and twelve 4 person rooms available.
Seifert (Female): Rooms can either be double or single occupancy.
Noll (Female): Only available to incoming students.
NOTE: There will be a very limited number of private rooms awarded to both males and females. Students who want private rooms are encouraged to apply for Merlini and Bennett.
The Process for Qualifying for a Room Using Quality Points
Quality points are calculated by multiplying a student's SJC credit hours and grade point average. Transfer credits do NOT count in this quality point total, so if you have non-SJC credits they will not affect your quality point total
If you are applying for a single room we will use your quality point total. If you are applying for a room that has more than one person (Apartments, Gallagher/Halas, or any double room) we take the group average of quality points. For example, there are 5 people in an Apartment. We will add all 5 people's quality points together and take the average. That average number will then be ranked against all the other groups who have applied for the Apartments. We have 18 Apartments available, so 90 people in total will live in the apartments (18 groups of 5 students).
Since quality points are based on SJC credit hours x gpa it is common that upperclassmen will have more quality points. It is recommended to always have a backup option if you don't qualify for a certain space. We stagger the applications for each of the different kinds of housing to be due at different times. So, if your group does not qualify for an apartment you will be notified with enough time to apply for Gallagher, Halas, and all other halls. It is ALWAYS recommended to submit a backup option as well, in the event that you do not get a room.
Housing Policies
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: I applied to live in a certain building, but how do I actually pick what room I want?
Q: What time do I have to be there to pick my room?
Q: What if I can't make it to my selection time?
Q: What if one of my roommates is not registered for classes yet?
Q: What if I sign up with a group of people, and one of them decides they are not returning to campus next year. Do we still get to keep our room?
Q: What if I have a medical need that requires me to live in a certain space?
Q: What if I don't have a person to live with?
Q: What if I want to live with an incoming student?
For all further questions please contact your RA or the housing staff at housing@saintjoe.edu .
