Spring Hill College values the residential campus experience and believes that on-campus living helps students to engage in their living-learning setting while also promoting personal and social growth. 

With a four-year residency requirement, students are guaranteed campus housing and are given the opportunity to participate in the Housing Selection Process to select their residential community.

New Student Housing Selection

Entering first-year students will receive information on the Housing Selection Process along with their college acceptance.

After being admitted as a full-time student, entering first-year students should complete the online New Student Housing Application. This application allows students to indicate interest in participating in Living Learning Communities, building preferences, as well as completing a roommate matching profile.

Roommate and placement information is finalized in July and each student will receive an email to their Spring Hill College email indicating their roommate information and building and room assignment.

Roommate Selection

Entering first-year students will be living in double-occupancy rooms. Roommate selection for first-year students is facilitated through a program that matches students based on compatibility. This system uses the information provided on each student’s roommate matching profile to determine roommate pairs that are compatible. It is strongly recommended that entering students fill out the roommate matching profile alone and answer questions honestly and realistically.

Some entering first-year students will already know other entering students and wish to be roommates together.

Housing Placement

Entering first-year students will be notified of their housing placement in mid-July. Students should check their Spring Hill College email as all communication regarding housing and roommate placement will be sent via email.

Current Student Housing Selection

Each spring currently enrolled students are given the opportunity to participate in the Housing Lottery in order to select their desired living option. In order to assure fairness during this process, the Housing Lottery is randomized and students will receive a lottery number which will determine their selection time and spot in the process.

Apartment Lottery

Students looking to live in the Fairways Apartments or Portier Place will need to participate in the Apartment Lottery. This process will occur immediately prior to the General Housing Lottery and will be made available to students who will have achieved senior standing by the end of the spring semester (please note that senior standing is determined as having completed 94 credit hours).

In order to participate in the Apartment Lottery, students must form same-gender roommate groups that match the available spaces in each apartment. For example, students wishing to live in the Fairway Apartments must be in groups of four, those wishing to live in Portier Place must form groups of either two, three, or four students depending on the desired apartment. Students will only be able to select an apartment if their roommate group size matches the occupancy of the apartment. During the Apartment Lottery, only groups of students who all hold senior status will be allowed to participate.

Pod Lottery

A limited amount of pods in Skip’s Place will be made available for students who wish to live in a group of five or seven. This process will open following the Apartment Lottery and will be based off of an application system. If approved, the students on the application will be placed in the designated pods and will not need to participate in the General Housing Lottery.

General Housing Lottery

Following the Apartment and Pod Lotteries, the General Housing Lottery will commence. At this point any remaining apartments and all other rooms available to non-first-year students will be made available. The General Housing Lottery is prioritized by entrance year and then randomized within this student pool.

During the General Housing Lottery, students will be able to select rooms based on available spaces and form roommate groups accordingly. Please note that students will need to form roommate groups that match the occupancy of available spaces. For example, students will need to form groups of four in order to select a New Hall double suite, groups of two for a New Hall single suite, and groups of two for double occupancy rooms in O’Leary Hall, Mobile Hall, and Skips Place.

Students will be emailed their randomized lottery number and selection time prior to the General Housing Lottery beginning. If a student is in a roommate group, the best lottery number and selection time amongst the group will be the time that the group may select a room. Students will be able to view available spaces throughout the General Housing Lottery process.

The Office of Residence Life strongly encourages all students to have several housing and roommate options in mind. Depending on each student’s lottery number, his/her preferred option may no longer be available. Should a student not select a room during the General Housing Lottery, for whatever reason, they will be placed by the Office of Residence Life in remaining available spaces following the close of the General Housing Lottery.

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