How are assignments made?
Starting Spring 2025, returning students will participate in Houing Selection. Returning students will be able to select their on campus assignments for the following academic year, within specified neighborhoods. They will be based on students’ class year, accommodation status, and their preferences listed in their housing application.
Sophomores are guaranteed housing as part of the residency requirement. Juniors and seniors will be assigned randomly generated lottery numbers and will select their housing in that order based on availability. We anticipate that some juniors and seniors will not be offered housing initially. We will have a waitlist process for students who are not initially offered housing or who miss the sign-up period.
In order to provide housing for as many students as possible, Residence Life may reassign, change assignments, or assign a roommate to students who are assigned to rooms that are not at capacity.
Waitlist Information
Students may add themselves to the waitlist for the following reasons:
- They did not initially receive a housing assignment
- They did not initially sign up for housing
After Housing Selection, a student may add themselves to our housing waitlist via our .
After June 1, please email res.life@reed.edu to be added to the waitlist.
Students may not add themselves to the waitlist for a different assignment. If students have concerns about their assignment, they should reach out to res.life@reed.edu.
Waitlist applications have to be submitted in order to be considered for a waitlist room. Students who signed up for housing on time will be given preference over students who missed that deadline. Rooms will be offered as they become available and we expect to be able to provide students with an update in mid-June. If we offer students a room that is within their preferences and they do not accept it or we do not hear back from them within the specified timeline, their name will be removed from the waitlist.