Timeline for Room Selection and Room Retention

Fall 2025-Spring 2026 Important Dates

Please note that all dates are tentative at this time and may be subject to change.

First-Year Freshmen

DateTime (All Times Eastern Standard Time)EventWhat This Means
11/1/202510:00 AMHousing Application and LLC/TC Application Launch

First-Year Students: First-year students may log in, submit the GDPR/FERPA consent form, complete the application and fee, and create a roommate group.

 

First-year students may apply to join an LLC or TC for the upcoming academic year. If a student is accepted into an LLC or TC, this student will be able to log back into the Housing Portal in order to select an LLC or TC space during the appropriate room selection period.

4/1/202511:59 PMPriority Deadline for FYF general room selectionFirst Year Freshmen students (for the Fall 25/Spring 26 Academic year) who would like to participate in Priority General Room Selection must complete the housing application by 11:59 p.m. Applications completed after the deadline will have to wait until non-priority room selection opens on June 2.
4/7/20259:00 AMFYF LLC/TC Room Changes and Room Swaps Begins

For the 2025-2026 school year, all LLC/TC assignments will be done manually by the Housing Team. Students (for the Fall 25/Spring 26 Academic year) who completed the LLC/TC application and have been approved by the LLC/TC advisor will be able to log into the Housing Portal on this date and perform a room change within their LLC/TC.

If an approved, first-year LLC/TC applicant denies their LLC/TC after assignment, they will be moved into an open space in one of our halls and will then be allowed to perform a room change beginning June 2, 2025.

5/9/20259:00 AMLLC/TC Application closes 
5/19/202510:00 AMPriority General Room Selection Period for First Year Freshmen Students BeginsFirst Year Freshmen students (for the Fall 25/Spring 26 Academic year) who completed the application by the priority deadline will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2025-2026 term. Students in eligible roommate groups will be able to pull their preferred roommates into their unit.
5/23/20259:00 AMFinal Day to Cancel Living-Learning or Themed Community ApplicationFirst-Year Freshman and Upperlevel students who are approved and assigned into an LLC/TC space will be able to cancel their LLC/TC application and move into a non-LLC/TC space on campus until May 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM. After that date, all LLC/TC placements are final for the Fall 2025-Spring 2026 term.
5/23/20259:00 AMLLC/TC FYF Room Changes and Swaps EndsFirst-Year Freshman and Upperlevel students who are approved and assigned into an LLC/TC space will be able to room changes or swaps into different space within their respective date until 9 AM on May 23rd.
5/23/20253:00 PMPriority General Room Selection Period for First Year Freshmen Students EndsFirst Year Freshmen students (for the Fall 25/Spring 26 Academic year) who completed the application by the priority deadline will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2025-2026 term until 3:00 p.m. Students who do not assign themselves before the deadline will be added to Non-Priority General Room Selection for picking a bedspace.
5/28/20253:00 PMNon-Priority General Room Selection Period for First Year Freshmen Students BeginsFirst Year Freshmen students (for the Fall 25/Spring 26 Academic year) who completed the application will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2025-2026 term. Students in eligible roommate groups will be able to pull their preferred roommates into their unit.
5/30/20253:00 PMNon-Priority General Room Selection Period for First Year Freshmen Students EndsAll students (for the Fall 25/Spring 26 Academic year) who completed the application will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2025-2026 term until 3:00 p.m. Students who do not assign themselves before the deadline will be manually assigned a bedspace based on availability as it becomes available.
6/2/202510:00 AMRoom changes for ALL students opensAll students who have previously selected a room, but now are interested in select a different bedspace for the 2025-2026 term, will be able to log into the Housing Portal and go through the Room Change process to see what spaces are available and re-assign themselves. Roommate groups are not able to be pulled into room changes.
6/2/20253:00 PMRoom changes and Swaps for LLC students who decline LLC after assignment OpensAll LLC students who were previously approved and assigned into a LLC/TC. Then, cancelled their LLC Application and were reassigned to a non-LLC bedspace. They will be able to log into the Housing Portal and go through the Room Change process to see what spaces are available and re-assign themselves. The Room Swap process will also be available at this time. Roommate groups are not able to be pulled into room changes.
6/20/20259:00 AMRoom Changes for All Students EndsAll students (for the Fall 25/Spring 26 Academic year) who completed the application will be able to log into Cards Nest and room change or swaps themselves for the 2025-2026 term until 3:00 p.m. Students who do not assign themselves before the deadline, of May 30th, will be manually assigned a bedspace based on availability as it becomes available.
6/23/20259:00 AMManual Assignments BeginsAll who didn't pick a room and haven't cancelled their application will be assigned a room from Housing.

Returners/Transfers

Upper-level students are defined as sophomores or above for the Fall 2024 semester. 

DateTime (All Times Eastern Standard Time)EventWhat This Means
11/1/202510:00 AMHousing Application and LLC/TC Application Launch

Returning Residents: Students currently living on campus who wish to live on campus again next year. Students will also have an option to request they retain the bedspace in which they are currently assigned.

 

Returning students may apply to join an LLC or TC for the upcoming academic year. If a student is accepted into an LLC or TC, this student will be able to log back into the Housing Portal in order to select an LLC or TC space during the appropriate room selection period.

1/13/20253:00 PMPriority Deadline for Room Retention for Returning Residents

Approved residents who would like to retain their current room assignments must select the Retention Request option and have a completed application by the Priority Deadline. Retention requests after this time will not be considered.

Approved residents who have successfully retained their current spaces will need to participate in room selection.

Room retention requests are not guaranteed approval, as these are based on room availability. You will receive an email by the end of the Room Retention period if your room is unavailable for retention.

1/22/202510:00 AMRoom Retention Selection Period for Returning Residents BeginsResidents who would like to retain their current room assignments and are in an eligible unit will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2025-2026 term.
1/24/20251:00 PMRoom Retention Selection Period for Returning Residents EndsResidents who would like to retain their current room assignments and are in an eligible unit will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2025-2026 term until 1:00 p.m. Students who do not assign themselves before the priority deadline will be added to Priority General Room Selection for picking a bedspace.
2/1/202510:00 AMPriority deadline for general room selection returners/ current residents onlyNon-First Year Freshmen students (for the Fall 25/Spring 26 Academic year) who would like to participate in Priority General Room Selection must complete the housing application by 1:00 p.m. Applications completed after the deadline will have to wait until non-priority room selection opens on March 7.
2/17/202510:00 AMPriority General Room Selection for Returners BeginsNon-First Year Freshmen students (for the Fall 25/Spring 26 Academic year) who completed the application by the priority deadline will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2025-2026 term. Students in eligible roommate groups will be able to pull their preferred roommates into their unit.
2/21/20253:00 PMPriority General Room Selection for Returners EndsNon-First Year Freshmen students (for the Fall 25/Spring 26 Academic year) who completed the application by the priority deadline will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2024-2025 term until 3:00 p.m. Students who do not assign themselves before the deadline will be added to Non-Priority General Room Selection for picking a bedspace.
2/25/20259:00 AMApplication deadline for Upper Level LLC'sStudents who would like to participate in a Living Learning or Themed Community must complete the LLC/TC application by 9:00 a.m. This application will close after the deadline.
3/3/20253:00 PMUpper Level LLC/TC Room Changes and Room Swaps Begins

For the 2025-2026 school year, all LLC/TC assignments will be done manually by the Housing Team. Students (for the Fall 25/Spring 26 Academic year) who completed the LLC/TC application and have been approved by the LLC/TC advisor will be able to log into the Housing Portal on this date and perform a room change within their LLC/TC.

If an approved, upper-level LLC/TC applicant denies their LLC/TC after assignment, they will be moved into an open space in one of our halls and will then be allowed to perform a room change beginning March 7, 2025 at 9 AM.

3/7/20259:00 AMRoom Selection reopens for all returners & upper level transfers OnlyEvery upper-level student who will have access to General Room selection will receive an email to their UofL email address with a specific timeslot to select one week prior to selection reopening. 
3/7/20253:00 PMReturner general Room Changes and Room Swaps Begins

Upper-level students who have previously selected a room, but now are interested in select a different bedspace for the 2025-2026 term, will be able to log into the Housing Portal and go through the Room Change process to see what spaces are available and re-assign themselves. Roommate groups are not able to be pulled into room changes.

Room Swaps will open at 3pm and remain open until June 20th at 9 AM.

Room Changes will open at 5pm and remain open until June 20th at 9 AM. 

5/9/20259:00 AM LLC/TC Application closes 
5/23/20259:00 AM.Final Day to Cancel Living-Learning or Themed Community ApplicationFirst-Year Freshman and Upperlevel students who are approved and assigned into an LLC/TC space will be able to cancel their LLC/TC application and move into a non-LLC/TC space on campus until May 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM. After that date, all LLC/TC placements are final for the Fall 2025-Spring 2026 term.
5/23/20259:00 AMLLC/TC Upper Room Changes and Swaps EndsFirst-Year Freshman and Upperlevel students who are approved and assigned into an LLC/TC space will be able to room changes or swaps into different space within their respective date until 9 AM on May 23rd.
5/23/20253:00 PMRoom changes for ALL students (including LLC students who decline LLC after assignment) opensAll students who have previously selected a room, but now are interested in select a different bedspace for the 2025-2026 term, will be able to log into the Housing Portal and go through the Room Change process to see what spaces are available and re-assign themselves. Roommate groups are not able to be pulled into room changes.
6/20/20259:00 AMGeneral Room Selection and Room Changes for All Students EndsAll students (for the Fall 25/Spring 26 Academic year) who completed the application will be able to log into the Housing Portal and assign themselves for the 2025-2026 term until 3:00 p.m. Students who do not assign themselves before the deadline will be manually assigned a bedspace based on availability as it becomes available.
6/23/20259:00 AMManual Assignments BeginsAll who didn't pick a room and haven't cancelled their application will be assigned a room from Housing.