Apply for Housing

• Incoming First Year students
• Incoming Transfer & Visiting students (Spring Transfers)
• Visiting International Student Program (VISP)
• Rising-Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors
• Students returning from Study Abroad
• Students going through the Readmission Process
• Non-Guaranteed Wait List / Commuter student
• Part-Time Students

Note: Students who have a guarantee of housing may receive a pre-bill for housing at the multiple room rate. Students who are later assigned to a single room will have the difference in price between a single room and a multiple room assessed to their account at the time of assignment.

Incoming First Year students

The First Year Housing Application will be available online (http://barnard.edu/reslife/new-students/) starting in mid-to-late May and must be submitted by June 7, 2013.

Room & Roommate Assignment information will be distributed via email on or after Monday, August 5, 2013.

Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.

Incoming Transfer & Visiting students

While Residential Life & Housing will make every effort to provide a room assignment, housing is not guaranteed for new transfer students.  Housing is usually more readily available for students admitted for the Spring semester.

Fall Semester

The Transfer & Visiting Student Housing Application will be available online (http://barnard.edu/reslife/new-students/) starting in mid-to-late May and must be submitted by June 7, 2013.

Room & Roommate Assignment information are typically distributed via email in early August.

Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.

Spring Semester

New Transfer & Visiting Students starting in the Spring should print and submit a Housing Application (PDF) by December 17, 2012.

Room & Roommate Assignment information will be distributed via email in early January.

Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.

Visiting International Student Program (VISP)

Once you are accepted to the VISP program, you will be given the opportunity to provide housing preferences as part of an online form provided to you by VISP Coordinator Rachel Romesburg.

Room assignments will be distributed via email in early January. Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.

Rising-Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors

Eligible returning students take part in the Room Selection process in early spring to select a room for the following academic year. Students must be currently residing in on-campus housing (or have lived on-campus for the semester prior to leaving for an approved study abroad leave) in order to be eligible to take part in Room Selection.

Students who do not take part in Room Selection and wish later to apply for housing (or were not eligible to participate in Room Selection) should submit a Housing Application (PDF) no later than June 1. Priority will be given by submission date and distance from campus.

Please note that while Residential Life & Housing will make every effort to provide a room assignment, housing is not guaranteed for students who do not take part in the Room Selection process.

Students returning from Study Abroad

Returning for the Fall Semester

If you wish to live in on-campus housing (either at Barnard or CU), you must submit the Return from Spring Study Abroad Housing Form (PDF), no later than March 1.  On this form, you will designate a Proxy who will be able to register you for Room Selection and pick a room for you.

Note: even if you plan on living in CU Greek Housing, Special Interest Housing, applying for a Disability Housing Accommodation, being a RA- or ODS pull-in, etc.; you must submit the Return from Spring Study Abroad Housing Form (PDF), no later than March 1, in order to be eligible for housing.

Note: you must have been residing in on-campus housing for the semester prior to your study abroad leave in order to be eligible to participate in Room Selection, receive a Disability Housing Accommodation, be a RA or ODS pull-in, or be assigned to CU Greek or Special Interest housing.

If you do not have a Proxy select a room for you and wish later to apply for housing (or were not eligible to participate in Room Selection), please submit the Housing Application (PDF) no later than June 1 in order to be on the Non-Guaranteed Wait List. Please note that while Residential Life & Housing will make every effort to provide a room assignment, housing is not guaranteed for students who do not take part in the Room Selection process.

Assignment information is distributed via email in early August. Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.

Returning for the Spring Semester

Please fill out and submit the Housing Application (PDF) by November 1. Application forms may be faxed to 212-854-1561, emailed as an scanned PDF/JPG to housing@barnard.edu, or mailed to Residential Life & Housing / 110 Sulzberger / 3009 Broadway / NY, NY 10027.

If there is a specific room/suite you would like to live in, please specify on your application. Please have the roommate(s) / suitemates fill out and submit the Roommate / Suitemate Request Form (PDF), mutually requesting you for their room / suite, no later than December 1.

Assignment information is distributed via email in early January. Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.

Note:  only students who had been living in campus housing for the semester prior to studying abroad are guaranteed housing upon their return. Students will be pre-billed for a multiple room, in order for a housing charge to appear on their tuition bill.  If a student is assigned to a single room, the difference in cost between a single & multiple room will be added to the student's account when room assignments are completed.

Students going through the Readmission Process

Please fill out and submit the Housing Application (PDF) no later than June 1 for the Fall semester and November 1 for the Spring semester. Application forms may be faxed to 212-854-1561, emailed as an scanned JPG/PDF to housing@barnard.edu, or mailed to Residential Life & Housing / 110 Sulzberger / 3009 Broadway / NY, NY 10027.

Reminder: the deadline to submit the Request for Readmission form to the Dean of Studies office is also June 1 for the Fall and November 1 for the Spring.

Please submit the application even if you are still waiting for official confirmation of your readmission (your assignment will be held until your readmission status is confirmed).  

Please note that while Residential Life & Housing will make every effort to provide a room assignment, housing is not guaranteed for students going through the Readmission process.  Housing is usually more readily available for students readmitted for the Spring semester.

If there is a specific room/suite you would like to live in, please specify on your application. For the Spring, please have the roommate(s) / suitemates fill out and submit the Roommate / Suitemate Request Form (PDF), mutually requesting you for their room / suite, no later than December 1.

Assignment information is distributed via email in early August for the Fall semester and early January for the Spring semester. Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.

Non-Guaranteed Wait List / Commuter students / Moving back onto campus

Please fill out and submit the Housing Application (PDF) no later than June 1 for the Fall semester and November 1 for the Spring semester. Application forms may be faxed to 212-854-1561, emailed as an scanned JPG/PDF to housing@barnard.edu, or mailed to Residential Life & Housing / 110 Sulzberger / 3009 Broadway / NY, NY 10027.

If there is a specific room/suite you would like to live in, please specify on your application. Please have the roommate(s) / suitemates fill out and submit the Roommate / Suitemate Request Form (PDF) mutually requesting you for their room / suite.

Assignment information is distributed via email in mid-August for the Fall semester and early January for the Spring semester. Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.

Please note that while Residential Life & Housing will make every effort to provide a room assignment, housing is not guaranteed.  

Part-Time Students

Please fill out and submit the Housing Application (PDF) no later than June 1 for the Fall semester and November 1 for the Spring semester. Application forms may be faxed to 212-854-1561, emailed as an scanned JPG/PDF to housing@barnard.edu, or mailed to Residential Life & Housing / 110 Sulzberger / 3009 Broadway / NY, NY 10027.

Housing for part-time students is not guaranteed.  Please note that part-time students will only be offered housing after all full-time enrolled applicants have been offered housing.  This means that, space permitting, assignments are not typically available until just before the start of the Fall and Spring semesters.  

If you are living in housing for the Fall semester (as a full-time enrolled student) and will be enrolled part-time for the Spring, you will need to reapply for the Spring by submitting the application above by November 1.  You will need to be prepared to vacate your Fall room by the end of the Fall semester, as assignment may not be able to be confirmed until just before the start of the Spring semester.  Reassignment to your Fall space can be requested on your application, but may not be available due to the timing of assignments and cancelations.