Returning Student Housing Selection for Fall 2025

Below you will find helpful information for returning student housing selection. Please read thoroughly. We have also included a helpful Housing Selection Q&A that goes in-depth on more specifics, and our slides from Housing Info Night HERE. A Roomeez How-To Video is also here if you have questions. If you have reviewed the website and Q&A and still have questions, please email housing@northwestu.edu. 

Important Dates:

  • Housing Information Meeting – Tuesday, March 25 at 7:00pm in Argue HSC 104
  • Mandatory Meetings – April 6-10th (See your RA for details)
  • All Applications due on Friday, April 11th at NOON to participate in Housing Selection Night (All found on eRezLife):
    • Fall 25 Housing Intent Form. Required by everyone.
    • Student Apartment Applications due 
    • Private Room Application Form due
    • Graduate Student Housing Application due
  • Housing Selection Night (Apartment and room selection process) – Thursday, April 24th (Evening – times TBD)

*See more information about important dates here.

Costs (per semester/per person):

  • Residence Hall Room: $5870  (includes a full meal plan and $100 Flex Dollars)
  • Residence Hall Private Room Charge: Additional $1500/semester. 
  • 2b/2b Student Apartments (with or without a study): $4450 (Includes 75-block meal plan and $125 Flex Dollars)
  • 3b/2b Student Apartments: $4280 (Includes 75-block meal plan and $125 Flex Dollars)

Meal plans and flex dollars DO NOT roll over between semesters. 

Housing Selection

Any student returning for the fall semester who is planning to live on campus must participate in Housing Selection Night. Housing Selection is the process of picking your fall room/apartment and roommate(s). Students will be invited to participate once they fill out their Fall 2025 Housing Intent Form – this can be found on eRezLife and completed before or during Mandatory Meetings April 6-10. There are two sections of our Housing Selection Night: selecting an apartment (if you get in) or your residence hall room.  

Interested in Selecting an Apartment? 

You can go through the apartment selection process in a group of four or six. Students who wish to apply for the student apartments must do these three things:

  • Each person of the group must complete the Fall 25 Housing Intent Form by Friday, April 11th at noon. This will be administered during your Mandatory Meeting.
  • Find a group, and each individual needs to fill out the Student Apartment Application. Applications can be found on eRezLife. Use RoomeeZ if needed, Housing does put groups together. All applications must be submitted by Friday, April 11th at noon. Please see the Roomeez How-To video for more information. 
  • Finally, each member of the group must be registered for fall 2025 classes by April 11th. Add filler classes if you’re waitlisted for any courses. This does mean you need to have your account balance paid off in time to qualify to apply. Failure to register for your classes will mean that none of your individual points will contribute to the apartment’s group application, but it will not be disqualified fully. 
  • *Students must be 20 years old by August 25th, 2025 in order to apply.

Priority is given based on a point system that factors age, academic class, and full-time semesters at Northwest University. Current housing in the student apartments does not give you priority. Ties for points will go to the group with the most points for living on campus, then cumulative age of all qualified group members will be used as a second level for ties.

We have three 6-person apartments and twelve 4-person apartments for females (Buildings B & D). For males we have three 6-person apartments and seven 4-person apartments (Building A). This does not include RA apartments which will be 2 females and 1 male. Building C will be for our single graduate students. No private rooms will be granted in student apartments unless medically required. Groups will be emailed by Monday, April 21st, to inform them if they have made it into the apartment selection or not for Housing Selection Night on Thursday, April 24th. 

Selecting a Residence Hall Room

During Housing Selection Night you’ll be able to select a room with your roommate. Male spaces include all of Gray, and Perks 200 & 300; Female spaces include all of Beatty and Guy floors. There are four triple spaces in Gray for men.

Here’s how room selection will work:

Priority order for Housing Selection night is decided based on cumulative credit hours. You’ll be given a time slot to select your placement with your roommate OR to select a room by yourself. If you are going in with a roommate, you will select with the individual who has the highest credits. For example: If Erin and Sam are wanting to room together and Erin has 98 credits and Sam has 60, they will select a room together during Erin’s time slot. A few things to consider during housing selection:

  • Don’t have a roommate? You can check out RoomeeZ to find a roommate who would be a good fit for you OR select a room without a roommate, and we can place someone with you!
  • CELE Roommate. Interested in living with a CELE roommate? You will have first priority selection. You will identify this on your Fall 25 Housing Intent Form. 
  • Tripes. We have four triple rooms available for men. If you are interested in this, please identify it on the Fall 25 Housing Intent Form and our Residence Life and Housing Staff will follow up with you!
  • Private rooms. We will be identifying 25% of each floor with Private Rooms. In order to select a Private Room during Housing Selection Night, please complete the Private Room Request Form found on eRezLife. This is due by April 11th. More details can be found on the Housing Q&A. If you select this room, you are identifying that you want to live in a private room without a roommate and at a premium cost for the entire year. We will do a wait list for non-selected private rooms once housing selection is complete. 
  • *Residence Life and Housing will work to accommodate any formal accommodation requests. However, these will be handled on a case-by-case basis as space and resources allow, and are not guaranteed. A housing disability accommodation is limited to a students who have a severe disability-related housing need. Students who plan to request housing accommodations, should have done so by February 15th for priority accommodations. However, an email can still be sent to ada@northwestu.edu to pursue housing accommodations. 

Finally, make sure to register for fall classes by June 1st to keep your spot.

 

Off-Campus

Students wishing to live off-campus must complete the online Off-Campus Application through eRezLife, and receive approval from the Housing office before the fall semester begins by meeting at least one of these criteria:

You must be either:

  • Living with your parent within 35 miles of the University OR
  • Married or have a child
  • 23 years old or older by the first day of fall classes OR
  • Studying abroad away from NU (these students are only approved for the length of time they’re studying abroad)

For more information about our Off-Campus Policy, please see our “Off Campus Policy” on the Housing homepage sidebar.

 

Graduate Student Housing Options – Fall 2025

With a growing number of our graduating seniors continuing into NU graduate programs, we recognize both the hope and the need for graduate housing. While housing is not guaranteed for graduate students, we are pleased to offer two limited housing options for single students beginning a graduate degree at Northwest University in Fall 2025.

Priority will be given to MIT students and those who lived on campus during Spring 2025.

To apply, complete the Graduate Housing Application Form.
(Application deadline: April 11th at Noon.)

Option 1: Graduate Housing in Building C

Cost: $3,675 per semester

  • Housing exclusively with other graduate students (no undergrads)
  • Meal plan not required (optional if desired)
  • You may request a roommate; we’ll do our best to honor requests
  • No participation in Housing Selection Night
  • MIT Students Only: May stay in their same room through the summer without following the summer housing process (Cost: half summer rent)

Option 2: Mixed Housing with Undergraduates (Student Apartments)

Cost: $4,450 per semester

  • Live in a student apartment with traditional undergraduate students
  • Participate in Housing Selection Night with senior-level priority points
  • Placement not guaranteed – dependent on points and space availability
  • Meal plan required
  • Summer housing process required for extended stay
    – Includes possible moves between spaces and set move-in/out dates
    – Summer housing is not guaranteed, but we anticipate availability for Summer 2025
    – Cost: half summer rent

Important Information

  • Housing is offered on a year-to-year basis. There is no guarantee of housing beyond May 2026
  • Placement decisions are made by the Housing Office
  • All Community Handbook and Residence Life Policies apply
  • Students will be notified of placement decisions by late March 2025

If you have questions, please reach out to housing@northwestu.edu.

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