Students that created roommate groups of 3 or 4 students may find that they didn’t get placed with their intended roommate, but their intended suitemate instead. There also may be some students interested in changing their assignment to be with a different roommate or to be assigned a different location. To assist with this, we will have a Room Swap Form open in My Housing between Monday, July 28 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time, and Friday, August 8 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time.
Please note, we cannot create new spaces for students/groups to move into. These requests must be true 1:1 swaps between two students with housing assignments.
The following is important information about the form and how to complete it successfully:
- Students can room swap with a current suitemate within their existing suite, or they can request a swap with another interested student across campus.
- A student seeking a swap across campus will select up to three halls to swap into and see only if others have posted from those halls. If there are no postings, students can select different halls or wait for more students to request swaps. They can continue adjusting their search for potential swaps.
- Students can only swap into their same room type (i.e., standard double/triple/quad, Owen permanent single, Williams double, etc.).
- Swapping students must accept the swap in My Housing, not via email.
- We ask that students do not share their room number or their roommate's information unless they have agreed to a swap. This is to protect the safety and security of everyone involved in the potential swap process.
- Students must ensure that the swap will not displace them from their Living-Learning Community or special community, such as Substance Free or Gender-Inclusive Housing.
- Swaps must be requested and approved by August 8 to be completed for move-in. The form will close on this date and no more moves will be granted.
- Once the swap is completed, we will not be able to move the students back; students should fully explore the option before agreeing to it.
- Impacted roommates will not be notified of a swap, so we encourage open communication. My Housing will update as swaps are processed.
- Please note, no student should be pressured into a room move. Not all students are open to moving and bullying and harassment violate MSU's student rights and responsibilities. Any reports of bullying will invalidate a roommate swap.
- Students interested in moving to a different location on campus without swapping rooms should wait for the fall’s room change waitlist process.
