Timeline to Bringing You HOME!
Hello,
Summer is quickly approaching, which means your Senior year is coming to a close. We want to wish you all the best in these final weeks of high school, and a wonderful summer ahead!
To better prepare you for the next steps between now and move-in, we’re sharing a general timeline and FAQs to hopefully answer any questions you may have at this point.
Timeline to Bringing You Home to MSU!
- May 13- Timeslot Assignments for Online Room Selection (OLRS) will be emailed to students’ personal and msstate email by the close of business.
- May 10 – Roommate Search & Selection closes in the Housing Portal
- May 20 - May 24 – 1st Round of Online Room Selection (OLRS) - for those who met the priority and housing contract deadlines
- May 27 – HRL offices closed for Memorial Day
- May 28 – May 31 – 2nd Round of Online Room Selection (OLRS) - for those who did not meet the priority and housing contract deadlines
- June 30 – Room Reassignment waitlist for another hall than the one originally selected closes in the Housing Portal for OLRS participants
- July 4 – HRL offices closed for Independence Day
- July 15ish – Housing rent fees posted to student’s account
- July 18 – Information regarding Move-In timeslot sign-up emails to students
- August 1 – Fall 2024 bills must be paid or an advanced payment plan set up (*NOTE: Must be complete to move-in)
- August 10-11 – Move-In for Early Arrivals (New Maroon Camp, Famous Maroon Band, Upper-Division Panhellenic)
- August 15 – Move-in for registered Panhellenic Recruits
- August 17 – MVNU2MSU 2024: Move-in Day!
**Expect more information about move-in late July. In the meantime, please visit the MSU Housing website for more information.
FAQs
Many answers to frequently asked questions can be found on the MSU Housing website, but we’ll include a few other common questions we may hear from time to time.
- Once I pick a space during my timeslot, can I or should I check back later if I want to change it? No. Use caution - Assignment selections cannot be changed once submitted. Once you log on during your assigned timeslot, select the space you want and click submit. The longer students stay in the portal, the slower the portal will be for all involved. You also only need to log on through 1 device and not multiple
- What if I’m not satisfied with the options during my timeslot? You will have the opportunity to add yourself to a Room Reassignment Waitlist immediately after selecting your room, but YOU MUST STILL CHOOSE A SPACE! Options will not improve the longer you wait, but may add yourself to a waitlist by yourself or with your confirmed roommate for up to three buildings. If you wish to move with your confirmed roommate, your roommate must also enter themselves to the same building(s) waitlist to be considered. You will be able to see where you stand in the queue for each building you’re waitlisted in throughout the summer. We encourage you to make your waitlist selection(s) while you are in the Housing Portal, after you have chosen your space. However, students have until June 30th to add themselves to a waitlist or make changes to their waitlist selections. Please keep in mind, as spaces become available we will remove students from the waitlist in the order in which they were received. Once at least one of your waitlist preferences has been met, you will be removed from all other waitlists.
- What is the likelihood of securing a spot in New Construction? This will vary from building to building. Current students were given the opportunity to choose their spaces. Typically, these students choose a new construction hall, therefore taking up roughly ¼ of the spaces across campus before incoming first-year students choose their space.
- Can my timeslot change? No. We encourage you to plan around your family’s work commitments, a senior trip, or other obligations that will prevent you from accessing the portal during your assigned timeslot. Once your timeslot is open, it will remain open until you select a space, your confirmed roommate chooses a space and pulls you into that space with them.
- What if I don’t have a confirmed roommate by May 10th? No problem. You will still pick a space during your timeslot. This room may already have someone else in one bed space, and you are selecting the other open space, OR you could pick a room where neither bed space is filled, and then a fellow student who also does not have a roommate will have the opportunity to pick the open space in that room.
- Will Honors students get a space in Griffis or Hurst Halls and are they required to live there? There is no guarantee. Griffis and Hurst Halls are 2 additional options available to Honors students, based on availability. Honors students are not required to live in honors residence halls and may choose to live elsewhere on campus.
- What if I run into a problem during my timeslot? The MSU Housing office is open during traditional business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. We will also extend office hours from Monday, May 20 through Thursday, May 23 until 7:00 pm CDT.
We are excited to welcome our new Bulldogs to campus this fall! Again, if you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the MSU Housing office at 662-325-3555 or housing@saffairs.msstate.edu.
Hail State!
Department of Housing and Residence Life
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 9502
Physical Address: Dogwood Hall, Ground Floor
705 George Perry Street
Mississippi State, MS 39762
662.325.3555 (P)
662.325.4663 (F)
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