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Housing Waitlist Application

2024-2025 Information

 

There are two kinds of waitlist applications available to students:

  1. On-Campus Housing Waitlist - For students without an on-campus reservation
  2. High-Demand Housing Waitlist - For eligible students with an on-campus reservation

Click on the respective sections below to learn more:

On-campus housing waitlist

High-Demand Housing Waitlist

Applying to a Housing waitlist

To apply, students must log in to the housing portal and click on the Waitlist Application button on the homepage. The application is available from 11 AM to 10 PM and students must read and complete all relevant pages to successfully submit their application. 

For a detailed step-by-step guide on how to apply, please click on the link below:

How To Apply Walkthrough Guide

Once students have applied, they must return to the housing portal each month to recertify their waitlist application. For more information, please review the FAQs below.

Space Availability and Waitlist Offers

The demand for on-campus housing remains extremely high, with campus housing currently operating at 100% occupancy. Applying to the waitlist does not guarantee housing, and the ability to immediately accommodate students on the waitlist is limited. There are several factors that influence when a space may open up, including cancellations, withdrawals, and room changes, that make it difficult to predict if and when a student will be reached. Because of the uncertainty surrounding waitlist offers, we strongly encourage students applying to the on-campus housing waitlist to actively explore off-campus housing options. Resources can be found at this link, provided by the Office of Commuter Student Services & Off-Campus Living.

If spaces are available and offers can be made:

  • Over the summer and before the start of the Fall semester, offers are made on Tuesdays and Fridays. 
  • During the semester, offers are made on Tuesdays only. 

Waitlist applicants are encouraged to check their Stony Brook email on these days. They will be notified via email if they are reached on the waitlist and offered a space. If offered, students will have 3 days to accept or decline their housing offer within their initial waitlist application, after which the offer expires.

Accept/Decline Offers Walkthrough Guide

frequently asked questions