Ithaca College

Now is the time to review information for housing selection!

Off Campus Housing

Off campus applications are available at www.ithaca.edu/reslife. All applications received are prioritized by date and time of the completed application. A completed application includes the application, off-campus quiz, and parent/guardian approval if you are under the age of 21. Off-campus commitments should not be made until you have received written approval from the Office of Residential Life.

Learning Community/Specialty Housing

January 25, 2010:                          

·Apartment, suite, and Block Housing applications are available in the Office of Residential Life. Block housing is an option by which groups of 4-6 people can apply to live in a cluster of rooms near each other. 

·Learning Community Applications are available via HomerConnect.

 Learning Community Applications are DUE

Learning Community applications are due no later than 5pm on February 5, 2010. Applications for HOME, Sustainably Conscious, Quartier Francais (French Language Community), Stockwerk Deutch (German Language Community), Vecinos (Spanish Language Community), Outdoor Adventure Learning, the Rainbow House and Honors are all available on https://homerconnect.ithaca.edu/.

Students approved for any learning community should select housing on February 10, 2010 at https://homerconnect.ithaca.edu/ beginning at 7am. Selection will end at 11:59pm.

Circle and Garden Apartment Information

February 10, 2010—Students living in the Circle Apartments who wish to squat their room may do so as long as they meet squatting requirements beginning at 7am.  Circle Apartment squatting will end at 11:59pm.

February 11, 2010—Circle apartment applications are due to the Office of Residential Life by 5pm.

February 15, 2010—Circle apartment awards will be posted on www.ithaca.edu/reslife

February 16, 2010—HomerConnect opens at 7am for students who have been awarded a Circle Apartment.  Selection will end at 11:59pm.

February 17, 2010—Students living in Garden Apartments who wish to squat their apartment may do so as long as they meet squatting requirements beginning at 9am. Garden Squatting will end at 11:59pm.

February 18, 2010—Garden Apartment applications are due to the Office of Residential Life no later than 5pm.

February 22, 2010—Garden Apartment awards will be posted on www.ithaca.edu/reslife

February 24, 2010—HomerConnect opens at 7am for students awarded Garden Apartments.  Selection will end at 11:59pm.   

Terrace Suites

February 25, 2010 - Terrace Suite applications are due to the Office of Residential Life by 5pm.

March 1, 2010 - Terrace Suite awards will be posted on www.ithaca.edu/reslife.

March 3, 2010 - HomerConnect opens at 7am for students who have been awarded a Terrace Suite. Selection will end at 11:59pm.

Block Selection Housing

March 3, 2010 - Students interested in Block Selection must turn in applications by 5pm.

March 8, 2010 - Block Selection awards will be emailed to application contact person.

March 10, 2010 - Students awarded Block Selection will be emailed a time to secure fall housing at the Office of Residential Life.

Traditional Housing

Only one member of your group should log in during your selection window to choose housing for your group. The on-line tutorial is now available through Homer Connect.

March 4, 2010 - HomerConnect opens at 9am for Traditional Squatting. Squatting ends at 11:59pm.

March 22, 2010 - HomerConnect opens at 7am for students with 4 or more semesters completed. Selection ends at 11:59pm.

March 23, 2010 - HomerConnect opens at 7am for students with 3 or more semesters completed.  Selection ends at 11:59pm.

March 24, 2010 - HomerConnect opens at 7am for students with 2 or more semesters. Selection ends at 11:59pm.

March 25, 2010 - HomerConnect opens at 7am for students with 1 or more semesters. Selections ends at 11:59pm.

March 26, 2010 - HomerConnect opens at 7am for students with 0 or more semesters completed. Selection ends at 11:59pm.

Please note the following information:

You can obtain your semester standing and create your profile by logging into Homer Connect now. You can also create groups to determine when your group can select housing. 

Important Senior Housing and Off Campus Housing Information:

If you have completed 5 or more semesters through Fall 2009 and you have not submitted a Senior Intention Form to the Office of Residential Life, you will not have access to select housing through Homer Connect because we assume you are going off-campus. 

If this is not accurate, please submit a Senior Intention Form as soon as possible prior to your planning to select housing. If you are a senior and you submitted a senior intention form, once you secure Fall 2010 housing you will relinquish your senior exemption and need to apply for off-campus if you wish to be considered.

If you have completed less than 5 semesters and have been approved for off-campus, you are assumed to be off-campus and will not have access to select housing through Homer Connect. If you plan to live on-campus instead, please contact our office prior to selecting housing to decline your off-campus status.

Students now have the ability to search the system for available housing without actually selecting an assignment by using the “View Housing Availability for Fall 2010”. This is a similar capability to what students have during advance registration where you can view the number of seats left in a class while other groups are registering. This will allow you to make informed decisions about what options you want to continue to pursue. This is a dynamic feature and so as spaces are selected they will not show in the system.

PLEASE NOTE:

Once you select housing, you will not be able to change your housing assignment for the Fall 2010 semester until summer wait list application become available on April 1, 2010.

If you experience any difficulties during the selection process, please use the “Report an Error” link. Be as specific as possible when identifying your problem as it will help us to fix the issue in a most timely manner. You can also use this link to provide us with feedback to help us improve the system for future processes. 

Specific housing selection information is available on the Office of Residential Life website at www.ithaca.edu/reslife. If you have any questions, please email us at housing@ithaca.edu.