Roommate Matching
Students’ experiences in on-campus housing benefit from living with roommates of your choice.
As a returning student, choose to live with a select group of friends that also secure housing with USH. Students who have completed their lease will be able to roommate match with other USH leaseholders. You must complete Roommate Matching by January 30, 2026 to participate in Room Self-Selection.
When matching with roommates, you all must have selected either North or South Campus as your preference. Choosing South Campus does not guarantee placement on South, but matches you with other students who prefer South Campus
Frequently Asked Questions
for Returning Student – Roommate Matching
Yes, you can search for a compatible roommate within the roommate matching process. We highly encourage students to use this option in the hopes it creates the best experience for you during your time living with USH. If you find a roommate, select each other as roommate and confirm your group.
For Current WCU Students, roommate matching will open on during the Request for Housing process. You will have until January 30, 2026 to find and match with preferred roommates.
Yes, make sure to participate in roommate matching and search for your desired roommates.
Create a roommate group and confirm your group. All roommates should complete this process during the Request for Housing phase.
For North Campus roommate groups, your group does not need the exact number of roommates you want for the suite style you desire. Example: Groups of 3 will be able to see 4-person suites (2×2 & 4×1).
For South Campus roommate groups, you need to have a roommate groups of 3 or 4 to select an apartment in either The Village or East Village apartments
Room Self-Selection
Participate in room self-selection to pick your suite/apartment.
Time Slot Assignment:
Timeslots for room self-selection will be awarded randomly based on the number of students in the completed roommate group.
Building and Suite Selection:
Once you have your time slot, one person in your group will go in to the room self-selection section of the USH Resident Portal and select, based on availability, the building and suite for your group.
Those Not in a Roommate Group:
If you do not participate in Roommate Matching, USH will manually assign you a bed space. Please note, USH has limited single bedroom spaces available.
Frequently Asked Questions
for Returning Student – Room Self-Selection
Room selection will begin February 26, 2025 through February 28, 2025 and resumes on March 3, 2025 through March 4, 2025. Your specific sta rt date and time will depend on your time slot.
Each roommate group will be assigned a time slot. Your time slot will be the earliest time any member of the group can log in and assign all members to a bed space. All members of the group will have the same time slot.
Time slots will be assigned based on the following:
Roommate group size – actual number of members in group, not desired group size.
Selection of north vs south campus.
The earliest you can access room selection is your time slot start time. You have until the end of room selection to choose a room, but please remember that additional time slots will be opening after yours.
The rooms you see will depend on the following:
Availability at the time you select a room. If you selected north or south campus.
Group size.
Groups of 2 on north campus will only see 2×1, 1×1
Groups of 3 on north campus will only see 3×1, 4×1, 2×2
Groups of 4 on north campus will only see 4×1, 2×2
Groups of 6 on north campus will only see 3×2
Groups of 3 or more on south campus will see available apartments at Village and East Village
Yes, all group members will have the same time slot for room self-selection.
Ensure all roommates are in the roommate group by February.
Have the roommate group leader verify the roommate group by February.
Pay attention to emails from USH regarding room selection and your time slot.
Talk with your roommate group prior to your time slot opening to identify what the group wants. It is recommended that you have a few floors, buildings, and different suite styles (depending on what is available for your group size) outlined as a plan.
All members of the group will have the same time slot. Only one person needs to login to select a room and assign all roommates to beds.
You will need to select another room.
If your suite style is available in another building, you will need to select that.
If your suite style and building are not available, you will need to change the size of your roommate group in order to select a different suite style.
There is a strong demand for The Village and East Village Apartments this year and availability may be limited based on your time slot.
Applicants who do not have a roommate group will have an opportunity to add their name to a room preference list and USH will manually assign to an available bed space after room self-selection is completed.
You will need to have the number of people needed to fill an enter unit to participate in room self-selection. Incomplete groups will be given a later time and each person will need to log in to add their name to a room preference list. USH will then manually assign each person to an available bed space.
USH has only 15 studios in Commonwealth Hall. If you do not see a Studio when it is your time to select a room then it is not an option and you will need to select a different suite style.
If you have an approved ADA accommodation and you have selected to participate in roommate matching you will receive a timeslot and participate in room self-selection.
If you have chosen to be administratively placed, you do not need to participate in room selection. USH will manually assign you to a bed space.
After room selection closes, USH will manually assign you to an available bed space.
Certain suite styles have limited availability. If you do not see the suite style that you are looking for when it is your time to select a room, this suite style has reached full occupancy.