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University Housing Waitlist

The University Housing Waitlist is your chance to join the vibrant residential community at Stony Brook. If you don’t currently have a housing assignment, whether you missed an earlier application period or aren’t yet eligible as a returning or new student, you can still apply. As spaces open up, our priority is to welcome as many students as possible into the heart of campus life.

Submit Housing Waitlist Application

 

  • Space Availability and Housing Waitlist Offers

    Each year, new spaces in campus housing open as students adjust their plans. These openings may come from cancellations, withdrawals, or room changes. The University Housing Waitlist is how we match available spaces with students eager to live on campus or in a high-demand location.

    Joining the University Housing Waitlist ensures that you will be considered if space becomes available. Because housing offers depend on cancellations and open vacancies, we cannot predict if or when any individual request will be reached.

    If spaces are available and offers can be made:

    • During 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. 

    University Housing Waitlist applicants should check their Stony Brook email on these days. If you are offered a space, you will have three days to accept or decline the offer in your application.

    Accept/Decline Offers Walkthrough Guide

  • How to Check Your Eligibility to Participate

    To be eligible for the University Housing Waitlist, students must:

    • Be actively enrolled in classes for the academic year they are applying for.
    • Not currently hold an on-campus reservation for that year.
  • When does the University Housing Waitlist go live?
    • For the 2025-2026 academic year, the Housing Waitlist form is currently open and will close on February 20, 2026.
    • For the 2026-2027 academic year, the Housing Waitlist form will open on March 13, 2026.

 

 

FAQs for On-Campus Housing Waitlist

For any further questions, please contact Campus Residences.
631-632-6750 | reside@stonybrook.edu