Housing Selection

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Housing Selection is an exciting time for our rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors. We know that for each member of our campus community, their home is one of the most important pieces of their journey at Iona. Our department works diligently to ensure that each student is aware of the various phases of our Housing Selection process, so that it’s easy to make our residential communities your home away from home.

Housing selection is the period of time each spring semester when students sign their housing contracts for the upcoming school year, decide who they are going to live with, and choose where they are going to live. Please see the information regarding the 2026-2027 housing selection process below. If you have further questions, please contact our Assistant Director of Residential Life, Chasity Ali, at cwilson@iona.edu.

Terms Defined

1. Accommodation - a specific housing assignment for a specific student, as determined by the Office of Accessibility Services
2. Group - the people who want to live together in a bedroom or suite
3. Lottery Number - the number you're assigned during selection which determines the order in which you pick your room.
4. Selection - the process by which you select your roommates and place to live for the school year.
5. Timeslot - your actual date and time to log in and select your room. It is determined by your lottery number BUT several students will have the same date and time to select so that a few groups can select at the same time. If it's not done this way, selection would take much longer.

Points to Remember

As a rising sophomore, junior, or senior – it is your responsibility to pick who you live with and where you live. You must discuss among your friends and your group leader who will live in what room together.

Coaches and parents or other loved ones cannot assist in this process. They cannot pick your room or your roommates.

For any student age 18+, the housing contract and applicable fees are your responsibility. If you have questions or are unsure of your housing status, reach out to me so I can help you navigate your options.

Rising sophomore students who live more than 25 miles away, are required to live on campus in their first and second years. This does not apply to transfer students. 

Athletes and other students who want to join their peers in shared off campus living arrangements, do not warrant an exemption from this requirement.

The lottery is determined by enrollment class. Transfer students with enrollment level concerns, may reach out to me directly to confirm their lottery placement. 

In selection, you will fill an entire suite in Hales, Conese, and North Halls. In Rice or Bohm Halls, you will fill the bedroom.

Housing Accommodations

Students with accommodation needs must apply through Accessibility Services. Please reach out to access@iona.edu to get the process started. For more details, please see the Accessibility Services website.

Students with approved housing accommodations do not need to renew their accommodation; it remains on file. Your housing application should be completed by March 16th. If you are interested in pulling in a roommate to your accommodation, they should also apply by 3/16/26. You will be contacted separately regarding the housing process and selection.

New this year – students with accommodations will receive their assignment as well as a lottery number around the same time so that they may determine if they want to keep their assignment as provided or forego their assignment and participate in selection with more friends for a different space.

HOW IS THE LOTTERY DETERMINED? HOW IS THE SELECTION PROCESS ORDERED?

• Lottery is determined by enrollment class (the year and semester in which you began at Iona) and is autogenerated by the computer.
• The selection process goes by seniority, so rising seniors choose first, then juniors, then sophomores.
• Graduate students are placed outside of the process unless they have friends they’d like to live with.
• Students with accommodations are placed outside of the process and will have the option to accept their assignment or go through selection with friends.

Important Dates

• March 16 – applications are due for students with approved accommodations and their plus ones
• March 23 – applications are due for all returning students who would like to participate in selection
• March 4 – in person info session 12:30pm
• March 11 – in person info session 12:30pm
• March 11 – zoom info session 9:30pm
• March 15 – zoom info session for students & parents 1pm
• March 25 – in person info session 12:30pm
• March 25 – zoom info session 9:30pm
• March 25 – lottery info released & groups open (ONLINE)
• March 26, 27, 30 – Housing Selection Help Drop In Hours 10am to 12pm
• March 31 & April 1 – Housing Selection Help Drop In Hours 1pm to 3pm
• April 10 – Housing Selection Help Drop In Hours 10:30am to 2pm
• April 13 – 14 Senior Selection
• April 16 – 17 Junior Selection
• April 20 – 21 Sophomore Selection
• April 24 – Open Selection

Managing Expectations - Who Typically Lives Where

Only first-year students live in Loftus & East Halls.

North Hall

• Singles suites fill with students who have accommodations.
• All other suites fill with seniors and their groups.
  • Sometimes a senior has friends in their group that are juniors or sophomores.
• Occasionally a first-year student may end up in North for various reasons.
• Where there is space, graduate students can live here too.
• Juniors at the top of their lottery group may get into North as well.

Hales & Conese

• Suites fill with juniors and their groups first.
• Rising sophomores fill what’s left.
• Some suites have students with special accommodations based on amenities such as handicapped accessible private bathrooms.

Rice

• Rice houses people who want single rooms, people who enjoy the Rice community, and people with accommodations.
• Graduate students live here as well.
• The ground floor typically houses first year students due to its multi-occupancy spaces (double and triple bedrooms)

Bohm

• Bohm houses primarily sophomores and juniors in double rooms.
• Bohm can also house graduate students and accelerated nursing students with roommates.
• While Bohm is ideal for students with many classes in Bronxville and/or practices in Bronxville, anyone will live here.
• Sophomores living in Bohm may have their cars on campus.

What Does This All Mean?

• COME TO AN INFO SESSION to get a deeper understanding and get your questions answered!
• Tailor your group size based on the “expectations” above of who lives where, and the occupancy listed for each space.
  • Bohm – Groups of 2
  • Rice – Groups of 1 (you only)
  • North – Groups of 4
  • Hales & Conese – Groups of 5, 6, 7, 8
    • There are 4 6 person suites
    • There are 10 8 person suites
    • There are 10 5 person suites
    • There are 20 7 person suites

What If I Don't Have Anyone To Live With?

The roommate suitemate directory is a form that is available for you to complete to find compatible peers to live with next year! Email residentiallife@iona.edu for the form.

Everyone who completes the form (before 3/10) will gain access to the responses by March 10th. On March 25th when lottery info goes out and groups open, everyone will receive a link to the spreadsheet of responses in case they are still looking for roommates/suitemates.