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To receive a housing assignment at Stanford University, graduate students and upper-class undergraduate students (rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors) should submit an application by the appropriate deadline online through Axess each year. Everything you need to know about this process is available in Assignments and Contracts.
Incoming freshmen and transfer students follow a different assignment process and should visit the Freshmen and Transfer webpage for more information.
The assignments process for graduate and upper-class undergraduate students is broken up into various rounds. Because students leave and enter housing throughout the year, there are multiple assignment rounds for each quarter.
House and Room Selection / Lottery: The first round of assignments, called House and Room Selection (H&RS) (for undergraduate housing) and Lottery (for graduate housing), takes place in the spring preceding autumn quarter. In this round, students are randomly assigned application numbers and assigned spaces in housing based on these application numbers and the choices they list on their applications. Students who apply by the H&RS/ Lottery deadline receive the best possible application numbers.
The Second Round Autumn Assignments: The Second Round Autumn Assignments begin immediately after the H&RS/ Lottery and results are announced in mid-summer. Students who are not assigned during the H&RS/ Lottery because there were not enough spaces available in housing or because they missed the application deadline should apply for the Second Round.
Rolling Assignments: Students unassigned during the H&RS/ Lottery and Second Round should apply for the Rolling Assignments round. These assignments are made beginning late summer and continue through the fifth week of the Autumn Quarter.
The H&RS / Lottery: Whenever possible, students who need housing beginning Winter or Spring Quarter should apply by the H&RS / Lottery deadline in early May in order to receive the best possible application number.
The First Round Winter or Spring Assignments: Applications for the First Round Winter or Spring Assignment rounds are due by the end of the fifth week of the proceeding quarter and results are announced a few weeks later.
Rolling Assignments: Students unassigned during the First Round Winter Assignments round should apply for the Rolling Assignments round. These assignments are first made late into the prior quarter and continue through the fifth week of the next quarter.
For more information about how to submit an application, visit the appropriate applying page at rde.stanford.edu/studenthousing/assignments-contracts.
The Summer Lottery: The Summer Lottery takes place in the spring preceding summer quarter and results are announced in late May. In this round, students are randomly assigned application numbers and assigned spaces in housing based on these application numbers and the choices they list on their applications. Students who apply by the Summer Lottery deadline receive the best possible application numbers.
Rolling Assignments: Students unassigned during the Summer Lottery round should apply for the Rolling Assignments round. These assignments are made beginning in early June and continue through the fourth week of the summer quarter.
