Frequent Questions
Application and Room Selection Process Information
- Upon receiving your letter of acceptance to the University of Mississippi, you may complete the application online by logging onto my.olemiss.edu.
- A $75 nonrefundable application fee is required for your application to be complete.
- You can view a copy of your contract here.
- Housing applications are accepted until school starts, but a priority system exists based on the date your application is completed.
- An early priority allows you to choose your room earlier. Students with earlier room-selection time slots have the most residence hall room choices.
- If you’re not sure where you want to live, you should know that all of our traditional residence halls are very similar. You may visit the 'ACCOMMODATIONS' section of our website to look at the buildings and their room and floor layouts. Freshmen reside in all of our residence halls.
- The Department of Student Housing and Residence Life does not keep waiting lists for any residence halls or rooms. During the summer, students may continually check their accounts to see if there are any openings in a specific building. During the academic year, spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- If you are interested in living in a residential college, you must complete the general housing application, pay the application fee, and complete the Residential College application at my.olemiss.edu.
- The priority application date for the Residential College South and Luckyday Residential College is January 15. Applications will still be accepted after this date, but preference will go to students who submitted applications prior to January 15.
- The residential colleges require students to have a specific meal plan. This meal plan allows students to eat an unlimited number of meals in the residential college dining hall. Students are also allowed to eat up to 100 meals at other dining facilities on campus.
- All residential college rooms have a contemporary design with in-room bathrooms. Freshmen live in double rooms with one other roommate. Upperclassmen have the opportunity to reserve larger rooms. Students never share a bathroom with more than one other person.
- Students who live in the residential colleges must have roommates who are members of the same residential college.
- The first round of residential college acceptance e-mails will go out before room selection begins.
- Your roommate and you will need to mutually request each other prior to room selection. The student who goes into the system to select the room will need to book themselves and their roommate(s) into the room. The system will not automatically pull in a roommate if you request one after booking your room.
- If you have a requested roommate, your selection date will be based on the average of the dates your applications were submitted.
- Students without requested roommates may use the roommate finder in the housing application to find a roommate or may select an open bedspace in any room. If a student without a roommate selectes a bedspace in an empty room, he or she must understand that any applicable student may select the other bedspace.
- Roommate requests may be submitted at any time once the housing application is complete.
- Basic information will be available to a person when selecting a room where someone else is living. This information is based on the questions that students complete when filling out the housing application.
- You will receive the name and email address of your roommate once you have selected to live with that person.
- Consolidation occurs after the housing office assesses the vacancies in the residence halls. If a student is found to be living in a double room without a roommate, he or she will receive a letter outlining three options: The student may either find a roommate, have the housing office assign a roommate, or pay to make the room private. If we have students living in temporary housing, the student will not have the option to make the room private.
- Commuter Request Form
- Full-time single students who have completed fewer than 30 semester hours are required to live on campus in the residence halls for one academic year (for two terms – fall and spring semesters only).
- Although it is required that all freshman live on campus, exceptions may be made for those students who live at home with their parents/guardians within a 60-mile radius of campus and commute.
- A commuter request must be filed with the Department of Student Housing and Residence Life no later than August 1 for the full academic year. For those enrolling in the spring semester, the deadline is December 1.
- Please note: Students released to commute are required to reside at home with their parent(s) or legal guardian(s). Students released to commute and found not residing with a parent or legal guardian will be in violation of University policy and will be billed for housing and referred into the judicial system.
- Students are billed by August for the fall semester.
- Students are billed by December for the spring semester.
- Students are billed by May for summer housing.
- All charges are billed to a student’s bursar account. We do not accept payment in the student housing office.
- If you do not think you will be compatible with the roommate in your selected room, you may select a different room as long as room swap is available in the housing application. It is against policy to bully or bribe a person out of a room or ask them to leave because you do not like them.
- You will have the ability to change your assignment until early August. Once the academic year begins, information about room changes will be announced. Room changes generally take place in the first few weeks of school.
- If you do not get along with your roommate once you move in, the first person you should talk to is your resident assistant (RA). If the problem persists, you should speak with your residence hall director (RHD) or resident manager (RM).
- Move in for students in traditional residence halls will be:
- Friday, August 17, 8am-6pm
- Saturday, August 18, 8am-6pm
- Sunday, August 19, 8am-5pm
- *All students must be moved in by the mandatory first floor meeting on Sunday evening.
- Early move in for specific groups has been scheduled as follows:
- Honors College LLC and Honors College students (Ridge North and other halls)
- Global Perspectives LLC (Ridge West)
- STEM LLC (Ridge South)
- Martin-Stockard residents of floors 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 ONLY
- The Well FIG (Ridge West)
- Foundations FIG (Ridge West)
- Provost Scholars LLC and Provost Scholars (Ridge South)
- Martin-Stockard residents of floors 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Wednesday, August 15, 9:00am-4:00pm
Thursday, August 16, 9:00am-4:00pm
- Here is a list of what to bring and what not to bring for move in.
- Much of the information regarding move in is given during the housing presentation at orientation. Additional information is also available here.
- Each student will receive a copy of the Residence Life Handbook, which details all policies for students living in the residence halls.
- Lofts are ordered through Lofts, LLC, located in Batesville, Mississippi. For safety purposes, we do not allow students to bring their own lofts or to use cinder blocks or risers to raise beds. Phone: 662-561-1050 Online: http://www.loftsinc.com/.
- Pictures and mirrors can be hung in the rooms but NOT with nails or screws. Students may use a non-damaging wall adhesive on cinder block walls. On the wallboard, students may use thumbtacks or stick pins. Students will be fined for any damage when they move out of the room.
- Students may have a microwave with 1000 watts or less.
- Students may have a refrigerator that is no larger than 4.2 cubic feet.
- Closets in Martin, Stockard, Deaton, Hefley, Kincannon, Residential College South, Luckyday Residential College, Ridge North, Ridge South, and Ridge West do not have doors and require the students to purchase curtains if they wish to cover their closets. Closets in all other halls have doors.
- All university-owned furniture must stay in the room at all times. If furniture is removed, a student will face fines and possible judicial action.
- If a student chooses to make a room private during consolidation, both sets of furniture must remain in the room. If furniture is removed, a student will face fines and possible judicial action.
- With the exception of single rooms in the Residential College, all beds are extra long twin beds. They are 39 inches by 80 inches. Beds in the single rooms of the Residential College are full size beds.
- The following items are not allowed in the residence halls:
- candles, incense
- hooks for the walls
- electrical appliances such as deep fryers, electric skillets, toaster ovens, oil popcorn poppers, George Foreman-type grills, or any other appliance with an open coil or open flame
- space heaters
- ceiling fans
- pets (exception: fish)
- halogen lamps
- carpet tape
- extension cords (use power strips)
- weapons including but not limited to BB guns, air pistols, paintball or pellet guns, knives, stars for martial arts and hunting rifles
- wireless routers
- dart boards
- candles, incense
- The date for move-in is traditionally set in April.
What To Do If You Decide Not To Attend Ole Miss
- The cancellation deadline is July 1st for the fall and December 1 for spring.
- No cancellation for first summer session will be accepted after May 20, and no cancellation for second summer session will be accepted after June 19.
- Applications must be canceled in writing or through your MyOleMiss account. You may cancel your application by letter, e-mail (housing@olemiss.edu), or fax (662-915-7773). We cannot take cancellations over the phone.
My.olemiss.edu ONLINE STEPS
1. Login into my.olemiss.edu with Web Id and Password
2. Select housing
3. Select the apply to housing link
4. Select the housing application term you wish to cancel
5. Select the cancel application button - If you do not cancel your application, you will be responsible for all financial and other commitments in the contract unless you do not enroll at the university.
- It is your responsibility to notify other University Departments. You will want to notify the Registar's office (http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/registrar/ ) and send an e-mail to (housing@olemiss.edu).
Room/Building Information
- Measurements for rooms are posted on the housing Facebook page and the housing website. If you do not find the measurements that you need, please email us at housing@olemiss.edu or visit our model rooms, which will be open during orientation this summer.
- All housing tours are included in campus tours scheduled through the Department of Enrollment Services. You may contact them at 662-915-7226 to set up a campus visit, which includes a tour of a traditional and a contemporary residence hall. You may also schedule an optional tour of Residential College South.
- During summer orientation, a model of each type of room in each hall is available for viewing. The viewing hours for these rooms are announced at orientation.
- Due to summer school housing, camps, and conferences, we will not be able to accommodate requests to view specific rooms prior to move in.
- When something breaks in your room or something is not working in a common area such as a sink or shower, you may submit the issue in one of three ways: logging into MyOleMiss, calling Fix-it at 662-915-7329, or e-mailing fixit@olemiss.edu. Make sure to give your name, student ID number, and room number.
- From there, the problem will be turned over to our maintenance staff and fixed as soon as possible. Since our office is only open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., all calls received after these hours will be put on the next day's agenda.
- If there is an emergency, please contact your RA or the front desk.
- Wireless internet service is provided in all residence halls. Students are not allowed to have wireless routers in their rooms. Students found with wireless routers may be subject to fines and judicial action.
- Students may activate the landlines in the rooms for no charge by contacting telecommunications at 662-915-5922. These lines allow students to make local calls for no charge. Students must provide their own telephones.
- If students want to make long distance calls from this line, a personal long distance code may be set up through telecommunications. Calling cards will also work from these phones.
- Basic cable is provided for students. Expanded cable can be ordered by contacting telecommunications at 662-915-5922.
- You may order carpet for your room at rhcarpets.com or by calling (800) 892-8730.
- You will need your room assignment information when placing your order.
- If ordering by phone, you will need our school code which is UMS1R1CSQQ.
- Residence Hall Carpets has measurements for all of our residence hall rooms, so placing your order is easy.
- Carpet pick-up will be available at Stewart Hall at the following times:
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Wednesday, August 15th, 8:00am-4:00pm
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Thursday, August 16th, 8:00am-4:00pm
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Friday, August 17th, 7:30am-7:00pm
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If you are unable to pick up your carpet at the above times, you may set up an appointment with Crystal Henry by emailing cthenry@olemiss.edu.
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- Carpet Sizes
- Brown, Crosby, Guess, Hefley, Kincannon, Stewart: 9' x 12'
- Deaton: 7' x 12'
- Martin, Stockard (double room): 10' x 12'
- Martin, Stockard (triple room): 12' x 12'
- Residential College (single room): 7' x 12'
- Residential College (double room): 10' x 12'
- Residential College (quadruple room): 6' x 9'
- You may order linens for your room at rhl.org/store or by calling (800) 957-4338.
- RHL linens are available in many colors and patterns and are made to fit the beds in our residence halls.
- Students in traditional residence halls, contemporary residence halls, residential colleges, and Northgate must have P.O. boxes in order to receive mail and packages shipped through the United States Postal Service (USPS). The campus post office is located in the Student Union. Students may register there for P.O. boxes or online here. The debit or credit card used to register online for a P.O. box must be in the name of the boxholder (student).
- Students who are to receive packages shipped via UPS or FedEx from now until September 14, 2012, must have them shipped to the address below. A new package receipt process will be in place after that time. We will provide complete information about that process later in the summer. Below is the correct address format for UPS and FedEx packages.
Student's Name
Student's Residence Hall and Room Number
79 Dormitory Row W
University, MS 38677
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