Housing Demand Above Standard Occupancy

Campus Residences is a premier choice for many of our students. In recent years, we have built additional buildings to meet increased demand from our students. As a campus, we prioritize all newly admitted students who meet deposit and application deadlines for their first year of housing. For continuing students, we prioritize those with current housing agreements. Current students who do not live with us must join the on-campus housing waitlist to see if they can be housed. For more information on how to apply to a waitlist, see our Waitlist Application Website. 

Radius Policy Procedures

New students whose home address is within a 30-mile (direct line) distance or less to 100 Circle Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11790: You can place a housing deposit, but you cannot proceed with your housing application until Campus Residences can assess housing availability after the May 1 deposit deadline. You will receive an update on the housing status and your housing deposit by June 30. If Campus Residences cannot meet your request, your housing deposit will be refunded.

The image below is to provide an example of various approximate locations that may be impacted if a radius policy is implemented at the listed distance.

If and when space becomes available, residents excluded from receiving housing due to the radius policy would have priority to have on-campus housing during the same agreement period over individuals who are on our general on-campus housing waitlist. Additionally, continuing residents in corridor-style buildings may be reassigned prior to arrival to suite-style vacancies to create additional spaces in first-year housing.

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Class Enrollment Policies

Undergraduate students must be enrolled in at least three (3) credits by three (3) Mondays before the start of fall semesters. Newly admitted students who have taken action steps towards enrollment, such as submitting immunization records or completing the Advising Planning Form, are considered in progress. Any undergraduate student not meeting the above criteria will have their housing canceled.

All residents are expected to maintain full-time enrollment, 12 credits for undergraduate students and nine (9) credits for graduate students. This policy is enforced when there is more demand than available housing. Students who are graduating at the end of the semester or are on approved academic underloads are exempt from this policy.

On-Campus Housing Semester Limits

When interest in campus housing exceeds the availability of space, a maximum number of semesters living on-campus will be put into effect. Summer semesters are not included.

• Undergraduate students admitted as first-years are eligible to reside on campus for a maximum of eight semesters.
• Undergraduate students admitted as transfers are eligible to reside on campus for a maximum of six semesters.
• Graduate students are eligible to reside on campus for a maximum number of 14 semesters.