Off-Campus Housing
 

Wesleyan University requires students to live on campus throughout their undergraduate career.  However, students can apply for off-campus status if they meet the following criteria:

• Apply as an individual
• If you are a non-traditional student (married, with children, and/or 25 years of age or older)
• If you have a verified medical or physical need which cannot be accommodated on campus

Application Process

1. Accept the Housing Contract and Lead Paint Agreement
2. Click on "Register a Group" under the Off-Campus Housing section (located at the end of the choices section on the bottom left-hand screen).
3. Complete the online application found in the Off-Campus section (last option).

If you are interested in off-campus housing, you must complete the above steps by Friday, February 15, 2013  by 11:59 p.m.

Application Review:

• You will be notified of the results of your application during the week of February 18, 2013.
• If you are granted Off-Campus Status, your room selection process is complete.
• If you are not granted Off-Campus Status, you must either participate in Program Housing/CBLV selection by Monday, March 25, 2013 by noon or register for room selection nights by Wednesday, April 3, 2013 by 4 p.m.

Important Information:

• Students who are denied off-campus status in February are added to a waitlist, which occasionally has been used to release some additional students over the summer, in order of seniority. 
• Off-campus status is granted for one academic year only. If you wish to live off campus for a second year, you must re-apply the following spring.
• You should make absolutely certain Residential Life has already granted you off-campus status before signing and/or accepting a rental agreement.
• If you are planning to study abroad/take a leave of absence for the fall semester, you must apply through this process now if you want to live off-campus for the semester you return to Wesleyan. Only students who meet the criteria in the first paragraph above will be considered.
• Off-Campus spaces cannot be "swapped" with another person.
• If you move to an off-campus apartment or house, you are responsible for the lease. If a roommate should move out, a Wesleyan student currently residing in campus housing will not be eligible to request off-campus status to fill the vacancy.
• You will be charged the residential comprehensive fee, which covers room, board and other student life fees. You will receive a credit of 60% as an off-campus student.
• If you are granted off-campus status, you will still be required to participate in a campus meal plan.
• If, after requesting and being approved, you refuse off-campus status, you will be placed at the end of the waitlist until all the stages of the GRS process have been completed.
• You should be aware that utilities are not typically included in the rental rate for off-campus housing.

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