• If you plan to use the portal to search for possible roommates, answer the questions in the questionnaire.  

• You’ll select if you are interested in either of our special affinity communities.  

These communities are: 

• Multicultural Living Community (first floor of Fjelstad)

• Sexuality and Gender Inclusion (SGI) Floors (two floors in Park Region) 

• This is the part of the process where you will match up with your desired roommates.  

• You can search for people by email or by how they answered questions in the questionnaire or have the system recommend roommates for you.

• This part is important because most of our housing selection is “occupancy match.” This means that your roommate group must fill up the room/apartment you are selecting.

• For example, if you are matched with one roommate, you will only be able to select rooms and apartments with two beds.

• If you plan to live alone, you will not select a roommate. However, remember that the number of single occupancy rooms is limited (and there are generally no single occupancy apartments unless it is approved for a medical need by Disability Services).

• Until housing selection starts on Monday, Feb. 24, that’s all you need to do!

• All current students who have started the housing application will be given a room selection time. 

• These times will be scheduled for the evening hours of Monday, Feb. 24, through Friday, Feb. 28. 

• Times are assigned by how many credits you have earned.

• The roommate with the best room selection time will pick the room/apartment for the whole group

• General descriptions of the types of spaces available in each building

• Room rate

• Additional info about single or reduced occupancy options 

• ¶À¼ÒºÚÁÏ has a Four-Semester Residency Requirement. This means first- and second-year students are required to live on campus (regardless of credit status).

• First- and second-year students who are 21, married, have a child, or are living at home with a parent/legal guardian in the Fargo-Moorhead area are eligible for an exemption.

• In very rare circumstances, other students may be exempted. Contact reslife@cord.edu to learn more. 

• Indicating that you are living at home in Fargo-Moorhead, but living somewhere else, is a violation of college policy. If you do this, you may be referred to the conduct system, fined, and/or assigned (and billed for) on-campus housing.

• There are a few options you can consider as you select a room. There are a number of double-as-a-single rooms in the traditional residence halls. Bogstad Manor and the Townhouse apartments allow students to have their own bedroom (but you will share the apartment with one or more roommates).

• If you have a medical diagnosis that requires you to have your own room, you must work with Disability Services to have a special accommodation approved.

• Go through the regular housing sign-up process and then contact reslife@cord.edu to cancel whichever semester you don’t need.