Housing Lottery
Students are housed in two stages. Current matriculated students are housed through a lottery process that occurs during the spring semester. First year housing assignments are made during the summer prior to entrance to Denison and are mailed to students during the first week of August.
2011-2012 Housing Lottery Information
- Online Registration (Login to Web4Student and click "Residential Life and Lottery Registration" (Registration is open March 3—March 28)
- Lottery Brochure [pdf]
- Housing Options & Descriptions
- Rules
Roommate Finder
Sponsored by the Committee on Residential Life
For help in finding potential roommates, try posting or searching on: http://forums.denison.edu/viewforum.php?f=28
Room Assignments for First Year Students
Once a prospective student has been accepted to Denison University and has paid the initial deposit, he or she will be sent a Housing Preference Form in the First Year Notebook. Student will start receiving this form in late March. The Housing Preference Form is due by June 1 and is used to match roommates for room assignments. The First Year Program Office maintains this form.
The Housing Preference Form should be mailed to:
Denison University
Residential Education and Housing
Doane 101
Granville, OH 43023
There are several pieces of information that are important to making successful roommate pairs.
- Smoking Preference (all halls are smoke-free)
- Sleep and Study hour preferences, etc.
- Break Housing Needs
- Special Medical Need that Impact Housing

