Your step by step guide to The General Selection Process.

1. ROOM SELECTION
Your step by step guide to
The General Selection Process

2. 3 STEP PROCESS
1) Pay your $300 Housing Deposit
2) Complete online Housing Application
3) Select your Room by participating in the
General Selection Process.

3. Step 1: PAY YOUR $300 Housing Deposit
PRIOR to participating in the General Selection Process, you will need to PAY your $300
HOUSING DEPOSIT by following the below steps:
1. Simply log into http://my.hofstra.edu
2. Click on the "Navigation Menu" in the top left hand corner.
3. Click on the "Student Services" menu.
4. Click on "Student Payment Center" under General.
5. Click on "My Payment Center".
6. Select the "eDeposits" tab.
7. Select the term for which you are applying for (e.g., Fall 2018)
8. Select the type of deposit you want (i.e. Housing Deposit).
**Students paying by cash, check or money order must do so at the Student Financial Services Suite, 206 Memorial Hall.

4. Step 2: Complete Your Housing Application
1) Log into http://my.hofstra.edu
2) Click on the "Navigation Menu" in the top left hand corner.
Click on Navigation Menu

5. Complete Your Housing Application
3) Click on “Student Services” Menu

6. Complete Your Housing Application
4) Click on the 'Residence Life" menu.

7. Complete Your Housing Application
5) Click on the "Residence Life Room Application“

8. Complete Your Housing Application
6)Select the term you are applying for (Fall 2018) and then click
SUBMIT.
Fall 2018

9. Complete Your Housing Application
• Please verify all information you include on your HOUSING APPLICATION is ACCURATE(i.e. phone number).
• Indicate if you require an ADA accessible room
• Please review the descriptions of the residential communities, including Themed Living Communities(TLC’s).
• Indicate your preference to reside in Theme Living Communities.
Verify Phone Number
Indicate interest in Themed
Living Community
Check if ADA room needed

10. Complete Your Housing Application
• Complete your housing preferences in the order in which you prefer them.
• Indicate additional Preferences(i.e. Quite Floor, same sex floor, etc.)
• If you are choosing a multiple occupancy room, your preferred roommate must
be listed on the first line.
Your preferred roommate’s
information MUST be listed on
the first line.
Enter 1 additional person if you
are looking for a double.
Enter 2 additional people if you
are looking for a triple.
Enter 3 additional people if you
are looking for a suite.

11. Things to Remember When Requesting a
Multiple Occupancy Room
• Rooms MUST be filled to CAPCITY. It is important that the student fill the space they are looking
to select with the proper number of people required for that room.
 a double needs two people,
a triple needs three,
a quad needs four,
a suite needs four, etc.
Indicates that the room is currently
full and no student can be pulled in.
Indicates current residents.

12. Things to Remember When Requesting a
Multiple Occupancy Room
• Have your roommate list your name and Hofstra ID# on there application as well.
List roommate on the first
line, and then list suitemates.

13. Complete Your Housing Application
• Check “No” if you do not want to be administratively assigned and want to go
through General Selection and select your own room.
• Check “Yes” if you want to be administratively assigned and want Residence
Life to select your room for you.

14. Final Submission
• By clicking the “I Agree” button you are agreeing to “The Residential
Living Agreement”, “The Living Factor”, and “The Code of Community
Standards”.

15. Dining Services: Dining Plans
Click on Dining Service Application
to apply for meal plan

16. Dining Services: Dining Plans
1. Confirm your personal
information is accurate.
2. Select the meal plan of
your preference.
3. Submit your choice.
Notice: If you decline at
this time and do not
return to select a meal
plan, the minimum
plan will be selected
for you.

17. Housing Application Video

18. Step #3 Participate in General Selection
• On a specified date, you will have the ability to sign onto the portal
and actually select your room.
• In order to participate in the General Selection Process you must
complete:
Step 1: Pay your $300 housing deposit
Step 2: Complete Housing Application

19. Step 3: Participate In General Selection
1) Log into http://my.hofstra.edu
2) Click on the "Navigation Menu" in the top left hand corner.
Click on Navigation Menu

20. Step 3: Participate In General Selection
3) Click on “Student Services” Menu

21. Step 3: Participate In General Selection
5) Click on the "Residence Life Room Application“

22. Step 3: General Selection Video

23. Final Notification
• Once you hit the “Submit” button, Students will not have the ability
to access their Housing Applications to make any changes once they
have selected a room for the upcoming academic year.

24. Example:
Searching for a Single
• Selecting your Room Type
• You selected your “Room Type Requested” on your housing application. This room type matches the number of people in
your group that you also indicated on your housing application. If your preference has changed, you will need to update
your application in order for you to view different room types.
Your selected room type based on the number of people in your group.

25. Example:
Searching for a Single
• Select your building preference
• Below your requested room type, you will see a drop down menu of available sites. This will show you all
available sites which still have your room type remaining. You will then be able to view a “live” list of
available single rooms throughout campus that you will be able to select as your own.
Your selected room type based on the number of people in your group.
Drop down menus to select your housing
preference.
List of available single rooms
throughout campus.

26. FAQ #1
• If you are a group of four and looking for a four person suite, but find that none are available, you may
reconfigure the type of room you are requesting by updating your requested roommate(s) on the
application. Your group will then be able to see additional options that meet the needs of your new
configuration. You may also ask to be Administratively Assigned by Residential Life if you do not see your
preferred option available.
• I’m looking for a kind of room/area that is no longer available. What do I do?
• You have two options:
• Re-structure your group size and/or breakdown so that you are able to find an option that meets
your new needs. You should then remove the any people you no longer intend to live with from
your preferred roommate list.
• Request to be Administratively Assigned by Residential Programs by indicating “YES” to this option
on your housing application.
Remove the people you no
longer intend to live with.
Check “YES” only if you want Residential Life
to assign you to a space which they choose
based on your preferences.

27. FAQ #2
• I logged in to select my space, but saw the screen below. What does it mean?
• You could be seeing this screen for several of the following reasons
• The codes described on this screen will indicate to you what steps you need to complete before attempting to participate in selection again. To participate, you
must be a current term resident, complete your application and pay any remaining balance on your student account. If you do not meet these expectations, you
will not be permitted to participate. If you have already selected a space, or been pulled into a space; you will also be prohibited from participating in the process
again. All previous selections are final and may not be changed.
• Lastly, make sure to check your group priority time to ensure that you are logging in to participate during the correct window for your class standing.
“N” means you are not a
current resident, which is
required to participate.
“N” means you must
complete (or update)
your housing
application.
“Y” means you have
already been assigned a
space for Fall 2017 and
may not select again.
“N” means you have a
balance with SFS that
must be paid before
participating.
This is your scheduled time to
select housing.

28. FAQ #3
• I logged in to select my space, but saw the screen below. I’ve already paid my deposit. What does it mean?
• It is possible that your housing deposit was applied to an existing balance on your student account.
• It is required that you pay your $300 housing deposit prior to participating in selection. If you paid your deposit, but had
an outstanding balance on your student account, that deposit was applied to your outstanding balance. You will need to
pay the remainder of your balance at Student Financial Services, and then re-pay your housing deposit.

29. FAQ #4
• Q: My preferred roommate is a commuter and does not meet the “current resident”
requirement. May I still request them?
• A: Yes, as long as they meet all other eligibility requirements. During the General
Selection process, current residential students who wish to live with a commuter
must come to the Office of Residence Life on their designated selection date to be
administratively assigned a space with that commuting student.
• In order for commuter students to participate in the selection process, they must be
pulled into a room by a current residential student. Commuter students who are not
pulled into rooms by current residents during the homesteading or General Selection
process can apply to be Administratively Assigned.

30. Dining Services: Dining Plans
Select term Fall 2018

31. Important Deadlines