Returning Undergraduate Housing Selection
Learn more about how to make sure you are able to sign up for housing for the 2024-2025 academic year.
2024 Timeline
Action Item | Date |
Deposit Portal & Group Selection Live | Tuesday, February 27 |
$500 Housing Deposit Due | Tuesday, March 19 |
Group Selection Due | Thursday, March 21 |
Housing Interest Form Live | Tuesday, March 26 |
Housing Interest Form Due | Tuesday, April 16 |
Returning Undergraduate Placements Released | Summer 2024 |
Housing Deposit
Returning undergraduate students (those who are not brand new to Merrimack College for Fall 2024) may pay their housing deposit online through the Student Account Center. To access the Student Account Center, please follow these steps:
- Log into myMack.
- Select Student Info, then Student Billing.
- In the Student Account Center section, click Go to CASHNet.
- Scroll down to Available Items, select Housing Deposit and then Add to Payment
- Follow payment instructions.
For any questions, contact the Bursar’s Office at 978-837-5599 or by email at [email protected].
Due Date
Housing deposits are due Tuesday, March 19, 2024. You will need to pay a housing deposit to be able to participate in housing selection.
For any questions, please email the Office of Residence Life at [email protected].
Group Selection
Once returning undergraduate students have paid their housing deposit, they will be able to access the roommate selection portion of the process within 1-2 business days. To create a group, students should follow these steps:
- Log into your MyHousing Portal.
- In the menu click on “Roommate Selection.”
- Click “select roommates.”
- Where it says “for the term,” change the date to Fall 2024.
- Scroll down to “Pending roommate Requests.” If you have any, click the 3 buttons next to their name and either accept or decline.
- If you need to match with more members of your group, click “search for roommate” and search for the first person you are looking to live with (direct roommate) by entering their information and clicking “begin search.”
- “Search Results” will appear below and you will click to request a roommate. That roommate will then receive a pending request.
- Repeat steps 5 and 6 for all people you are requesting to live with.
Once everyone has requested or accepted a request from each member of the group, they will be considered “fully matched.” If not everyone matches with each other, the group will not be considered fully matched, and each individual will go through the process as a group of one. Residence Life will reach out to you if this is not completed.
Due Date
Group selection is due Thursday, March 21, 2024. You will need to pay a housing deposit to be able to create a group.
Housing Interest Form
The form will be open from Tuesday, March 26, 2024, until Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Each member of your group should be completing the form, and the date of submission has no impact on your housing assignment. Therefore, the Office of Residence Life encourages you to take your time and discuss your housing plans with your peers to ensure that your forms look identical.
To access the form, please follow the steps below:
- Log into MyHousing Portal.
- Click on the menu at the top left.
- Click on Forms to complete.
- Click on Housing Interest Form.
- Rank each building that appears once; if you rank the same building multiple times, your form will be reset, and you will be asked to do it again.
Ranking Building Preferences
As part of the housing intention form, students will rank each building available to them. The building preferences you see will be based on the member of your group with the lowest cohort year. Cohort year is the year the students entered Merrimack. Please see below for further explanation:
Groups that have a rising sophomore (entering ‘23- ‘24)* as the lowest cohort year can rank the following:
- Monican Centre
- The Townhouses
- Merrimack Apartments at Royal Crest
- O’Brien Hall
*class years will be appropriately adjusted for transfer students
Groups that have a rising junior (entering ‘22)* as the lowest cohort year can rank the following:
- The Townhouses
- Merrimack Apartments at Royal Crest
- O’Brien Hall
- North Residential Village
- South Residential Village
*class years will be appropriately adjusted for transfer students
Groups that are exclusively rising seniors (entering ‘20- ‘21)* can rank the following:
- Apartments
- O’Brien Hall
- North Residential Village
- South Residential Village
- Royal Crest
*class years will be appropriately adjusted for transfer students
