Reassignment begins in early March once the Housing Renewal process ends and runs through mid-July. Check the reassignment form for the exact date that reassignment will end this year.
Reassignment
No. You must have a current, active housing assignment in order to be considered for reassignment.
Yes. You’ll need to submit a group request. Make sure that everyone you want to live with is included on the form, even those who may already be assigned to the requested building and room type. If we are able to complete the request, only those roommates listed on the form will be included in the reassignment, so you’ll want to make sure everyone in your group is listed on the form.
Yes. Your housing assignment is made up of both your building and room type and any confirmed roommates. Since you are requesting a change in the latter, it is considered a reassignment and you and your roommate(s) should submit a group reassignment form to be placed together.
Since completing a reassignment usually entails a change in either room assignment or confirmed roommates, we need to verify that all those listed on the form want the reassignment.
No. You will retain your current assignment up to the point we are able to reassign you.
No. You will be able to list up to four building/room type preferences on your request. If we are unable to reassign you to one of those choices, we won’t reassign you at all. However, since we may reassign you to any of the preferences you list, be sure to list only those that you wish to be reassigned to.
No. Everyone on the request must have a current, active housing assignment. If not, the entire request will be cancelled. Once your roommate secures a housing assignment, you may submit a reassignment request.
No. This is not necessary, (and can lead to a student conduct issue resulting in the loss of your university housing). Since room/apartment numbers are not guaranteed, as openings become available in particular room types, students can be moved around to facilitate the completion of reassignments. What matters is not who is assigned to a particular space, but how many spaces of that type of room open up.
No. Student room/apartment assignments are subject to change prior to check-in for a variety of reasons. Since we can’t guarantee that you will remain assigned to a particular room/apartment number, we can’t accept such reassignment requests.
Yes. However, reassignment is not a roommate matching process. USC Housing’s online matching tools are no longer available once you have been assigned. If you can locate your own roommate, you can, if you both agree, submit a group reassignment request, and we will try to assign you together.
Not necessarily. Just because you know someone who is cancelling does not mean they can “give” their space to you. When cancellations occur, those spaces are used for reassignment according to the normal reassignment procedures and priorities.
No. You can only have one open request of any type. Once you have been reassigned, you can submit a second request.
That depends on a variety of factors, such as, where you wish to be reassigned (it’s harder to get into more popular buildings), if a roommate is involved (in general, it’s more difficult to move pairs of residents) and when you submitted your request (the earlier, the better).
No. Submission of the request form indicates your willingness to be moved to one of the listed preferences. If one of your preferences becomes available, we will reassign you without consultation and then notify that your request is complete. So, if you’re not sure you wish to live in a particular building, don’t list it as a preference.
There’s no way to say for sure; it depends on what housing space become available for reassignment. We may be able to complete it quickly or it may take weeks and perhaps we won’t ever be able to fulfill your request. Your reassignment will remain open until: a) we are able to complete it, b) you request in writing to cancel your request or c) the reassignment deadline date.
If we are able to reassign you, we will send you an e-mail letting you know we have completed your request.
No. Once your reassignment is completed, it is your new assignment. In most cases your previous assignment has been used for another student. You can, if you wish, submit a new reassignment request.
Reassignment begins in early May, after the first assignments for new students are sent out, and runs through mid-July. Check the reassignment form for the exact date that reassignment will end this year.
No. You must have a current, active housing assignment in order to be considered for reassignment.
Yes, you can request a roommate on the reassignment form. Roommate requests must be mutual, so make sure that your listed roommate promptly submits a reassignment form requesting you as a roommate and that the building and room type preferences for both of you match exactly. If you send in a reassignment form and your roommate does not, or your preferences don’t match, you won’t be reassigned. If your reassignment request includes a roommate, we will only reassign you if we can reassign your roommate as well.
Yes. Your housing assignment is made up of both your building and room type and any confirmed roommates. Since you are requesting a change in the latter, it is considered a reassignment.
No. Everyone on the request must have a current, active housing assignment. If not, the entire request will be cancelled. Once your roommate secures a housing assignment, you may submit a reassignment request.
No. You will retain your current assignment up to the point we are able to reassign you.
No. You will be able to list up to four building/room type preferences on your request. If we are unable to reassign you to one of those choices, we won’t reassign you at all. However, since we may reassign you to any of the preferences you list, be sure to list only those that you wish to be reassigned to.
No. Student room/apartment assignments are subject to change prior to check-in for a variety of reasons. Since we can’t guarantee that you will remain assigned to a particular room/apartment number, we can’t accept such reassignment requests.
Yes. However, USC Housing’s online matching tools are no longer available once you have been assigned and reassignment is not a roommate matching process. If you can locate your own roommate (for example, at your USC Orientation or via social networking), you can, if you both agree to be roommates, submit reassignment forms requesting each other.
No. You can only have one open request of any type. Once you have been reassigned, you can submit a second request.
That depends on a variety of factors, such as, where you wish to be reassigned (it’s harder to get into more popular buildings), if a roommate is involved (in general, it’s more difficult to move pairs of residents) and when you submitted your request (the earlier, the better).
No. Submission of the request form indicates your willingness to be moved to one of the listed preferences. If one of your preferences becomes available, we will reassign you without consultation and then notify that your request is complete. So, if you’re not sure you wish to live in a particular building, don’t list it as a preference.
There’s no way to say for sure; it depends on what housing space become available for reassignment. We may be able to complete it quickly or it may take weeks and perhaps we won’t ever be able to fulfill your request. Your reassignment will remain open until: a) we are able to complete it, b) you request in writing to cancel your request or c) the reassignment deadline date.
If we are able to reassign you, we will send you an e-mail letting you know we have completed your request.
No. Once your reassignment is completed, it is your new assignment. You can, if you wish, submit a new reassignment request.
Academic year reassignments can be made from mid-September through late November during the Fall Semester and mid-January through early April during the Spring semester.
You can reassign at any Housing Customer Service Center, including the Housing Services Office in the McCarthy Way Parking Structure (PSX), except for the first week of fall reassignment in September and spring reassignment in January, when reassignments are only done at building CSCs.
You will need to check with a Housing CSC to see what is currently available. The inventory of open spaces is subject to change as students move around, especially at the beginning of a semester, so if something is open that you want, you should act quickly. If you don’t find something you want on your first visit, you may wish to check again a few days later to see if something has opened up.
Sorry, no. Reassignment during the academic year is done strictly on an “over-the-counter” basis, where students reassign on the spot if a space is open that they want. USC Housing doesn’t maintain a list of students and their desired reassignments, nor do we call students to let them know if something opens up.
If we have a housing available that suits your needs, you’ll need to fill out a reassignment form at a Housing customer service center to request the change. You’ll need to show this to the CSC of your current assignment when you check out and to the CSC of your new assignment when you check in.
Yes. You and your roommates must come to a CSC together to see what is available for your group and fill out the necessary paperwork if you find something suitable.
Yes. You and the student with whom you are switching spaces must come in to a CSC together to work out the switch.
Once you complete the reassignment paper work, you have 24 hours to move out of your current assignment and check in to your new one.