{"id":1487,"date":"2013-09-18T23:28:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T23:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housing.usc.edu\/?page_id=1487"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:00:06","slug":"how-to-apply-for-residential-colleges-and-special-interest-communities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/housing.usc.edu\/index.php\/how-to-apply-for-residential-colleges-and-special-interest-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Apply for Residential Colleges and Living Learning Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are an undergraduate applicant and wish to live in a Living Learning Community, please indicate the program and corresponding building for which you would like to be considered when listing your housing preferences. A list of the communities and their respective buildings and four-letter application codes is available on the Living Learning Communities<\/strong> page<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and the buildings and codes for our residential colleges can be found on the\u00a0Residential Colleges<\/strong> page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note: Some programs require supplemental applications<\/strong>. If the program you are interested in requires a supplemental application, you will be asked to complete one when applying on our application portal.<\/p>\n

To receive full consideration for your Living Learning preferences, your application and $65 application processing fee must be received by May 1.
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Application and Assignments Timeline<\/caption>\n
Application and Assignments Timeline 2026 - 2027<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
February 2<\/td>Application for New Students Opens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 1<\/td>Application Deadline for: Guaranteed Freshman Housing, Freshman Roommate-Matching Eligibility and Living Learning Communities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mid-May<\/td>E-mail Notification of 1st Round of Freshman Assignments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Late May<\/td>Reassignment List Begins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Early June<\/td>E-mail Notification of 2nd Round of Freshman Assignments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 5<\/td>Last Day for New Students to Cancel with $800 Refund<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 1<\/td>Spring 2026 Application Opens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 8<\/td>Reassignment List Ends<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Early August<\/td>Move-in Information Available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 10<\/td>Graduate Housing Contracts Begin<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 19<\/td>Undergraduate Housing Contracts Begin<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mid-September<\/td>Over the Counter Reassignment Begins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Early November<\/td>Reassignment Ends for Fall Semester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Late November<\/td>E-mail Notification of New Spring Assignments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December 16<\/td>Fall Move-out Date for Residence Halls and Suites<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January 7<\/td>Spring Move-In Day<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mid-January<\/td>Over the Counter Reassignment Begins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 12<\/td>Check-Out Day for Academic Year (9 month) Contracts<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 31<\/td>Check-Out Day for Graduate Full Year (12 month) Contracts<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are an undergraduate applicant and wish to live in a Living Learning Community, please indicate the program and corresponding building for which you would like to be considered when listing your housing preferences. A list of the communities and their respective buildings and four-letter application codes is available on the Living Learning Communities… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":70,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-apply.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1487","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-application-procedures-new"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/housing.usc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/housing.usc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/housing.usc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housing.usc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housing.usc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1487"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/housing.usc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81226,"href":"https:\/\/housing.usc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1487\/revisions\/81226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/housing.usc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housing.usc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housing.usc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}