Setting Up Roommate Groups

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2 Setting Up Roommate Groups Roommate Groups are a great way for you to sign up with your friends or just one roommate for the other half of your room! You can choose your roommate(s) online via MyHousing starting as soon as you have filled out your online application. There are many important considerations you must think about when choosing and mutually accepting roommates...

3 Who Should I Choose? Consider... What Hall/Room Type Do You Want? What Hall/Room is Affordable? Daily Routine & Lifestyle Social Habits & Study Habits

4 Roommate Requesting Process Everyone in your group must mutually select each other via MyHousing. You must finalize all roommate selections prior to the earliest selection for which your roommate group is eligible. Once everyone is matched up in your group, whichever roommate has the earliest selection time can sign everyone up! Make sure you trust your roommates with your assignment!

5 Your mypace Portal username is normally the first letter of your first name followed by the First letter of your last name and several numbers. To look up your username, go to the White Pages and use the search function. Your username is the text in front of in your address.

6 When you apply for housing, you MUST submit: 1 Housing Deposit (pre-payment for Fall) 2 Online Application Apply Online 3 Housing Agreement Terms and Conditions If any of these items are missing or incomplete, you will not be added into Roommate Selection or any Room Selection Process. Your friends might be able to add you as a roommate, but your status will read Student Ineligible.

8 When you click on Apply On Line... You will be asked to accept the Terms and Conditions of the Housing Agreement before continuing in the process. Make sure you read and understand the Terms and Conditions. Your online agreement to these Terms and Conditions is legally binding.

9 2015, or When you have completed the online application, you will see this screen. Now you can log in MyHousing.

10 After you sign into the MyHousing site, this is your Home / Overview screen... This box has your Room Selection, including start/end times. 4/14/15 4/20/15 08:00 AM 10:00 PM 4/15/20 4/23/15 05:00 AM 11:00 PM 4/17/15 4/28/15 04:00 AM 12:00 AM 4/14/ :00 AM 4/19/ :00PM

11 To set up your roommate group, go to the Room Selection menu and click Roommate Selection 4/14/15 4/20/15 08:00 AM 10:00 PM 4/15/20 4/23/15 05:00 AM 11:00 PM 4/17/15 4/28/15 04:00 AM 12:00 AM 4/14/ :00 AM 4/19/ :00PM

their housing deposit, you will not be able to add them.

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12 Search for your roommate(s) here. If your roommate(s) do not currently live on campus or have paid their housing deposit, you will not be able to add them. From: To: Subject: MyHousing Roommate Request Change - Addition As soon as you submit your search, your roommate will be notified that you added them via Pace . housing@pace.edu

13 Fall 2015 If you are making roommate requests before your friends, you will see that your request is unmatched until that request is confirmed.

14 If you have a pending request, you will be able to Decline or Confirm here. Fall 2015 From: westchesterhousing@pace.edu To: westchesterhousingousing@pace.edu Subject: MyHousing Roommate Request Change - Removal When you Add, Delete, Confirm or Decline a Roommate Request, the student will receive a notice on their Pace . From: westchesterhousing@pace.edu To: westchesterhousing@pace.edu Subject: MyHousing Roommate Request Change - Removal

15 You can see exactly which of your roommate(s) confirmed matches within your group. You stay in control! No guessing if the other roommates did their part! Fall 2015

16 If you want to Remind your friend that you have a pending request, just click the Remind button and they will receive an reminder. Fall 2015 Remember: Each roommate received an notification when you first added them so only use this as a reminder later on.

17 This is your goal a fully matched roommate group! Questions -mlavery@pace.edu Your group MUST be fully matched before you can choose a room! Fall 2015

Just a quick glance at the Room Selection screen.

Once a room has been selected by a roommate group,

18 Just a quick glance at the Room Selection screen.... The roommate with the EARLIEST SELECTION TIME can place all roommates within a room or suite. Make sure your group has decided on a plan! Once a room has been selected by a roommate group, you cannot change your room until the Last Chance Selection

19 Questions On MyHousing Overview, you can monitor your roommate group. If one of your roommates picks a room without you, you ll see it here as well as on your Roommate Selection page. Fall 2015

20 You re done! That s it! Once your roommate group is fully matched, just wait for your Room Selection process. REMEMBER: THE ROOMMATE WITH THE EARLIEST SELECTION TIME CAN PLACE ALL ROOMMATES WITHIN A ROOM. Make sure your group has agreed on a plan and backup plans! TRY TO BE TOGETHER (IE - IN THE SAME ROOM) WHEN THE ROOMMATE WITH THE EARLIEST SELECTION TIME CHOOSES HOUSING FOR THE GROUP! There are no room changes until the Last Change Selection Day. During the last chance selection, each roommate must complete their own room change, you can t pull roommates in.

21 Questions? Matt Lavery Associate Director of Residential Life for Housing Operations Call:

Roommate Guide

Roommate Guide 2018-2019 You may begin searching for a potential roommate at noon on November 1, 2017. We may not be able to accommodate all roommate requests, so please be prepared with a backup plan