Room Changes

Students interested in a room change must work with the Residential Education staff within their residence hall to explore the possibility of a room change.  Students experiencing roommate issues should contact their community adviser.  In addition, within the first 2-3 weeks of each semester, Housing holds a room change day.  Please read below for information about room change day.

Room Change Day

The next Room Change Day will take place in September 2012.  

Room change day allows residential students to change rooms by either going into a current vacancy or swapping with another resident without a roommate contract or mediation process.

Residents can only swap or change within their cohort (i.e. SYE for SYE, UCE for UCE) and first year students may only move within their FSP during the fall semester.

Students interested in participating in room change day should read the steps below for full details on how the entire process works.

Step 1: Check the vacancy list that will be posted below and on the board outside Eickhoff 114 on or about September .  Only spaces in double rooms will be available and if there is a (2) after the room, it is an empty double.

Step 2: Visit Residential Education and Housing in Eickhoff 114 to pick up and fill out a Room Change Request Form.

If you are moving into a vacant space, please only write in your name, PAWS ID, cell phone, and email address.

If you are swapping rooms, signatures are required. Each student who wants to move needs to fill out their own form.

Step 3: If you are submitting a request to swap rooms with someone else, you may drop off the form anytime between now and May 4 to Residential Education and Housing in Eickhoff 114.  Any room swaps over the summer can be handled via e-mail.

If you are interested in moving into one of the posted vacancies, Residential Education and Housing will conduct a mini-lottery for these students. Participants should arrive no earlier than 8:45 am to Eickhoff 114 and no later than 9:00 am to participate in the mini-lottery. The process will be explained in full detail once we are ready to proceed.

Step 4: Students will receive a copy of their Room Change Form to the mailbox of their current assignment if it has been approved.  This form is needed to bring to the hall office of your current assignment to begin the room change process (only applies to Room Change Day in September and February)

Please know that we will try to grant any preferences that you may have, but that we will not be able to grant all requested preferences because of the sheer number of requests we anticipate.

If you have questions, you may contact us at housing@tcnj.edu.