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The room assignment process for September (Fall term) applicants begins in late May. For January (Winter term) applicants, it begins in early December. 

Once your room has been assigned, you'll receive a room assignment letter by email to your AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ email account. Check this email often for updates. If you have any questions or concerns after reading your room assignment letter, please feel free to contact the Residence Office.

Yes. The key is to apply early. The sooner you apply, the better your chances of being placed in the residence of your choice—as well as in your preferred room type. 

AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ offers a variety of all-gender options including all-gender by room, as well as by apartment. All-gender by room means that people of all genders live on the same floor, but only people of the same gender are assigned as roommates. All-gender by apartment means that individual apartments are gender-specific, but the building houses people of all genders. Our residences have a combination of shared ²¹±ô±ô-²µ±ð²Ô»å±ð°ù w²¹²õ³ó°ù´Ç´Ç³¾²õ and gender-specific washrooms.

Halifax Campuses

Quiet area communities can expect 24 hours of quiet, with relaxed hours from 7-9 p.m. »å²¹¾±±ô²â. 

Areas with the °ù±ð²µ³Ü±ô²¹°ùÌýnoise level have quiet hours from 10:30 p.m. - 8 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 1 a.m. - 8 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Truro Campus

Quiet areas come with an expectation of quiet, but there are no set relaxed hours. 

Areas with regular noise level have quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. - 8 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday, from 11 p.m. - 8 a.m. Thursday, and from 1 a.m. - 8 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Unless you specify someone you’d like to share a room with, we do our best to match you with someone based on your responses in your residence application. 

Our application has a wide range of questions that help us try to determine compatibility for potential roommates. It’s important to answer the questions honestly, accurately, and as thoroughly as possible. Your responses will be used solely for the purpose of pairing you with the most compatible roommate based on lifestyle habits, personal preferences, and living needs.

Questions cover such topics as:

• Experience with shared living spaces
• Typical bedtime and wake time
• How you keep your living space
• Desired noise level
• Study and hang-out habits
• Your plan for having guests
• Sensitivity to scents and residual vape or smoke smells

Please note: while you may indicate preference for a single room, we cannot guarantee that all room types or preferences will be available. We will make every reasonable effort to accommodate your selections; however, availability may be limited. Because of this, it’s important you answer the roommate matching questions thoroughly when completing your application!

If you’ve applied for a double room and would like to share it with someone you know, please let us know! You can specify who you’d like as your roommate when completing your residence application. You’ll need to enter your preferred roommate’s full name and their Banner Number in the space indicated. Make sure you both specify that you'd like to live with one another. 

If you’ve already submitted your residence application, email us with your preferred roommate’s name and contact information. Please ask your requested roommate to do the same. We’ll then verify your request and advise you of room availability if we’re able to accommodate it.

The residence application gives all students the option of authorizing residence staff to release your name and email address to your assigned roommate prior to move-in day. If your roommate has given us permission, we will gladly pass this information on to you. We can also change your application if you didn't check this box and would like to now.

Roommate assignment in suite-style residence looks a bit different. Suite-style rooms typically go to returning students who request to live with one another. For example, if four students put in applications and all list each other as preferred roommates in their residence application, we will aim to put them together in a four-bedroom suite. If a four-bedroom suite is not available, we look to place students as close together as possible, for example, 2 two-bedroom suites close to one another.