Transcript Your Username & Initial Password was provided in your MSC Acceptance Letter Your MAVzone username is normally the first letter of your first name.

Your Username & Initial Password was
provided in your MSC Acceptance Letter
Your MAVzone username
is normally the first letter
of your first name followed by the
first seven letters of your last name.
To look up your username,
go to the Campus Directory
and use the search function.
Your username is the text in front of the
@ in your email address.
Trouble? Call the IT Help Desk, 970.248.2111.
When you apply for housing, you MUST submit:
1 – Housing Application
2 – Housing & Dining Contract
(signed by a parent/guardian if you are under 18)
3 – Housing Deposit
If any of these items are missing or incomplete, you
will not be added into Roommate Selection or any
Room Selection Lotteries.
Your friends might be able to add you as a roommate,
but your status will read Student Ineligible.
DECIDE
1
WHERE YOU WANT TO LIVE
Plan for at least a 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice. For example…
1st choice: Tolman Single - If there aren’t any left…
Do I go for a Tolman Double or a Pinon Single?
2nd choice: Pinon Single
What if they are all taken as well?
3rd choice: Tolman Double
CHOOSE
YOUR ROOMMATES AND/OR SUITEMATES!
Review the Roommate Selection Guide
Set up your “Roommate Group” (if you have one) starting February 1
Make sure everyone in your group has mutually requested each other so
that you have a “fully matched” group before the earliest lottery time.
Make sure you all agree on a plan!
Which building, who goes in which room type within the suite, etc.
o Every new student will be assigned a lottery start time.
o Lottery start times are assigned based on the date the
housing application, contract and deposit were received.
o The earliest applicant has the earliest start time and is
separated from the next applicant by a 15 minute interval.
o Your lottery time is the earliest time you can select a room
within MyHousing.
o You can select your housing 24/7 after your start time
Roommate Groups: February 1 – June 30
Starting February 1, set up your roommate
groups via MyHousing. You’ll want to
finalize your roommate group prior to the
earliest lottery time in your group.
1ST LOTTERY: April 14 – April 30
Students who apply for housing before
April 1 are assigned start times within the
first lottery. Students are notified of
their lottery time mid-March.
2nd Lottery: May 9 – June 30
Students who apply for housing after
April 1 are assigned start times within
the second lottery.
Room Change Lottery: May 9 – June 30
Every student who chose a room can participate
and change rooms as often as they like.
Roommates cannot be pulled in; each student
must complete their own room change.
After you sign into MyHousing . . .
My Future Room Selection Processes:
- Room Selection Process Name
- Start and End Times of the Room Selection
Process
- YOUR START TIME
SELECTION PROCESS
WITHIN THE
ROOM
ROOMMATE SETUP BASICS
To set up your roommate group,
go to the Room Selection menu and
click Roommate Selection
Please see the
Roommate Selection Guide
for more information on setting
up your roommate group
ROOMMATE SETUP BASICS
When you click on “Room Selection” . . .
If you haven’t signed a Housing & Dining Contract
you will be asked to accept the contract before
continuing in the process.
Make sure you read and understand the contract.
Your online agreement to the contract
is legally binding.
ROOMMATE SETUP BASICS
Search for your roommates here.
If your roommate does not currently
live on campus or has not applied for
housing, you will not be able to add
them yet.
As soon as you add a roommate,
that student will receive an email
notification on their MSC email
account.
ROOMMATE SETUP BASICS
Remember:
You must have a fully
matched group
before you can
choose a room!
You can see which
roommates are
unmatched in your
roommate group
CHOOSING A ROOM
Once your lottery is active
you can view all available rooms before
Your Start Time.
When your lottery is activated
it will be RED on your Overview
page.
Go to the menu on the left
Hover over “Room Selection”
Click “Select a Room/Suite”
to VIEW or SELECT a room.
You won’t be able to select a room
until Your Start Time begins.
CHOOSING A ROOM
If you are eligible for more than
one lottery at the same time, you
will need to select the lottery in
which you want to participate.
Remember, once you participate in
one lottery, you will be removed
from the other lotteries!
“Roommate Selection Only”
is not a room selection lottery.
CHOOSING A ROOM
Depending on your lottery (and how many rooms are left),
you may have an opportunity to filter by Specific Hall.
To see all rooms across campus, just leave this filter as
(any) and click “Find Available Rooms”
CHOOSING A ROOM
List of Available
Rooms
Select Room:
Click Select Room to
place just yourself or
to place you and one
roommate (if it is a
double with two open
beds).
Select Suite:
Look at the Suite #
then at the Rooms
within that Suite. You
can see how many
doubles and/or singles
are open within a suite
to make sure it works
for your group.
Floor Plan: Click Floor Plan to view the layout of the rooms on that floor.
Floor plans are also available on the Housing website,
www.mesastate.edu/housing, just click on Residence Halls or Apartments
then on the link to the individual building.
CHOOSING A ROOM
Now that you have
selected your
suite, simply place
each mutually
requested
roommate into the
rooms of the suite.
Make sure you
place your friends
in the spaces you
agreed on!
Once you hit Submit Room Selection, this will be your
permanent assignment for the upcoming academic year
(as well as the permanent assignment of any roommates you place).
Remember, there are no room changes until the Room Change Lottery.
CHOOSING A ROOM
FINAL CONFIRMATION
Here is the screen you will
see once your room
selection is complete.
You and your roommates
will receive an email
confirmation on your MSC
accounts.
All information will be
immediately displayed on
your MyHousing Overview.
If you do not see this
screen or your info on
MyHousing Overview,
please contact the
Housing Office right
away.
CHOOSING A ROOM
Your new assignment will show up on
your MyHousing Overview
immediately.
oIf you have a total of four people in your roommate group, you will
only be shown suites & apartments (if eligible) where there are at
least four available spaces
oMales will be shown male rooms
oFemales will be shown female rooms
oNon-freshmen will be shown apartments
If you feel you should be eligible for a room type
that you do not see displayed, please call or email
the Housing Office and we will determine your eligibility.
970.248.1536, [email protected]
o If you do not have someone in mind that you would like as a
roommate, focus on choosing the best available room.
o Once you pick your room, you will immediately have roommate and/or
suitemate contact information available on your MyHousing Overview.
o Get in touch with your roommates
o Email, Call, Facebook, etc - whatever is best for you!
o If you want a different roommate, you have two options:
o Participate in the Room Change Lottery
o Call our office and any of our staff will be happy to look through
available roommates with you. We’ll read you their hobbies, living
preferences, etc, and you can decide if you want to switch.
o Remember: A match on paper is not always a perfect match
and often students are happier with a roommate not exactly
like themselves. More info on next slide . . .
 You might wonder how compatibility matching will work since you are
picking the room and learning about your roommate after.
 MSC and other schools have found that traditional roommate
matching works in some cases, but very often a match that looks
good on paper does not make a perfect roommate pair. There are
several variables:
 Often students fill out lifestyle preferences based on how they
want their roommate to be – not their true lifestyle (ie – a messy
student may want a very neat roommate )
 Sometimes the student is not the one filling out the application and
the person acting on their behalf does not know the student as well
as they think!
 Lastly, as intuitive as we try to make our questions, there is always
margin for error in interpreting the answers.
 The most successful housing assignments are made by empowering
the student - allowing the student to see all available rooms and
choose the best room for them!

Questions?
 Email:
 Call: (970) 248-1536
 Instant Message: MSCRoomSelect

Via AOL Instant Messenger