Room Selection Process

Processes, Dates, & Guides:

The room selection process for current students will occur during the Spring 2024 semester, with room selection week tentatively scheduled for April 8th - 12th. During the process, current students will select their room and roommate for the upcoming year.

When the room selection process begins, students will receive a room selection time slot window. Each selection window is assigned according to the class status and cumulative GPA (GPA) from PeopleSoft Software. Please check your PeopleSoft account to know your classification and cumulative GPA.

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Room Selection Dates:

Tuesday 4.9.24: Starting at 8am Class of  Fall 2024

Tuesday 4.9.24: Starting at 8am Class of 2025 with a 3.0 GPA or higher

Tuesday 4.9.24: Starting at 2pm Class of 2025 with a 2.99 GPA or below

Wednesday 4.10.24: Starting at 8am Class of 2026 with a 3.0 GPA or higher

Wednesday 4.10.24: Starting at 2pm Class of 2026 with a 2.99 GPA or below

Thursday 4.11.24: Starting at 8am Class of 2027 with a 3.0 GPA or higher

Thursday 4.11.24: Starting at 2pm Class of 2027 with a 2.99 GPA or below

Friday 4.12.24 - Remainder of Spring 2024 semester: Open to all current students to select a room

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StarRez Guides:

If you need assistance for completing your StarRez housing application, selecting a room, or roommate, please see the guide below. 

The StarRez application will open in the Spring 2024 semester, and can be found on your Cal Maritime Portal page under the Important Links section, or at the top of this page. 

The StarRez housing portal gives you access to the 2024-2025 housing application and provides important information regarding the on-campus living requirement, residential life policies, and requirements for off-campus petitions.

The first step of the StarRez housing application is completing your housing license agreement (HLA), understanding residential life policies, and completing your web profile. The second part of the application process is roommate selection process. The roommate selection process will begin during the summer for incoming cadets (June-July).

If you need assistance in navigating the StarRez housing application and roommate selection process, please check out the following guides below for more information.  

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Roommate Selection Dates & Deadlines:

In June, all incoming and new transfer students will receive an email to their @csum.edu accounts regarding the next steps in selecting a roommate within their division. 

Roommate selection for 2024-2025 academic year will begin for incoming students during Summer 2024 (July). Rooms will be automatically assigned to you by Residence Life.

All room assignment and Move-in Day information for incoming students will be sent in summer (late July / early August). Fall 2024 Move-in Day for incoming students is August 17th. Incoming students will receive a specific timeslot for Move-in Day.

All information regarding housing applications and selection will be sent to your Cal Maritime email account (@csum.edu).

Please follow instructions in your official off-campus approval notification email. Any room and meal plan charges will be reversed. If you would like to decline your off-campus approval offer and will need on-campus accommodations, please send an email to housing@csum.edu. 

Primarily, Lower Res Hall & Maritime North will be available for selection via the StarRez Portal. Additionally, there some spaces available in McAllister Residence Hall in the StarRez system for current students.

Once rooms and/or bed spaces are filled in a particular res hall, occupied spaces will no longer display on the StarRez room selection page. If there’s a particular preference you are interested in and it’s not available in the StarRez portal, please send your requests for review to the Res Life Office at housing@csum.edu.

In the StarRez housing application, there is a "Room Change Process" page through your StarRez application. If you would like to change your tentative room, request a different residence hall, or change roommate selection, please utilize change option features in your StarRez application.  These features will be available through the end of the Spring Semester.

Please understand that residents are selecting a "tentative" bed space when participating in room selection. Requests are dependent on availability and it is not a guarantee that our office will be able to grant your request. Residence Life will review all requests submitted and will communicate any updates throughout the remainder of semester and throughout summer months. We will do our best to accommodate change requests. 

Once rooms and/or bed spaces are filled in a particular res hall, occupied spaces will no longer display on the StarRez room selection page. If there’s a particular preference you are interested in and it’s not available in the StarRez portal, please send your requests for review to the Res Life Office at housing@csum.edu.

In the StarRez housing application, there's a "Single Room Requests" waitlist page for residents to opt into. This page will become active when the room selection process begins. If you would like to be on the waitlist for a single room, please submit your request via the wait list page through your StarRez application. 

Please understand that a single occupant room is not a guaranteed housing option here at Cal Maritime. Students should expect to have a roommate. If opportunity allows, single rooms are dependent on availability each semester. Residence Life will review all requests submitted and will communicate any updates throughout the remainder of semester and throughout summer months. 

If you need to change your meal plan selection, there is a "Meal Plan Change Process" page through your StarRez application. If you would like to change your meal plan option, please utilize change option features in your StarRez application. Please make any meal plan changes in your StarRez application prior to July 1st, 2024. 

Once the year begins, you will need speak with the Cashier's Office in the Financial Services Department to update your meal plan. 

While Residence Life collects your initial meal plan choice in StarRez during the room selection process, our office does not oversee the meal plan, its prices, or any process related to dining. All dining related services are managed by Sodexo. For more information regarding meal plan, dining, and the food services program, please visit their webpage. 

All tentative room assignments will be reviewed throughout the remainder of the semester and throughout summer. Once assignments are confirmed, all room assignment emails will be sent to students by August via your @csum.edu account. The email includes details regarding your specific room assignment, your roommate information, and your check-in time for Fall 2024 Move-in Day. 

For questions or more information about the room selection process, please contact Residence Life.

If you don’t participate in the room / roommate process, Residence Life will assign you a room and roommate. Our office will try our best to pair you with someone within your divisional company, major, and / or interests.

After room selection week concludes and you find someone you would like to room with at a later point, use the "Room Change Process" page in your StarRez application to input your requests for updated hall & roommate preferences. 

There may be a couple of reasons for your issue. Below are a couple of troubleshooting tips to try. Additionally, please review our "how-to" guides in the current student drop-down menu at the top of the page.

1. If you log into your StarRez application and you don't have access to the "Room Selection Page" feature, please log out of your StarRez Portal and log in again. If you log in early before your time slot opens, you will be delayed. It is best to log in after your designated time slot (after 8 AM or after 2 PM).

2. Log out of the StarRez Portal and clear your browser's cache. Log back into the StarRez Portal after your time slot opened. 

3. Double check your "Class Of" and GPA data. The time slot information is recorded and imported from your PeopleSoft account. The timeslot are assigned according to the data important via PeopleSoft.

4. If you completed your housing application completed after the initial deadline, you will have a delayed timeslot. Please send an email to housing@csum.edu to receive a new time slot. 

All open and unassigned rooms/bed spaces are available for occupancy use. Any student who missed the room selection window and will be enrolled for the upcoming academic year, will be assigned a room assignment (unless student has been approved for off-campus housing status). 

If there is an open bed space in the tentative room selected, plan to have a roommate added to the room space. The Residence Life Office will be auto-creating assignments for residential students enrolled for the upcoming year, but missed the StarRez room selection timeframe.

No.  If you received an official ADSO room accommodation, you do not need to participate in the StarRez room selection process. You will need to just complete your general housing application.

The  Res Life Office creates the specific assignment for ADSO related accommodations. There are no ADSO spaces available for selection in the StarRez system. 

If you received an ADSO accommodation and you participate in the room selection process,  your StarRez selection will be adjusted and changed to a different assignment. 

At the start of each semester, there is a window for open room transfers where requests are accepted during the room consolidation period. After the room consolidation / open room transfer period is complete, any requests for a room change will be reviewed by Residence Life and subject to availability.

Should the room change request occur due to roommate conflicts, residents must address the conflict with your roommate directly. If issues continue, your RHO will conduct a roommate mediation and complete a Roommate Agreement between you and your roommate. If either roommate is not adhering to the Roommate Agreement, then notify your RHO who will determine best course of action (either to amend the agreement or potential escalate to Professional Staff).