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Continuing Student Housing Selection Process

Welcome to Housing Selection 2025–2026 for current Biola Students!

Begin the Process

  1. Get Informed!

    • Attend the apartment and/or residence hall information session to learn about the housing application process.

  2. Start working on your Housing Application & Roommate Matching today.

    • Submit your Continuing Student Housing Application by the designated deadline. Your selection time will be sent to you before your selection day.
    • Find the Housing Application on the StarRez Portal.
      • If you are not currently in undergraduate housing, you will be paying the $250 Housing Deposit within the application through different payment methods provided by Stripe. Otherwise, if you are a current Biola Housing resident, you should be able to fill out the application as soon as you log-in and provide your information.
      • You will also be able to roommate match within the application.
    • Please be sure to complete the application in its entirety!

  3. Attend an Info Session.

    • Please refer to our emails and the @biola_hrl Instagram for the schedule of the info sessions.
    • All current undergraduate residents are required to attend one info session.
      • For inquiries, please reach out to your building's Resident Director/Graduate Assistant.

  4. Complete your Roommate Matching

    • For students who are applying to be in a double occupancy room or a two-person apartment:
      • One person has to send a roommate invite to the other roommate.
      • The other roommate must go back to the Housing Application and visit the "Roommate Selection" page to accept the invite.
    • For students who are applying to be in a triple-occupancy room OR a three-person or four-person apartment:
      • One person has to send an invite to the other two/three, and the rest must accept the invite (example: Annie invites Priscilla and Symphony to fill their room of three. Symphony accepts Annie’s invite. Priscilla accepts Annie’s invite).
      • Once all of the members have accepted the group leader’s invite, your group is completely matched!

Selection Schedule

  • February 17 — Application and roommate matching open
  • March 7 — Apartment application and roommate matching deadline
  • March 24 — Residence halls application deadline (roommate matching stays open)
  • March 13 — Apartment selection (Beachcomber, Li, Lido, Tradewinds, Tropicana, Welch) If you were not offered an apartment during the apartment selection, then you will automatically be included in the residence hall lotteries
  • March 25 - Current seniors/juniors selection
  • March 26 — Current sophomores selection
  • March 27 — Current freshman/first year selection

Selection Process Details

Apartment Selection

First Step of Apartment Selection

  • Who participates: Fully matched groups of 2,3 or 4 roommates who are apartment eligible. To be apartment eligible, you need to have achieved 60 units by the first day of fall classes.
  • What is the Apartment Raffle? First Phase: The first phase is a process that organizes apartment-eligible groups by seniority (class credit) and guarantees apartments starting with the highest-ranking roommate group until all apartment spaces are filled.
  • How priority/seniority is determined: Priority is given to current Biola Housing residents who will be seniors in the coming school year (88+ credits in progress). The more upcoming seniors who are also living in Biola Housing that you have in your roommate group, the higher your priority will be.

Second Step of Apartment Selection

  • We will provide instructions for this step soon — stay tuned!

Residence Hall Selection

  • Step 1: Go to the StarRez Portal.
  • Step 2: Select the term for which you are applying to revisit your application.

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  • Step 3: Go to Room Selection Information.

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  • Step 4: Select your desired building.
    • You will only be seeing options that are available for your roommate group (whether you're a 2-person or 3-person roommate group) and classification (in this case, Continuing Student buildings).
    • If you selected a building in the Initial Selection page, and you decide not to select a room in that building, do not worry! You can use the filters to view other options based on location or building.

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  • Step 5: Select your desired room (you can use the filters on the left column) and click "Add to Cart" then "Save & Continue".
    • In this example, you can see that each room has a code that looks like this: BLCK-03-301. This simply means that the "item" is in Blackstone, on the 3rd floor, and in room 301.
    • You only have 7 minutes after adding your room to your cart to make changes and save your selection.

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  • Step 6: Assign a bed space for you and your roommate/s.
    • The additional number at the end of the room code simply refers to the bed space. HORS-05-541-1 means Bed #1, and HORS-05-541-2 means Bed #2. You can just randomly assign these bed spaces to you and your roommate/s.

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  • Step 7: Confirm your room selection.

Then you and your roommate/s are all set! Be on the lookout for emails about checking in for the Fall 2025–Spring 2026 academic year!

Late Applicant Selection

  • When: Ongoing after the conclusion of normal residence hall selection.
  • Who participates: Any applicant who has not yet selected a bed and is a residency required student who has not been approved to commute!
  • How priority is established: This is a first-come-first-serve selection process.
  • Details:
    • All students will be required to have matched with a roommate in order to select their housing for next year. If you are having trouble finding a roommate, please attend the roommate mixer and contact the Housing office.

Intent to Commute

If you would like to commute, you will need to complete the following steps:

  • Please review the Residency Requirement Policy located in the Student Housing Handbook.
  • If you are a student over the age of 21 and want to commute to Biola from a parent’s/guardian’s home OR live in non-Biola Housing, please complete the Intent to Commute Form found on the StarRez Portal.
  • If you are under 21 years old and would like to commute from your parents’/guardians’ home, please complete the Intent to Commute Form found on the StarRez Portal.
  • If you are under 21 years old and would like to commute from a location where your parent(s)/guardian(s) aren't present, please fill out the Request to Commute Exception Form.

If circumstances change and you would like to live in Biola Housing after all, you can always reach out and the Housing and Residence Life Team will be happy to house you!

Special Requests and Accommodations

This section is under construction as we want to provide updated links and information as soon as they are ready.

Housing Contract, Cancellations and Rates

  • You are contracted for the FULL academic year (Fall Semester–Spring Semester) once you or a matched roommate select an apartment/room during any of the selection processes
  • Cancellation fees apply after selecting a room or apartment. Please refer to our Undergraduate Student Housing Handbook.
  • You cannot change your room after selecting it.
  • View Housing Rates for the upcoming year.