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Housing Lottery

Housing selection at Brown University is unique; the students on Residential Council in collaboration the Office of Residential Life has designed it. Our Housing Lottery gives you maximum flexibility  with the greatest ease of selection possible. It also features a number of alternatives to the Lottery such as Program Houses and Cooperative Houses. The best advice for this process is to gather as much information as possible so that you will be able to make informed decisions.  Read this website, keep realistic expectations, and plan ahead!
This website contains all policy and procedure for the Lottery. On the Residential Council website you will find advice, past Lottery results, senior priority numbers, and the Lottery Application. On the days of Lottery, the Residential Council Website will also feature the live lottery broadcast.

An overview of the housing selection process:

1. Are you considering joining a Program House or Cooperative House Recruitment ends on Super Deadline Day (see the Residential Calendar), and all other special housing requests, such as special interest, squatting and Disability Support Services, must be submitted by this date. 
2. Students in Program and Cooperative Houses, DSS housing, off campus, and those going abroad do not participate in the Housing Lottery.
3. Did you know that you can probably keep your current room for next year? Check our (link:)squatting policy to see if you qualify.
4. You may enter the Lottery in a group of one to twelve students. In the Lottery, your group may pick any combination of rooms, but for one person in the group to pick housing, all members of the group must pick housing.
5. Once you have your group, fill out our online application, and you are in the Lottery!  You will be assigned a Lottery number based on the semester levels of those in your group. Priority numbers will be called in order, and each group will have the opportunity to select housing.
6. If you do not receive housing during the Lottery, you must enter the Summer Waitlist process.

If you have any questions about the Housing Lottery, please feel free to post on Residential Council's forum or to contact the Office of Residential Life by email at Res_Life@brown.edu or by visiting the office in North Wayland. We are here to assist you in any way we can. Good luck!