Apply for Housing
Beginning of the Spring of 2025, Residence Life made the transition to eRezLife, which is a Housing and Residence Life software system. eRezLife at Southeast Community College will enhance the residential experience by providing students a more hands-on approach to the Housing process. With eRezLife, students who submit their housing applications in a timely manner will get to take part in the “Room Lottery Process”, which means that students will get to pick their own room!
To begin the Housing process, please use the link below to log into eRezLife. Please note that eRezLife uses Single Sign-On, meaning that only students accepted to SCC will be able to access the platform. This also means that all communications regarding Housing will be sent to the student’s SCC email address.
eRezLife Tutorials
To aid students in their application process, Residence Life has developed the following guides that walk through applying for Housing at SCC. We highly encourage all students to utilize these guides and reach out to Residence Life if they have any additional questions.
- Welcome to eRezLife
- How to Apply for Housing
- How to Search for Roommates or Create a Roommate Group
- Participating in the Room Selection Process
Housing Process and Timeline
Accepted SCC students will need to log into eRezLife using the link above to fill out their Housing application (log in with your SCC username and password). Once applications are submitted, new students who have not lived on campus will need to pay the $150 Room Readiness/Reservation Fee by contacting Student Accounts at 402-437-2669. This fee is non-refundable and goes towards the annual turnover of the room and other incidental costs incurred during a resident’s entire stay at SCC.
After students have applied, they will need to periodically check their SCC email for essential updates from Residence Life, including notifications regarding their potential room selection timeframes (if eligible), room/roommate assignments, move-in times, etc.
With eRezLife, Residence Life will have different timelines of when applications will open and when room selections will begin:
Timeline for New Students
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WHEN |
WHAT |
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Fall Semester: |
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October 1st (of previous year) |
Fall Housing Application for next academic year opens. |
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March 1st (of current year) |
Initial Deadline for Fall Housing Application – Room Lottery to be configured after this date. |
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April 14th (of current year) |
Room Selection begins for applicants who applied before April 1st. |
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May 1st (of current year) |
Last day to apply to participate in the Room Selection Process. Applications received after this date will be auto-assigned rooms as space allows after the Room Selection ends. |
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May 14th (of current year) |
Room Selection begins for applicants who applied between April 1st and May 1st. |
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June 5th (of current year) |
Room Selection Ends. Room Lottery applicants without an assignment will be auto-assigned a room. |
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June 15th (of current year) |
Deadline to cancel for the Fall semester to have $150 Room Readiness Fee refunded. |
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Spring Semester: |
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September 1st (of current Fall semester) |
Spring Housing Application for current academic year opens. |
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November 1st (of current Fall semester) |
Initial Deadline for the Spring semester - Room Lottery to be configured after this date. |
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November 10th – 14th (of current Fall semester) |
Room Selection Week for New Spring Semester Students. New Students who do not select a room by the end of the week will have one automatically assigned to them. |
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November 15th (of current Fall semester) |
Deadline to cancel for Spring semester to have $150 Room Readiness Fee refunded. |
Timeline for Returning Residents
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WHEN |
WHAT |
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Fall Semester: |
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January 1st (of current year) |
Fall Housing Application for next academic year opens. |
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February 15th (of current year) |
Last day to pre-select current room for Fall semester. |
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February 20th (of current year) |
Initial Deadline for Fall Housing Application – Room Lottery to be configured after this date. |
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March 1st (of current year) |
Room Selection begins for Returning Residents who applied before this date. |
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April 1st (of current year) |
Room Selection ends. Returning Residents without an assignment will be auto-assigned a room. |
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Last Day of Spring Semester (of current year) |
Current Residents who have not yet applied will be considered as not returning in the Fall. |
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June 15th (of current year) |
Deadline to cancel for Fall semester without penalty. |
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Spring Semester: |
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September 15th (of current Fall semester) |
Spring Application for current academic year opens. Returning Residents do NOT need to reapply unless they want to change rooms. For those not returning in the Spring, please see the Housing Intent Process section in the Residence Life Handbook. |
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October 15th (of current Fall semester) |
Initial application deadline for the Spring - Room Lottery to be configured after this date. Room change requests received after this date will not be considered. |
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October 25th – November 9th (of current Fall semester) |
Room Selection Period for Returning Residents wishing to change rooms for the Spring. |
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November 15th (of current Fall semester) |
Last day to cancel for the Spring semester without penalty. |
Important Dates for All Students
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WHEN |
WHAT |
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March 15 |
Last day to cancel contract for Summer term |
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April 15 |
Priority deadline for Fall semester Housing accommodations |
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June 15 |
Last day to cancel contract for Fall semester without penalty (new students forfeit Room Readiness Fee; returning students are charged a Late Cancellation Fee) |
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October 5 |
Priority deadline for Spring semester Housing accommodations |
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November 15 |
Last day to cancel contract for Spring semester without penalty (new students forfeit Room Readiness Fee; returning students are charged a Late Cancellation Fee) |
ASSIGNMENT PRIORITY
Housing assignments are made on a first-come, first-served basis after the contract and Room Readiness/Reservation Fee are both received. The timeframe in which you submit both of these is crucial to ensure that you have a spot reserved on campus for the upcoming semester. In general, returning students will have priority over incoming students, and students who submit their applications and Room Readiness/Reservation Fee earlier will have priority over later applicants. We will accept contracts up through the beginning of the term, provided space is still available.