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UNIVERSITY IOWA HOUSING & DINING

2019-20 Room Selection Guide

Accessing Your Application

• Using your HawkID and password, log into your MyUI account:

https://myui.uiowa.edu/

Accessing Your Application (cont.)

• Scroll down to the Student Involvement and Support Section.

• Click on ‘Housing Application.’

Accessing Your Application (cont.)

• You will be taken to a new page to enter your HawkID and password again to access

your housing application.

Accessing Room Selection

• Scroll down and select

‘Academic Year 2019-20’

• Click on ‘Application’

along the top of the page.

Accessing Room Selection (cont.)

• When your room selection

timeslot opens, in the status

bar, scroll over to Step 10:

Choose Your Room – Fall

2019.

• If you were under 18 when

you applied for housing,

room selection will begin on

Step 11.

• You will be able to progress past the first few

pages of the application, but will not be able to

access the Room Selection page until your

assigned timeslot opens. We encourage you to

wait to log in to your application until your timeslot

opens.

Choose Your Room

• On the introduction page, are

some additional instructions.

• We will be updating space

available in LLCs/buildings

throughout the day. If a

community is full, you will not be

able to access it.

Choose Your Room: Your Community

• Scroll down and select the building that houses a

community you would like to look for a room in.

• LLCs – if you have accepted into an LLC, you

will only be able to select a room in that LLC.

• New Student Housing – if you have not

joined an LLC, you will select in New Student

Housing.

• Honors – only students that have accepted

into the honors program and not joined an

LLC will be eligible to select a room in Daum

as space allows.

Choose Your Room: Select a Floor & Room • In the Choose your Floor section, you will

be able to see what room types are

available within each LLC of a particular

building and their room numbers.

• You are only able to see spaces that match

your community preferences and gender.

• Select a room you would

like to live in.

Choose Your Room: Selecting a Bed

• Select your

bed space.

• If you would like to see where a

particular room is on the floor

plan, you are able to zoom in

on the diagram.

Choose Your Room: Selecting a Bed

• Once you have

selected a room,

you can select

your bed space as

well as assign

your confirmed

roommate/s to

the additional

space/s in the

room.

Choose Your Room: Selecting a Bed & Assigning Your Confirmed Roommate

• In the drop down menu, you can

assign your bed space.

• Please note that if you do not

assign yourself and

roommate/s before the timer

runs you, you will need to re-

select a room.

• Now is the time to assign your

confirmed roommate to your room!

• Click Reserve Beds and you’re all set!

Mayflower 204A-1

Mayflower 204A-2

Choose Your Room: Assigning Confirmed Roommates to Suite Style Rooms

• Interested in living in a suite style room on

Campus?

• Suite Style rooms are available in Mayflower and

Burge

• Mayflower: New Student Housing

• Burge: People in Engineering and New

Student Housing

• Spaces in Mayflower have two rooms

joined by a shared bathroom and

kitchen.

• Spaces in Burge have two rooms joined

by a shared bathroom.

Choose Your Room: Assigning Confirmed Roommates to Suite Style Rooms (cont.)

• To pull in confirmed roommates,

find a space that has space for all

roommates. 2/2

• You will then want to highlight the

bed spaces you would like to put you

and your confirmed roommate into.

Choose Your Room: Assigning Confirmed Roommates to Suite Style Rooms (cont.)

• You will assign

yourself to a

bed space first.

• Then, you will assign your confirmed roommate to a bed space.

College Renters Insurance – Explore Your Options

■ The University of Iowa is not

liable for damages that may

occur to your room.

■ Optional renters insurance is

available through GradGuard.

■ Select “Start my enrollment”

to learn more. You will be

returned to your housing

application automatically.

■ Click “I decline” if you have

coverage through a family

plan, or are not interested in

GradGuard.

Selecting a Meal Plan• After you select a room,

you will be able to select a

meal plan for 2019-20.

• Most students will need to

have a Gold or Black Meal

Plan.

• If you selected a room in

Mayflower, you will have a

kitchen in your room and

will be able to select the

Hawkeye Meal Plan.

• Click the blue link to begin.

• You’ll be taken to the

website where you monitor

your meals and Hawkeye

Dollars.

Selecting a Meal Plan (cont.)• Login with your Hawk ID and password.

• Click ‘Purchase Fall 2019 Meal Plan’.

• Select your desired meal plan.

• Agree to the Terms & Conditions.

• View your meal plan selection.

Choose Your Room: Trying to Access an LLC You Didn’t Preference • Please pay close

attention to what

communities you

have access to and

which communities

you are trying to

select a room in.

• You may be able to

highlight a room or

floor in a community

you did not

preference before

receiving an error

message. Proceed

with caution.

Choose Your Room: Trying to Access an LLC You Didn’t Preference

• You will see this error if you have attempted to select a room in a community you do

not have access to or a room that does not match your roommate eligibility.

• To look for a different room, toggle back to the ‘Building’

tab.

Changing Your Room

• This is not recommended. We cannot guarantee that you will be able to access you original

space once you move.

• Please note, if you are in a confirmed roommate pair, you will not be able to move your

roommate with you. Proceed with caution.

• To change rooms after you have selected

into one, you will need to click on Step 14:

New Resident Room Change – Fall 2019.

Changing Your Room (cont.)

• Since the room selection portal is live, you will only be able to see spaces in communities you are

eligible for that are open at that moment in time.

• To look at potentially open spaces, you will follow the same process you initially did to select a

room: Select building, room, and then bed space.

• Once you have selected a new room, you will see this information updated on your Application

Status page.

Future Hawkeyes – Questions? Please contact Contracts & Assignments.

Our office can be reached Monday-Friday between 8:00am-4:30pm CST. Please include your full

name and 8-digit university ID number in all communication with our office.

Parents & Families – Please encourage your Hawkeye to reach out to us with any questions. As we

work to help students prepare to live independently on campus, we will only discuss student

specific information with the students. However, we are able to discuss our general policies and

procedures with families. Our office is willing to talk with both students and families as long as

both are on the call at the same time.

Questions?

Phone: 319-335-3000

Email: [email protected]