Guaranteed First Year Students - Housing and Residence Life Services

Congratulations on receiving a guaranteed residence offer!

Our community of more than 3600 students provides a dynamic and diverse environment with many opportunities for academic and personal growth. No matter where you are from, we are excited to welcome you to your new home in residence at Carleton.

The guaranteed offer is for a traditional double room.

Our online portal for 2024-2025 Residence will open on February 1, 2024 at 10:00 am. The deadline to accept guaranteed offers is June 10, 2024.

Please note: A guaranteed offer is only given to students entering first-year in the Fall from a secondary school or CEGEP, who receive an offer of admission on or before May 17, 2024. If you are not qualified for a guaranteed offer of residence, you can still apply as a Non-Guaranteed First Year Student.

Accepting Your Guaranteed Offer

Please also look at our important dates and deadlines for more information.

You must first accept your offer of admission to Carleton University before you can accept your guaranteed offer of residence and wait for your application status on Carleton360 to display “Applicant Acceptance”. There may be a delay of 3 or 4 days between the time you accept the offer of admission and are able to accept your offer of residence. Please do not wait until the last day to accept your offer of residence, as the deadline of June 10, 2024 is strictly being adhered to.

How to accept your residence offer:

Step 1: Accept your guaranteed residence offer online by clicking the link below. You will require MC1 credentials to log into the portal.

ACCEPT YOUR OFFER HERE

Step 2: Read and accept the terms of the 2024-2025 Residence Agreement. The 2024-2025 Residence Agreement is currently pending final approval.

Step 3: Pay your non-refundable Residence Advance Payment (RAP) through the portal.

Please do not pay this to your Student Account – it will go unnoticed and will appear that you did not accept your residence offer. The non-refundable residence advanced payment ($700) can be paid by credit card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express, any Visa/Debit* cards) or by Interac. Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, and First Nations may use the Interac option.

Step 4: Be sure to pay the RAP, complete, and save your application by June 10, 2024 in order to be placed in the room lottery.

Step 5: Check your Carleton email to ensure your residence acceptance is confirmed and for a receipt of the $700 RAP.

Note: All email correspondence will go to your Carleton email account. Please check your Carleton email account on a regular basis.

If you have not yet set up your Carleton account, please click here for instructions.

Residence Advance Payment (RAP)

If your plans change after accepting your offer, please cancel by June 10, 2024. Please visit our Cancellation Policy page for more information.

Room Assignment Process for Guaranteed First Year Students

Room Assignment Process

You have received a guaranteed offer for a double traditional room. In your application, you can include your request(s) for special accommodation based on the documented need. Please understand that there is no guarantee that your special accommodation request can be granted.

Traditional-style residence buildings are randomly assigned and we do not accept requests for accommodation to specific buildings.

Roommate/Suitemate Matching

Roommate matching is based on the answers provided in your Residence Questionnaire. Please answer these questions as accurately as possible so that we can find the best possible match of roommate/suitemate for you.

Some factors that we take into consideration when matching roommates/suitemates are:

Request for all gender/single gender floors
Smoking (although all residences are smoke free)
Answers regarding personal lifestyle

Roommate groups are encouraged, but are not mandatory. If you are not requesting a friend, you can review the list of suggested roommates based on your responses in the questionnaire.

Room Changes

We will begin accepting room change requests on September 30, 2024. Room changes are offered on a first come, first serve basis according to student type and availability. While every attempt is made to accommodate room change requests, a new room assignment is not always readily available. Residents will be contacted if and when there is a new room assignment to consider. More information regarding room changes can be found here.

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