Living Learning Communities (LLCs)

Self-Select Process Overview 

• Browser Tip: When accessing eLiving, use a web browser other than Chrome to ensure optimal performance. Chrome may interfere with room selection functionality.

• Review 2026-27 academic year housing and food rates.

• Available rooms for your specific LLC will be displayed in eLiving starting on the date listed on timeline. You cannot select a room until your assigned date and time. Only designated rooms for your LLC will be displayed. Room availability may differ from the current year due to space reserved for incoming first-year students or medical accommodations.

• Once a room is selected, it will no longer appear as available.

• Each LLC determines the order in which students are scheduled to self-select a room. This may be based on points earned, semester standing, etc. The Housing Assignment Office does not determine this order.

• Your assigned self-select date and time displays in eLiving > Summary > LLC HFS Contract . The first section of your LLC HFS Contract also displays the process and start date and time.

• Room assignment changes can be made until 12 p.m. (noon) on the deadline indicated on the timeline.

• If a student does not select a room, the Housing Assignment Office will process a room assignment on their behalf - not selecting a room will not release the student from the HFS Contract obligation.

Requesting a roommate in your LLC

If you'd like to live with a roommate in your LLC, here's what you need to know:

• Both students must have accepted a HFS Contract for the same LLC to participate in the self-select process.

• Each student must enter their roommate's Penn State Access Account in the "Housing Contract Data" section.  

• Roommate requests must be mutual - both students must indicate each other as a roommate preference for the request to be confirmed.

• Once the roommate status shows as confirmed, the student with the earliest self-select date can choose a room assignment for both students. The roommate pair should confirm who has the earliest self-select date. 

• For confirmed roommate pairs, only rooms that can accommodate both students will be displayed during selection. 

• Room assignments can be changed until the indicated deadline. However, if one student in the pair changes their room assignment after the initial selection, the room change is only applied to that student, not the roommate. The roommate will also need to process the room change if they wish to move as well. 

Requesting a roommate who is not your LLC

If you'd like to request a roommate who is not a member of your LLC, you can still indicate them as a roommate preference. Here's how it works:

• Enter your roommate's Penn State Access Account as a roommate preference. The roommate's name will show as pending.

• Roommate requests must be mutual - both students must list each other as a roommate preference. Housing preferences can be updated in eLiving > Contracts > Update Preferences until the housing preferences modification deadline.

• When you self-select a room assignment, the non-LLC roommate request will not be assigned at that time.

• The Housing Assignment Office will review roommate requests to determine if it's feasible to assign the pair together. If there is not enough space in the LLC to accommodate both students, they may be assigned to a different housing area.

This process allows flexibility while maintaining the integrity of LLC housing assignments. Be sure to communicate with your roommate and check your preferences before the deadline!

Timeline

These steps should be followed at the student's scheduled self-select time:

1. Log on to eLiving using a web browser other than Chrome

2. REFRESH YOUR BROWSER >>>>> This action is important if the student logged in to eLiving prior to their scheduled begin time. Refreshing the browser at the designated time will update the page so it allows the self-selection process to be active

3. Go to My Info > My Room 

4. Select the correct campus and contract period UP > fall 2026-spring 2027

5. If applicable, add roommate preference in the "Housing Contract Data" section on the My Room page. 

6. Under the Room Search section, click on the available area, building, floor, and room types to view the list of available rooms

7. Select a room

8. Click the Take This Room button to confirm choice
   
   The Take This Room button will NOT APPEAR unless it's the students scheduled time to select a room!
   
   If multiple students are trying to select the same room at the same time, the system can only assign one person to the room. Depending on who clicks the "Take This Room" button first, it is possible that a student may NOT be assigned to the selected room.  

9. Confirm room selection has been processed by making sure that the room selected appears in the top section of the My Room page 

During the LLC self-selection timeframe, students will be able to view their selected room assignment in eLiving. 

• After the self-selection process ends, the room assignment display feature will be turned off. This allows the Housing Assignment Office to process room assignments for other students

• LLC members' room assignments will NOT change unless a change is necessary to accommodate a roommate pair.

• Room assignments will be viewable again on the posting date and will display your room and building assignment and roommate(s) - name, Penn State Access Account, and cell phone (if available).

To view your room assignment, go to eLiving > My Info > My Room