Room Change Policy

As a resident student at Midwestern State University, students have a right to an environment which is conducive to study, to sleep, for learning and leisure. When individual needs come in conflict with those of other community members, it is the responsibility of the individual with concerns to initiate action addressing and alleviating these concerns.

The student should make all reasonable efforts to address his/her concerns, needs, and desires with the individual(s) involved. To effectively resolve conflict within the community, students must accept responsibility for themselves and their actions, as well as take responsibility for respectful interacting with their community and its individuals. 

A student may address his/her concerns to a Residence Life & Housing staff member. Although staff members are assigned the responsibility for discipline and residence education, as a general rule, matters should be referred to them only after the individual has reasonably attempted to resolve his/her concerns. Residence Life and Housing staff are available to assist the individual student in addressing or alleviating concerns.

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1. Students may change rooms/apartments only with written permission from the Office of Residence Life & Housing. This includes changes of bed within a room/apartment. 
2. Room changes may not take place during the first ten class days of the Fall and Spring semesters. 
3. On the Monday of the second week of classes, room change request forms may be obtained via Mustangs Link. When approved, students are responsible for properly checking in and out of their respective rooms with a Resident Assistant in accordance with the check-in and check-out policies. 
4. Students who change rooms or bed assignments within a room without expressed written permission from the Office of Residence Life & Housing may be required to move back to their assigned space, and maybe assessed improper check-out charges. Every effort will be made to honor room change requests; however, changes can only be approved as space is available. 

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1. Go to Mustangs Link
2. Log In using your MSU Texas credentials
3. Click on “Forms”
4. Search “Room Change Request”
5. Complete the form titled “current semester/year - Room Change Request form”

Spring 2024 room change requests are now closed. Any changes that need to be made to a resident's current space need to be discussed with their Hall Director. For more information, please contact housing@msutexas.edu. 

Fall 2024 Room Change Request

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Legacy, McCullough Trigg, Sunwatcher Village, and Sundance Court feature single-occupancy rooms by design.  Please note that double room buyout options in Killingsworth and Legacy will not be considered until after the new student room selection process is held over the summer.

Students requesting a room buyout option in Killingsworth or Legacy may complete the Apartment and Private Room Waitlist on Mustangs Link.  Requests will be honored in the order of receipt, based on availability.

Fall 2024 Private Room Waitlist is currently not available until September 2024. Please contact the Office of Residence Life and Housing for more information.

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Apartment spaces in Sunwatcher Village and Sundance Court are exceptionally popular and make up approximately 35% of the total housing offered on campus.  Even more popular are our two-bedroom units.  These make up less than 10% of the housing available to students on campus. 

Many students return to their same room in the apartments, further decreasing the number of spaces available to other students who wish to live in Sunwatcher Village and Sundance Court.  Year after year, we are unable to accommodate all requests for apartment-style housing during the initial phases of our room selection process.  The longer you’ve lived on campus, the more likely you are to secure a space in an apartment. 

After room selection each year, students unable to secure an apartment during the selection process will have the opportunity to sign up on an apartment waiting list. We will begin working through the apartment waiting list as cancellations are received throughout the summer until August 1^st.  After August 1^st, any subsequent room changes will occur after the first two weeks of the Fall Semester.

Students are encouraged to check the housing portal for updated room assignment information and to ensure an updated email address is listed in the event we need to contact you prior to the Fall semester.

Students requesting to be on the apartment waiting list may complete the Apartment and Private Room Waitlist on Mustangs Link.  Requests will be honored in the order of receipt, based on availability.

 

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