Campus Housing FAQ's
Congratulations on your acceptance to Saint Mary's! Visit this page for more information on applying for campus housing. Students interested in living on campus for the upcoming year must submit an online housing application through the StarRez housing portal that can be found on your MYSMC resources page. For further information for students new to the College, visit Your Pathway To SMC.
Yes, you can go back into your housing application through the StarRez housing portal to edit your roommate request. Please remember that desired roommates must be mutually linked/connected (both roommates must accept each other) through the housing application.
No. First year students are accommodated in residence halls located on central campus. To learn more about these residence halls, click here.
When you complete the housing application you will note your interest. Living Learning Communities (LLCs) available to first-year students include the STEM/Science LLC in Assumption Hall and the Honors Program LLC in Aquinas Hall.
Students are able to create their profile though the online housing application, which will be viewed by other students upon selecting a room. Remember to be honest about your living habits through the questionnaire.
If you want to request a specific roommate, both students must use their profile names to mutually request, connect and accept each other through the housing application.
Priority is based on when you submit your housing application. The sooner you submit your online housing application, the earlier appointment time slot you will receive to choose your room.
No. Each student chooses their own space, but it is up to students to coordinate outside of StarRez if they want to be with a specific roommate. You will fill out a questionnaire about your living habits, which other students can view during the room selection process.
Campus Housing will provide double and single-occupancy rooms to promote physical distancing for the upcoming 2022-2023 academic year. The majority of rooms in first-year halls are doubles.
Yes, please visit the COVID resources webpage for details.
Students will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine or have an approved vaccine exemption in order to live in on-campus housing. Students who receive a vaccine exemption will receive information regarding expectations & guidelines and will undergo weekly COVID testing. We highly encourage students who are eligible to recieve a booster. Please visit the College's resources webpage for the latest updates regarding requirements!
For more information about this requirement, click here.
Yes. During the 2021-2022 academic year, we isolate or quarantine residents who become positive with COVID-19 and are unable to travel home. This will include procedures for health checks, emotional support, meal delivery, and other support services. Quarantine and isolated living areas are available on campus should any student test positive.
Visitors & Guests of Residents
Visitors and guests of residential students are allowed on campus, as long as they adhere to the guidelines set forth in the Residence Hall Visitor Policy for Residential Students. This includes wearing facial coverings whenever inside the residence halls and other building on campus. Please contact the Office of Residential Experience for any questions/concerns: reslife@stmarys-ca.edu; (925) 631-4236.
Yes. Residential staff will continue to engage and connect with residents through in-person, virtual, and unique programming. Activities have included on-site food trucks, outdoor movie nights, ice cream pint pick-up nights, and pumpkin carving contests. Residential staff including Resident Advisors, Resident Directorss and the Residence Hall Association will continue to provide programming for residential students.
All laundry costs are included with housing, so no coins or swipe cards are needed. Bring your own detergent (no pods, please). Some buildings share laundry facilities. Please observe maximum capacity modifications in all laundry rooms.
Yes, but coordinate with your roommates to make sure you aren’t bringing duplicates. We also have microwave-mini-fridge combos to rent for the school year.
There is no standard wattage or bed lift measurements because these vary from building to building. Some beds can be lofted (which could accommodate a desk underneath) and some beds can only be lifted (which will accommodate under-bed storage). You can request these changes via a Work Order after you move in.
Within the first year halls, there are a limited number of communcal kitchens.
First year residence halls only have heating. Townhouses have A/C and heating.
Two residence halls have elevators (Augustine and Aquinas).
We currently have singles available for residents in the central and canyon sections of the residence halls.
Yes.
Only for students living (all first years and students in the suite style housing) on campus. If you don’t live on campus, you can purchase an optional meal plan.
Flex dollars are loaded to your student ID card and can be used to purchase food on campus at the dining hall or cafe louis, and off-campus at certain restaurants and stores in town.
Click here to learn more about flex dollars and where to use it!
The supercharged flex dollars plan purchased with your meal plan will roll over from fall to spring semesters but not year-to-year. Supercharged flex dollars not used by the end of spring are lost. Any additional flex dollars you add yourself during the school year do rollover year-to-year.
No. The only difference is some meal plans provide more Flex Dollars than meals in Oliver Hall.
Yes, food deliveries may be made to your residence hall.
Lounges are currently open, with capacity limits. While not actively eating or drinking, residents must wear facial coverings within the lounges.