News & Information
All Residence Halls are now
CLOSED
for the summer months
Welcome to Bradley University!
As you prepare for orientation, the rest of the summer, and coming to Bradley – where am I going to live is likely one of those important questions you want answered. Below is a listing of Frequently Asked Questions to help you with this process.
You will receive more detailed information at orientation and you will receive your housing assignment for the fall on or before August 10th.
Frequently Asked Questions
Housing Preferences
- Where do I go to sign up for housing?
https://admissions.bradley.edu/ssl/yourbradley/ - log in to yourBradley. In here you can make preferences for what building you would like to live in, fill out the roommate survey, and make a roommate request.
- Do I need to make a housing deposit before I can go online to submit my choices?
Yes, you need to make a housing deposit of $100 before you can access any of the housing information. Most likely, you have already done this when you made the initial deposit to the University. If you have access to the housing information, you have made your housing deposit.
- What determines how I get my first request of halls?
Preference order is determined by your housing deposit date. The earlier this date, the more likely it is you will receive your first preference in a residence hall.
- Will I loose my “spot” if I make changes to my original preferences?
You can go in to yourBradley and make as many changes as you would like to your preferences and it does not change your housing deposit date. Your housing deposit date is already locked in.
- What is the best way to let you know about any “special request” I have?
Special requests can be made at yourBradley in the field marked special requests. Please be brief while typing in this field.
- How many times can you go into your preferences and make changes?
As many times as you would like; the housing program will lock you out on August 1st. After this date, you will no longer be able to make changes. We’ve got to get to work, quickly, to finalize your assignment!
Halls
- How are the halls set up? Are guys and girls divided?
All of the halls are co-ed. Men and women are divided by floors; meaning all women on one floor and all men on other floors.
- Which halls are primarily freshmen?
Heitz Hall, University Hall, and Wyckoff Hall
Geisert Hall is about 50-50 mix of freshmen and upperclass students.
Harper Hall is about 25-75 mix of freshmen and upperclass students.
Williams Hall is completely full of returning students (maybe next year you can live there)
- Can freshmen get into Singles?
No, unless a documented medical condition requires a single room.
- If I live in the halls…am I required to have meal plan?
Yes, bon appétit! http://www.bradley.edu/foodservice/
Roommates
- If I request a roommate am I guaranteed that roommate?
In almost every case yes; we work very hard to accommodate all roommate requests. Unfortunately, there are instances where we are not able to do so.
- Does the roommate I request need to request me as a roommate?
Yes! Please have both roommates go in to yourBradley and request each other as roommates. Please include the full name of your request. You’d be surprised by how many Steve’s go to school here.
- Are students placed by their majors? Can you request another student of the same major?
Students are assigned roommates by their request or by filling out the roommate survey located at yourBradley. We do not guarantee students can find roommates based off the same major; however, if this is important to you, put it in the special request field and we’ll try to find someone else with the same request.
Assignments
- When should I expect to have my housing assignment?
On or around August 10th. We work very quickly in early August to fill all of the requests.
- How will I be notified of my assignment?
It will be sent to you on-line and then you’ll log in to receive all of the information.
- What email account do you use?
Your Bradley e-mail address – XXX@bradley.edu. Get used to checking it; this is the way many university people will communicate with you.
- Why are assignments made so close to move-in?
Since about 50% of our students find roommates during orientation, we wait for orientation session #12 to be completed and then get to work. It would be unfair to do assignments any earlier than this. Yes, many schools do their housing placements earlier…we don’t. We take great pride in the personal touch at Bradley and this is just one example of it.
The Association of Residence Halls has teamed up with Campus Fridges Etc. in order to make the process of purchasing a refrigerator and microwave as easy as possible. Simply place an order at www.campusfridges.com and the refrigerator will be in your room when you arrive on campus. When you are ready to leave campus just leave it in your room and it will be taken care of!
As a reminder:
- This agreement is binding for the ENTIRE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR AND INCLUDES ROOM AND BOARD CHARGES FOR BOTH SEMESTERS.
- All full-time first and second-year students must live in the residence halls, except those second-year students who reside in sorority or fraternity houses. The only exceptions include: veterans; those who are 21 years of age by September 1 of the current academic year; those who live with nearby immediate relatives (sister or brother who are non-Bradley students, aunt, uncle, parents, grandparents); married students; or cases involving documented medical reasons that accommodations cannot be made for within the residence halls. A student who is REQUIRED to live in the residence halls and ENROLLS at Bradley University will be CHARGED FOR ROOM AND BOARD for that semester/academic year.