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• Saint John’s University Residency Requirement
• SJU New and Transfer Student Information
• Current Student Intranet (CSB/SJU username & password required)
• On-campus Housing Selection
• Off-Campus Selection Process
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• SJU Residence Halls
• Important Dates
• Important Forms
• SJU Resdiential Life Policies and Procedures
• Staff
• Residence Hall Room Rates
• Residence Hall Linen Program
• Loft Rental Program

Off-Campus Selection Process

The private, Benedictine, residential, liberal arts identity of Saint John's University is such that we are providing an overall experience which includes a centrally important community living component. Beginning with those enrolling in the Fall 2008 semester (Class of 2012), Saint John's students are required to live on campus, all 4 years, unless granted permission, from Residential Life and Housing, to live at home (with parents) or off campus (during their junior and senior year).

For more information, we encourage you to visit our website at: http://www.csbsju.edu/sjureslife/4yearrequirement.htm.

For more detailed off-campus information and forms, current students can visit our Intranet Website.

Criteria

The Off-campus Housing Committee will determine, based on specific criteria, which students will be granted an exemption to live off campus. There are many factors that go into the committee deciding whether or not to allow a student to be released from this requirement. These factors may include, but are not limited to:

• Class standing
• Students doing internships, clinical or student teaching a reasonable distance from Saint John's
• Judicial incidents
• Students who live within 20 miles and are planning to stay at home with their guardians
• Age (students over the age of 23 are more likely to be allowed to live off campus)
• Students who are married or are custodial parents
• Military service veteran status

There are some immediate criteria for denial of requests for off campus living.  These criteria include, but are not limited to:

• Academic probation
• Student conduct probation
• Cumulative GPA lower that 2.5

Off-campus Housing Committee

The off-campus housing committee is a partnership of several administrative departments and students. The administrative partners verify the information submitted on student applications and help to determine if a student is eligible for off-campus selection process. The student partners help us to maintain transparency and provide a voice for the student body in the continual development of this selection process.

The off-campus housing committee consists of:

• Committee Chair - Assistant Director of Housing
• 4 Administrative Parnters
• 3 Student Representatives

Timeline

Early September

• Official letter about the off-campus room selection process emailed to sophomores, juniors, and seniors
• Parents notified of off-campus room selection process
• Online request form is activated
• Announcement about off-campus selection process placed on Residential Life homepage

Sept 20 - Oct 15

• Weekly reminders to students to submit request forms

Mid-October

• Informational session on the off-campus room selection process for students

October 15

• Deadline for students to request to live off-campus

November 1

• Notification of student eligibility

Early November

• Off-campus Selection
• Notifications of release

December 1

• Deadline for students to accept/decline offer to live off-campus