LLC FAQs

Students can apply to participate in up to three Living Learning Communities. Students are asked to rank the communities in order of first through third preference. Zags will be provided with one question to explain why they are interested in joining the communities in which they have expressed interest. If a student is applying to the Honors LLC, they will need to verify they are a part of the Honors Program. Apply on your portal!
 

  • 1st Year LLC Applicants

  • Incoming Zags are very strongly encouraged to apply soon as they submit their Housing Application through ZagLiving. Applying sooner increases a student's likelihood of being offered their 1st or 2nd choice community. There are limited spaces in each community, and there are more applications than spaces available. Application open early March of each year. The application deadline is May 1st.

  • 2nd Year LLC and Student Created Community (SCC) Applicants 

  • Current 1st Year Zags that will be going into their 2nd year living on campus are strongly encouraged to apply soon as the application becomes available through ZagLiving. that date is announced on the 2nd year LLC/SCC webpage. Applying sooner increases a student's likelihood of being offered a space in your preferred community. Second Year LLCs/SCCs are hosted in Mantua Hall or similar suite-style residence hall. Applications open on November 15th. The application deadline is December 15th.

 
Living Learning Community residents are chosen based on the quality of their LLC application. The Living Learning Community Program has a limited number of spaces in each community. The sooner a Zag applies, the more likely they are to be admitted into their top community choices! The LLC Selection Committee cannot see any materials submitted to the Office of Admission for admission to Íø±¬ÃÅ University.  We strongly encourage applicants to be thoughtful and intentional when filling out their LLC Application as the strength of an applicant's responses to the prompts. Given the limited number of spaces, students effectively compete for the available spaces in a given LLC.
 

Students who applied for any variety of  Living Learning Communities will hear back on a rolling basis based on when they applied. Students will hear back within 15 business days after submitting an application to their ZagMail email address. Applicants will be notified if they have been accepted, waitlisted, or declined based on application quality, when the application was received, and if bed spaces remain in the preferred communities. Applicants will also receive a deadline to respond to the community offer. These deadlines are individually set based on the offer. These are typically anywhere from 2-4 business days based on how full a LLC is at the time of the community offer. The Community offer must be responded to before/prior to the date that is set in the email. 

- Example: If your offer expires on 4/15/25 then you must respond to that offer before 4/14/25 at 11:59pm as the offer will expire on 4/15/25.

 

1st Years LLC Applicants

  • Your LLC Offer Email will list what community you have been offered and will provide a timeline to accept of decline that community. You can also place yourself on a waitlist for your preferred community. Please note it is highly unlikely that students on the waitlist will be admitted to the program. Students must reply by the deadline in the LLC Offer Email, if the deadline has passed then the student will be waitlisted for their community. Checking your ZagMail student email regularly after submitting a Living Learning Community Application is a critical step in the process.

2nd Years LLC/SCC Applicants

  • Once you apply to a 2nd year LLC/SCC, the LLC/SCC application review committee will read over your application responses and communicate a decision by the stated deadline. You will either receive an acceptance, waitlist, or decline. If you are offered a space in a 2nd year LLC/SCC, you must accept the offer to be officially enrolled in the program.  Students must reply by the deadline in the LLC/SCC Offer Email, if the deadline has passed then the student will be waitlisted for their community. Checking your ZagMail student email regularly after submitting a Living Learning Community/Student Created Community Application is a critical step in the process.
 
The Living Learning Community Program at Íø±¬ÃÅ provides students with exciting housing options where students can live among students with similar interests, majors, identities, and more! The Living Learning Community Program offers an intentionally stronger community experience through additional engaging events around community theme, additional community leaders for students to connect with, mentorship connections with faculty in related programs, and connections with your neighbors and floor-mates on day one within your LLCs theme!
 

  • LLC residents are able to select their roommate. Please note that you will only be able to select a roommate from those who have also been accepted to an LLC in/on the same floor as your LLC. The buildings and floor parings are as follows:

  • Coughlin Hall 2nd Floor: Cura Personalis, Learns to Lead, People For and With Others

  • Coughlin Hall 3rd Floor: STEM, Honors

  • Coughlin Hall 4th Floor: Community for Creative Expression, Business, Health Professions

  • Coughlin Hall 5th Floor: Mosaic House, International House, First in the Family House

  • Lincoln Hall 1st Floor: Lavender House

  • Lincoln Hall 2nd Floor: Women’s Empowerment House

  • Marian Hall 1st Floor: Outdoor Pursuits

  • Kennedy Apartments (2nd Year LLCs only): Transfer Year Experience, Community for Creative Expression, Business, STEM, and Honors.

 

  •  When a bed space opens in a specific community, we work down a waitlist to offer out that bed-space to those who have indicated they would prefer to be in that Living Learning Community. Checking your email regularly is strongly advised. Students can only waitlist for communities they applied for in the Living Learning Community Application. Applying early increases a students odds for not being waitlisted. If a student is still on the waitlist as of May 1st by 11:59pm then they will be moved to our general housing selection process.

 
No. Once you have accepted an LLC offer you agree to join that LLC community. This commitment supersedes all other building and roommate preferences. Residents are allowed to switch rooms and leave or switch a LLC if they no longer want to reside in that community once Room Change Period opens during the Fall and Spring semesters of the academic year.
 
No!  There is no cost to apply or be a resident in an LLC! The LLC program is at no additional cost outside of the cost of the room.
 
Yes. All LLCs are opt-in. If you have been accepted into the Honors Program you still must apply to join the Honors LLC in order to be eligible for approval for that community.