Apply for Housing

This housing application helps identify your preferences so that you can make the best roommate connections possible. Although we encourage you to consult with family and friends, it is important that YOU make the final decision on your housing preferences and campus experience. The guide below is intended to give you some tips on how to answer each question on the application. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Residential Life Office at 518-255-5215 or at ResidentialLife@cobleskill.edu.

Items to Note:

Students should complete a housing application well in advance of the first semester they intend to be enrolled fulltime at SUNY Cobleskill.

Accepted students starting their residency in August should complete a housing application the prior spring. (The housing application generally opens to incoming fall students in March and is available through August.)

Accepted students starting their residency in January should complete a housing application the prior fall. (The housing application generally opens again to incoming spring students in November and is available through January.)

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Step 1: SUNY Cobleskill Email Account

You must activate your Cobleskill email account in order to access password information that will be sent from the eRezLife - our online housing platform. View the directions for setting up your Cobleskill email account.

Once you have set up your Cobleskill email and paid your housing deposit, you should go to the following link to access the eRezLife housing software. Click Apply to access eRezLife.

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Step 2: eRezLife Account

Once on the eRezLife Homepage, click ACTIVATE ACCOUNT.

Please enter your email, including @cobleskill.edu and your 800#.

Click on ACTIVATE ACCOUNT. You will then receive an e-mail (to your Cobleskill email account) from eRezLife with a link to create a password.

You will be asked to enter your Cobleskill email address (this must be typed in all lowercase letters).

Helpful Tips:

• To avoid running into errors, ensure you are only logged into eRezLife on one device and one tab or window.
• Ensure your browser is up to date, without any popup blockers, and your cookies and cache has been cleared.
• If the site has been inactive for some time, you may want to re-authenticate by logging back in instead of refreshing your eRezLife page.

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Step 3: Housing Application

Once logged in, click the green APPLY NOW. Answer the short application, regarding your preferences. Please follow the section information below.

Section 1: Residence Preferences

This section is to help determine the type of building you are interested in living in. 

All student residence halls at SUNY Cobleskill are mixed-gender, meaning the buildings are occupied by both male and female students. We also have many single-gender options available by floor or wing. All-gender housing is also available.

• Mixed Gender Housing broadly refers to halls or areas within residences where there are a mix of male- and female- designated bedrooms, suites, or apartments available. In many buildings, corridors or lounges often separate student living areas by gender. Gender-specific bathrooms or single-user restrooms are always available on these single-gender floors or wings.
• All Gender Housing generally refers to buildings and communities - like Alumni Commons - where students can select single bedrooms to live in regardless of their gender identity or expression. All Gender Housing is also available in some halls where students of different gender identities may share a floor, but not a bedroom, and single-user bathrooms are available. Students of different gender identities may also share apartments or suites while living in a single-occupancy or single-gender bedroom within the living unit.

SUNY Cobleskill offers four types of living communities based on student interest and experience:

• The First-Year Experience neighborhood of Davis, Fake, Parsons, and Ten Eyck Halls houses the vast majority of our new students.
• The Cobleskill Traditional quad of Dix, Draper and Pearson Halls provides traditional, corridor-style housing to sophomore, juniors, seniors, as well as some first-year students.
• In Sophomore Year Experience housing (Vroman and Wieting Halls), suite-style housing is available that is centrally located on campus. Students must have completed a minimum of 24 credits or more to be eligible.
• Alumni Commons provides Upperclass Experience housing. Students must have completed a minimum of 36 credits or more to be eligible.

We offer a variety of room styles (The prices listed here are reflective of 2023-2024 pricing and are subject to change.):

• Alumni Commons Suite Single - A single-occupancy bedroom within a three- or four-person unit at Alumni Commons. $5,651 per semester.
• Alumni Commons Townhome Single - A single-occupancy bedroom within a six-person townhouse at Alumni Commons. $5,702 per semester.
• Standard Single - A single-occupancy bedroom within any First-Year residence hall that has one bed and may only be assigned to one student. $5,264 per semester.
• Deluxe Single - A double-occupancy bedroom within any residence hall which traditionally has been shared by two students but has now been designated for only one student to select to occupy for the upcoming academic year; the room will include two single beds which the occupant can use for themselves or a guest in accordance with our guest regulations. $5,488 per semester.
• Standard Double - A double-occupancy bedroom within any residence hall that has two beds and is intended to be occupied by two students. $4,570 per semester.
• Deluxe Double - A triple-occupancy bedroom within any residence hall which traditionally has been shared by three students but has now been designated for only two students to select to occupy for the upcoming acdemic year. $4,660 per semester.
• Vroman Suite Double - A double-occupancy bedroom within a shared Vroman Hall Suite which has two beds and is intended to be occupied by two students. $5,029 per semester.

PLEASE NOTE:

First-Year Students should select only Standard Double, Deluxe Double, Standard Single, and Deluxe Single Rooms.

Transfer students with 24 or more credits may indicate Deluxe Single, Standard Double, Deluxe Double, or Vroman Suite Double rooms.

Transfer students with 36 or more credits are eligible to live in Alumni Commons. This option provides single-occupancy bedrooms within a shared suite or townhome. Suites are occupied by 3 or 4 persons. Townhomes are occupied by 6 persons. Both suites and townhomes have single-user bathrooms.

Section 2: Tell Us about Yourself

This section lets us know about you which is utilized when looking for roommate matches.

Smoking: ALL residence halls are smoke-free, HOWEVER, not all students are. Some people are allergic or cannot tolerate smoke and we do not want to match a smoker with a non-smoker. Please remember that smoking is prohibited within 25 feet of and within all campus residence halls.

Noise Tolerance: You will be spending a great deal of time in your room and likely with your roommate as well. Although there are regulations that outline expectations for noise levels in the residence hall, it is important to consider how you and your roommate relate in regards to personal noise tolerances. Although this question primarily targets academic needs, please carefully reflect on your own general noise preference before indicating your answer to this question. Please note that CONSIDERATION HOURS are in effect at all times, in every residence hall. This means that all noise is to be kept at a level which will not disturb other residents or other community members.

Section 3: Tell Us about Your Ideal Roommate

This section lets us know about what you will look for in a roommate.

Noise Tolerance Preference: This question is looking at what you look for in a roommate in their noise tolerance levels. It is important to note that it may be the same or different to your individual noise tolerance level.

Academic Preference: Some students feel that they would like to live with someone in the same academic field or with someone in a different academic field.  Please consult the following list to help determine your preference:

• Agricultural Engineering (Ag Equipment, Diesel Tech, Environmental Tech, etc.)
• Agricultural Business & Culinary Arts (Ag Business, Ag Management, Culinary Arts, Restaurant Management, etc.)
• Animal & Plant Science Dept (Animal Science, Equine, Landscape, Turf Management, etc.)
• Business & Info Tech Dept (Accounting, Business, Computer Info, etc.)
• Fisheries, Wildlife, Env Sci (Environmental Studies, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Wildlife Management, etc.)
• Human Development and Behavioral Sciences (Applied Psychology, Early Childhood, etc.)
• Liberal Studies Dept (Communications, Graphic Design, Humanities, Social Science, etc.)
• Natural Sciences & Math Dept (Biotechnology, Health Science, Mathematics, Paramedic, Science, etc.)

Section 4: Additional Information

The Request for Special Housing Accommodation guidance document can be found by clicking the link in the application. If you have questions about this form, please contact the AccessABILITY office.

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Step 4: Application Confirmation

Once you have completed each section in the application you should move on to the Confirmation section.

You must open, read, and agree to the terms and conditions file that is included in the application before you submit your application. There will be a pop-up box that will provide you with a confirmation number and indicate that a confirmation email was sent to the email account associated with your eRezLife account.

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Step 5: Roommate Selection

Go to “My roommate profile” on the blue task bar on left side (or the drop-down menu if you are using a smart phone) and complete and turn on your profile. My roommate profile is a roommate searching tool to help connect you with possible roommates.

If you are not requesting a specific person to be your roommate but instead will allow eRezLife to utilize your preferences to match you with a roommate, simply exit the website.

If you are requesting a specific person to be your roommate follow these steps:

• Go to “Roommate Groups” on the blue task bar on left side (or the drop-down menu if you are using a smart phone) once you have submitted your application.
• If you have a roommate group pending, you can accept the invitation. There will be green check marks next to each person's name.
• If you do not have an invitation waiting for you, select "Create new roomate group." Enter a group name and provide potential roommate's email (You can only add a roommate who has completed the housing application). The potential roommate will receive an email invitation to be your roommate and will be viewable in their Roommate Group's section in eRezLife. They will have to accept the invitation as outlined above.
• If you follow all steps, you will be housed with the roommate requested regardless of housing preferences.
• Note: Only one of you creates a roomate group. The other accepts the invite. If you both create a roommate group, the accounts will not be linked and the request will not be granted.

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Step 6: Room Selection

Self-selection is now closed. The Residential Life Staff intends to begin making housing assignments for those who have not self-selected beginning August 8.

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Please consult the "Living on Campus" section of the Residential Life website for more information to help with your transition, such as the Frequently Asked Questions page as well as the What to Bring page.