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Undergraduate Residence Halls
If you need Housing prior to Sunday, August 18, 2013 please contact the University Housing Conferences & Special Events staff for pre-early arrival housing at Florida Avenue Residence Halls (FAR).
Fall 2013 Semester Early Arrival
You are strongly encouraged to arrive on your designated move-in day (Thursday, August 22, 2013 for new freshmen and transfer students, and Tuesday, August 20 for new residents of Living-Learning Communities who have registered for LLC orientation; Saturday, August 24 for returning students). We are able to provide the best service to you on that day (I-Guide assistance, hall programming, parking and traffic control, and staff availability). However, if moving in on a weekday causes your family significant hardship, we are happy to assist you.
If you need to move in prior to your designated move-in day, you may do so as early as Sunday, August 18, 2013 at 12 p.m. noon (Central Daylight Time). There are additional fees for moving in early (see cost breakdown below) as these dates fall outside your fall 2013 housing contract dates. Students working for Dining Services will receive information specific to them regarding arrival times and cost.
Please note:
- No pre-authorization is needed— just show up at the front desk where you were assigned.
- We are open 24 hours per day after 12 p.m. noon on August 18, 2013— check in anytime day or night. (Note: If you move in on Thursday, August 22, please be sure to arrive at 9 a.m. or after.)
- Bring a photo ID; we prefer the i-card but will accept any photo ID.
- We will bill the early arrival amount to your student account, as our offices cannot accept cash.
- Please obey all parking rules and regulations if you move in early. We cannot waive any tickets or towing charges.
I-Guides will only be available to assist with move-in on August 20, 2013 (for Living-Learning Communities) and August 22, 2013 (starting at 9 a.m. and after). If you are moving in between Sunday, August 18 and Wednesday, August 21, moving carts can be checked out from your front desk for one hour with a state ID.
Campus Groups early arrival:
Campus Units who wish for their group to move in early will be permitted to move in earlier than Thursday, August 22. There are early arrival fees that can be charged to a campus unit FOAPAL, RSO Account, and/or to an individual student account. To arrange for your campus group to move in early, please contact the Housing Information Office at housing@illinois.edu or (217)333-7111 for information on how to gain pre-approval for your group.
*Important: Groups who have arranged Early Arrival Housing in years past for a reduced rate as a result of preferring no meal service for their pre-approved group may be subject to the $50/night/per student rate for August 2013. Excluding the meal portion of the early arrival fee is under review by Housing leadership at this time. A final decision will be communicated by May 1, 2013 to those groups arranging early arrival housing.
Individual early arrival:
Students needing or choosing to arrive early for course registration, college orientation, international student check in, academic testing, or simply for convenience may come at any time between Sunday August 18, 2013 at 12 p.m. noon and Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. However, individual students who are not affiliated with a pre-approved campus group are subject to the early arrival fee structure noted below. This includes all admitted University of Illinois domestic and international students no matter the date the campus requires you to be here.
See the bottom of this page for more information.
Costs for Early Arrival Week room & board (separate from fall 2013 contract rates)
- Florida Avenue (FAR) pre-early arrival housing students moving from pre-early arrival housing at FAR to their fall assigment hall will do so no earlier and no later than Sunday, August 18 beginning at 8 a.m. Early arrival week fees apply; however, they are allowed to check in to their permanent room before the official early arrival hall opening time of Noon. A free shuttle service, compliments of Student Affairs staff, will shuttle you and your belongings from the front sidewalk in front of Florida Avenue Residence Halls beginning at 7 a.m. on Sunday morning to your destination on campus for check in. Staff will be on site and in all residence halls to assist and direct you on where to go and how to check in!
- Move in anytime beginning at Noon on Sunday, August 18 through Wednesday August 21, at 11:59 p.m.= $180 per student for 4 nights (including all early arrival week meals offered Monday breakfast-Thursday lunch)
- Move in anytime Monday, August 19 through Wednesday August 21, at 11:59 p.m. = $150 per student for 3 nights (includes all early arrival week meals offered through lunch on Thursday)
- Move in anytime Tuesday, August 20 through Wednesday August 21, at 11:59 p.m. = $100 per student for 2 nights (includes all early arrival week meals offered through lunch on Thursday) (Living-Learning Community residents moving in on this day do not pay this early arrival fee, they only pay an LLC Orientation Fee)
- Move in anytime Wednesday, August 21 through Wednesday August 21, at 11:59 p.m. = $50 per student for 1 night (includes all early arrival week meals offered through lunch on Thursday)
- Move in anytime Thursday, August 23 midnight–6 a.m.=$30 per student for early move in and remaining early arrival week meals (breakfast & lunch on Thursday)
Check-In Information
Read more about where to go for early arrival check-in.
International Students
Read about arrival information for international students
Daniels Hall and Sherman Hall
If you are a Daniels or Sherman resident and you wish to move in earlier than Thursday, August 22, you must submit an Early Arrival Request. The rate is $50 per night for residents with meal plans, and $30 per night for residents without meal plans.
If you need Housing prior to Thursday, August 15 2013 please contact the University Housing Conferences & Special Events staff for interim housing at FAR. After checking out of interim housing at FAR on August 15, you would then check in to your permanent fall assignment at Daniels or Sherman Halls.
If you wish to arrive earlier than July 31, you will need to apply for summer housing.
Daniels & Sherman Hall Early Arrival Request Timeline
Check-In Information
Read more about where to go for early arrival check-in.
Dining for Early Arrivals
Available Monday, August 19 - Thursday, August 22
Early Arrival Housing students have meal service beginning with breakfast on August 19 and ending with lunch on August 22. Fall 2013 meal plans begin with dinner on August 22.
All-You-Care-to-Eat Locations during Early Arrival week include: Ikenberry, ISR, PAR
- Continental breakfast: 7:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.
- Lunch: 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Dinner: 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
A La Carte Locations: 57 North and Penn Station (August 19-21)
A La Carte locations offer food and other convenience items, priced individually.
- 57 North (inside the SDRP): 12 noon - 8 p.m.
- Penn Station (inside PAR): 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
If you are part of an approved Early Arrival group and you eat more than your group's predetermined meals, please note that your student account will be billed for the extra meals. You are welcome to use Extra Credits or a credit/debit card for meals outside of your group's plan.
Please note, the department FOAPAL accounts are charged in October after verification of the students who arrived before Thursday, August 22.
Spring 2014 Semester Early Arrival
Early arrival begins on Friday January 17, 2014. The cost of early arrival is $30.00 per night until January 19, 2014. To receive early arrival housing, simply report to your hall's area office for check-in. All early arrival charges will be billed to your University account.
Dining meal plans begin on Monday, January 20, 2014 with brunch. Your meal plan, if applicable, can be changed or canceled (only Daniels and Sherman residents may cancel). The deadline to make changes for spring semester meal plan will be in February 2014 (date to be determined).