In order to ensure that all students are housed, the Dean of Students Office will assign all students to suites directly. In order to meet public health guidance, students may need to live in a different location than they had planned. Information about housing assignments is forthcoming. 

• All students returning to campus will have their own bedroom.
• A limited number of students may share a bathroom.
• Laundry rooms will be open. 
• Other spaces may be either limited in capacity, closed or limited in access. The College will continue to assess the situation as public health guidance develops.

We anticipate that all students who confirm their fall housing invitations will see their room and board charges applied to their account by the week of August 3.
 

Undergraduate move-out will occur before Thanksgiving. Students should plan to vacate campus by Sunday, November 22nd, at 5:00pm. 

If you are not eligible to return to campus, we will automatically cancel your housing for the fall semester. All housing cancellation fees for the fall 2020 term will be waived. 

You do not need to complete a Housing Cancellation Form unless you change your mind about returning after you have submitted the Housing Intention Form. 

If you have stored your belongings with Olympia, you can make arrangements with Olympia to extend your storage on a monthly basis or have them ship your items to you. Any student on financial aid will receive $175 towards these arrangements. If you have questions about your storage, please contact Olympia at 800.222.4744 or harvardstudent@olympiamoving.com. If you will be on campus for Fall 2020, storage will be left in your suite prior to your arrival. 

We strongly encourage all students to pack lightly. If the need arises to again de-densify campus, students will be responsible for their own shipping or storage. We advise students not to bring additional furniture beyond what is supplied by the College. 

In order to manage the number of students moving into a building at the same time and adhere to public health guidelines, we are spacing student move-in times out across the move-in period. We anticipate that move-in will run from Sunday, August 23 until Tuesday, September 1. Please note that these dates may be subject to change based on any evolving public health guidance.  Approved students will be assigned a timeslot by the end of the day on Monday, August 3. If you cannot move in during your assigned time slot, you can follow the process to request a new timeslot. Additional information about requesting a new timeslot will be included with the move-in logistics e-mail. 

You may bring one additional person to help you move in. They must adhere to the same face-covering and social distancing requirements as students. 

Accommodations approved by the Accessible Education Office (AEO) will be honored. Please be in touch with AEO if you need to request accomodations.

We will honor all transfers that have already been approved. No transfers for the Fall from the inter-House transfer round 2 process will be accepted. We will continue to review options for transferring Houses for Spring 2021. 

In order to maintain community safety, guests – defined as those not assigned to a particular suite, including other Harvard College students living on or off-campus – will not be permitted.    

To contain the possibility of transmission, access to residences will be limited only to those assigned to that residence. Students will only have access to their assigned building. Students living off-campus will not have access to residential buildings.