At Cal Poly, all first-year students live together in a Residential Learning Community (RLC) with peers who share their academic college, program, or identity. Within each community, staff work intentionally with campus partners to support student success and wellbeing.
Honors Program students can live with their Honors peers in University Housing’s Honors RLC, typically located in yakʔitʸutʸu. While not required, the Honors RLC is a popular choice among first-year students. A constant hub of activity, the Honors community is a space where students learn, have fun, and relax with other students who are part of the Honors program.
Honors Program students who know of others they would like to room with can request those individuals when they sign up for Housing, regardless of whether their roommates are part of the Honors Program. This is the case with all of Housing’s RLCs. Roommates add to the diversity of communities while still providing a way for peers to connect with others who share similar programs of study or identities where they live.
When students sign up for housing, they select up to two Residential Learning Community preferences in the online application. These preferences are considered for room selection, an online process where students select their room from available spaces in a first-year community. Honors students are encouraged to connect with other incoming Honors students to room with through available social media groups. Here is some guidance for requesting the Honors RLC within University Housing:
When students sign up for housing, they select up to two Residential Learning Community preferences in the online application. These preferences are considered for room selection, an online process where students select their room from available spaces in a first-year community. Honors students are encouraged to connect with other incoming Honors students to room with through available social media groups. Here is some guidance for requesting the Honors RLC within University Housing:
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Sign up for housing by June 1. This ensures you can participate in online room selection, which typically happens mid-June to mid-July.
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Request the Honors RLC as your first preference. Select a different first-year RLC for your second preference.
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Make sure your application preferences match any roommates, including their first and second RLC preferences.
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Watch your Cal Poly email for your room selection appointment date and time. Plan to assign into a space in the RLC you were assigned by Housing at your designated appointment time. You may see rooms in your first RLC preference, your second RLC preference, or another RLC based on demand and availability. Housing makes every effort to accommodate students’ first or second RLC preferences, although spaces are limited.
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If you signed up for Housing after June 1 or miss your room selection appointment, Housing staff assign you to an available space in any first-year RLC.
While many factors impact spaces and placement, the Honors Program works closely with University Housing to ensure Honors students are supported where they live. For more information about first-year Housing, visit the University Housing website.
For more information and costs on University Housing and other available residence halls, please visit Cal Poly's Housing Web Site.
