Room Swaps

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If you contract for a space and later want to move to a different room, you may change your Room Swap Preferences and then send a Room Swap Request by selecting a swappable bed (shown in orange).

What Are My Room Swap Preferences?

By default, your Room Swap Preferences are set so you will not receive any Room Swap Requests. However, if you choose to, you may change your Room Swap Preferences to accept Room Swap Requests from the following people:

• People from your same building only
• People from your same housing area only
• People from anywhere in On-Campus Housing

If you change your Room Swap Preferences, your bed will become "swappable" (orange) in the Room Selection process only to other residents who meet the conditions you specify in your Room Swap Preferences. Other residents will be able to send you a Room Swap Request, which will be posted as a message to your Message Board in My Housing Account. You will have 48 hours to accept the request, should you choose to do so. Please see the Room Swap Instructions for more information.

How Do I Change My Room Swap Preferences?

• Log in to My Housing Account.
• Select "Housing Agreement (Room Selection)" from the Single Housing tab.
• Select the semester or term.
• Under the "Room Swap Preferences" section, indicate your desired room swap preferences and click the "Save My Preferences".

How Do I Send A Room Swap Request?

• Log in to My Housing Account.
• Choose the semester/term for which you would like a room swap.
• Under the "Agreement Options" section, select "Find a Different Room", select the effective date, and click "Continue".
  This will take you in to begin the Room Selection process, just like when you selected your room the first time.
• Select your desired housing area.
  When you do, you will see a box appear with a list of all the buildings in your selected housing area and how many beds are available in each building. Please note that this count includes both empty (green) beds as well as swappable (orange) beds.
• Select your desired building from the list.
• Select your desired floor.
• You should see a floor plan of the floor you selected. Click on your desired room/apartment that has a green or orange bed.
  The following legend indicates possible colors you will see and what they mean:



Bed Color	Meaning
Green	Bed is available
Yellow	Bed is on hold
Orange	Bed is swappable
Red	Bed is already taken
White	Bed is unavailable for you

• If you click on a red or orange bed, you will be asked if you would like to see the responses to the Profile Questions of the person who has selected that bed. Select "View Preferences" to see their responses.
  To request the swap, click "Request Swap".
  Review the Swap Confirmation page and select "Confirm Swap".
• If you click on a green bed, the bed will be placed on hold for you for one hour while you finish and submit the room swap. If the other bed in the room is also green, you will be given the option to place that bed on hold for a friend. If the bed is unavailable or you do not want to place it on hold, continue to Step 5.
  Fill out or edit the Preference Survey and continue to Step 6
  Check the Housing eligibility boxes, where they apply, stating you have never been evicted and are not a sex offender.
  Look over your FERPA information and make any necessary changes. Select whether or not you want to give certain individuals access to your housing records and if BYU can provide information to on-campus stakes/wards of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the purpose of obtaining membership records.
• In the Meal Plan Preference section, you can keep your current meal plan by clicking the link to "Continue to Step 8".
  If you would like to change your meal plan, you may do so by going to My Dining Account once the room swap has occurred.
  If you select a different meal plan than what you have currently, please note that your meal plan will only be changed if the room swap request is accepted and approved. If it is not, there will be no change made to your meal plan.
• Read the Terms & Conditions, check the box certifying your agreement at the bottom, and then click the "Agree - Confirm Swap" button.
• A message of confirmation will post to your Message Board in My Housing Account indicating you have made a Room Swap Request. When and if the Room Swap is accepted and approved, you will again be notified via a message on your Message Board.

What Happens Next?

• A message will post to the other resident's Message Board in My Housing Account informing them of the Room Swap Request. This message will contain a link which he/she can use to accept or reject the Room Swap Request within 48 hours. After 48 hours, the Room Swap Request expires.
• If the Room Swap Request is for the current semester/term, it must also be approved by the hall advisors of both students involved in the swap. If the Room Swap Request is for a semester/term which hasn't begun yet, approval from the hall advisor is not required.
• You will be notified via a message on your Message Board if the Room Swap has been performed.
• If a Room Swap Request expires, gets rejected, or is not approved, you will not be allowed to submit another Room Swap Request for that same space. You may, however, submit a request for a different bed.

How Do I Cancel My Room Swap Request?

If your Room Swap Request has already been performed, you cannot cancel it. If, however, your Room Swap Request is still pending (i.e. hasn't been accepted and approved), you may cancel it by doing the following:

• Log in to My Housing Account.
• Under the Single Housing tab, select "Housing Agreement (Room Selection)".
• Select the semester or term.
• Under the "Change Your Room and Bed Selection" section, select "Cancel Swap Request".