Residence Life and Housing

Academic Year 2022-2023
Residence Halls

Please read all information about housing before completing an application!

You must be accepted to ABAC before applying to live on campus. To apply for housing, you must access the Housing Portal through your MyABAC Page. If you wish to exempt housing, complete the freshman residency exemption section of the online housing application and send the required supporting documentation. Students wishing to exempt housing must meet one of the following criteria:

• commuting from parent, grandparent, or guardians home within a 50-mile radius
• 21 years of age as of September 1st
• parent of a dependent child
• married
• earned a minimum of 30 semester hours of collegiate-level credit after high school graduation and have satisfied Learning Support requirements

Online Housing Application and/or Housing Exemption Instructions

• Log into the StarRez Housing PortalX through the myABAC page.
• Click on applications from the green bar at the top of the page and select the correct application year.
• Complete the application answering each question as accurately and completely as possible.
• Pay the $235 non-refundable application fee via the StarRez application process.
• If applying for an exemption, select yes to that question and select the reason for exemption. Once completed, the exemption request will be sent to Housing for processing. (There is not a fee to request an exemption).

Fall 2022: August 11, 2022 – December 13, 2022

• Freshmen will move in on August 11-12 by appointment. Appointments will be made by Housing beginning the second week of July.

• Upperclassmen will move in on August 12-14.

• Non-graduating residents will leave for home on December 12th but do not have to fully move out.

• Graduating residents will move out by December 13th at 12 noon.

Spring 2023: January 7, 2023 – May 10, 2023

• Application opens October 1, 2022.

• Specific move-in information will be delivered at the beginning of December to student’s ABAC email address.

Fall 2023-Spring 2024:

• Application opens November 5, 2022.

Room assignments are made per the date on which the Residence Life and Housing Office receive the application and non-refundable reservation fee.

If you desire a specific roommate and/or suitemate, you must identify each requested person. Requests must be mutual, and each roommate/suitemate must have a completed application and paid non-refundable reservation fee on file before the request will be honored. Every attempt will be made to honor these specific requests, and, unless directed otherwise, roommate and suitemate requests will take precedence over other housing option requests (such as those for Living and Learning Communities).

Notification of Room Assignment

Room and roommate or suitemate assignment information is emailed to your ABAC email address. For Fall Semester, the assignment information is emailed on or around the second week of July. For Spring Semester, notices are emailed approximately two weeks before the start of the semester. Each assignment email will contain the following information:

• Your building assignment
• Roommate’s or suitemate’s name and email address
• Move-in dates and times for the specific semester

Lakeside officially opened in August 2007 as a home for ABAC’s living and learning communities and an opportunity for freshmen at ABAC to start their college careers with a home and a program specifically designed for the needs of freshmen.  Lakeside consists of either two private bedrooms with a shared bathroom, or two shared bedrooms with two shared bathrooms.

ABAC Place is an apartment-style facility designed to provide upperclassmen a comfortable home while encouraging academic excellence.  ABAC Place consists of four-private bedroom, two-bathroom apartments.  There are a limited number of two and three-bedroom apartments.

You can access our housing rates and information on fees and cancellation costs using the link below.

ABAC provides access to a variety of cable channels and on-demand movies. For on-demand movies log-in to the myABAC portal and select “On-Campus Movies.”

ABAC provides housing for camps and conferences during May, June, and July.  Housing options include furnished apartments and suites.  The availability of each room type will be dependent on scheduled events.

Residence Halls (ABAC Place and ABAC Lakeside)

• Furnished
• Linens not provided
• Complimentary WiFi
• Free laundry on-site

Below are the more frequently requested forms and guides.  Currently enrolled students should also check InsideABAC – Housing for internal communications, documents, and housing-related applications.

InsideABAC is ABAC’s new intranet site providing students and employees access to internal communications and information.  Users must log in using email credentials to access documents in InsideABAC.

The Resident Assistant Application is currently available on InsideABAC  – Housing.

Students can also place Online Work Orders for any items in their rooms that need attention such as lighting, plumbing, or network connectivity.

Use the link below to access InsideABAC – Housing.  Watch for more information and documents.

All members of our campus community are required to have a Gold Card, the official identification card for Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

Your Gold Card provides access to essential campus services and facilities as well as an optional stored value account that can be used for purchases on campus.

Your Gold Card requires a photo as part of your identification. Our online photo submission process allows you to quickly and easily submit a picture of your choice. Click the button below to review the photo requirements and some helpful tips for submitting an acceptable photo.