How to Appeal your Residency Requirement - Financial Hardship
Housing agreements are binding for the full academic year, or remainder thereof, and Roanoke College students are required to fulfill this obligation unless otherwise approved. Through filing the residency requirement waiver, you are requesting to cancel your agreement.
A committee comprised of staff from relevant campus offices will hear appeals from students who wish to appeal their campus residency requirement. Please note, only extreme extenuating circumstances will be considered.
Students currently on conduct probation are not eligible to be released off campus. Previously signed leases, campus engagement, academic performance, and earned units are not criteria for a release of your residency requirement.
Students will be notified of the decision in writing. The decision is final and cannot be appealed.
Submission for a financial hardship:
Students requesting to have their residency requirement waived based upon financial hardship must provide documented evidence of extreme financial need. Students must be able to demonstrate there has been a significant change in their financial status and have exhausted their financial options. Students must have submitted the most recent FAFSA. If no FAFSA exists, students must submit copies of the most recent federal tax return and evidence of extreme financial hardship (e.g. death of primary income provider, recent employment termination, medical expenses exceeding maximum insurance coverage, etc.).
Submissions for financial hardship are due to the Office of Residence Life & Housing. Students must submit the Residency Requirement Waiver form as well as provide a written statement that outlines compelling reasons for the need to be released off campus, how living on campus presents an extreme financial hardship, and how living off campus will benefit you more so than living on campus.
Requests for release of your residency requirement for financial savings is not a valid reason for a financial hardship.