do you know around when we'll be able to choose housing?
When and how you choose housing depends on what type of student you are. Are you an incoming transfer or January admit? Are you currently applying to BU for fall admission? Are you a current student?
Transfers students fill out the New Student Housing Application and you can find more info here.
January admits will probably also fill out the New Student Housing Application, but Housing doesn’t mention this group specifically on their website. Contact them if you have further questions and check out the Important Dates page for Housing.
Fall freshmen applicants: After everyone who will be admitted is admitted in April, you will receive an email to create you BU account (your @bu.edu email address) and then you’ll be able to login to the New Student Housing Application when it is available here.
Continuing students: The housing selection process has changed a lot for this year’s upcoming selection process. Now, instead of going to an actual appointment, you fill out an application online. Info about the Continuing Student Housing Application can be found here. There will be an online forum for you to find potential roommates and read their profiles to see if you are compatible to live together. You can also search for a friend using their name or BU ID and request to be your roommate. Once they confirm, it will be noted that you would like to live together.