Community Living Residential Life Student Transitions & Family Programs

First Year Move-In Day 2024

First Year Move-in will be on Friday, August 16 and Saturday, August 17.

First year students living in Residential Life will move-in on the dates below between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. unless you are a part of international first-year student move-in.

Fall varsity athletes and student leaders supporting Fall Welcome may have a different arrival date. Please confirm your arrival date with your coach or program leader.

Check-In Location

Students will check-in at the Danforth University Center (DUC). The address for the DUC is 6475 Forsyth Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63105.

Move-in Date & Timeslot Selection

All students can select their move-in date and timeslot beginning on July 5, 2024 at 1PM through the Housing Portal on WebSTAC.

ONLY first-year students who are moving in on Friday, August 16 or Saturday, August 17 need to select a move-in date and time.

    • If you are a Fall varsity athlete arriving on campus before Friday, August 18, you are not required to select a move-in time. Please confirm your arrival date with your coach.

Instructions for selecting a date and time

  1. Log into the WashU Housing Portal
  2. Select Move-In Time Slots at the top of the page
  3. Click on Fall 2024 Check-in
  4. Select between the 2 move-in dates
  5. Select from available times
  6. Confirm date and time by clicking Confirm

Move-In Day Procedures

  1. Arrive to our check-in location on your move-in date and time. Volunteers will direct you to park. Students will exit their vehicle at the check-in location, go inside, and receive their room keys. All other individuals will stay inside the vehicle.
  2. Once students have returned to their vehicle with their room keys and Parking Placard, ensure that the placard is on the dashboard. Drive to the unloading zone for your building by following the designated path.
  3. Once you arrive at your unloading zone, unload your vehicle. Drivers should never exit their vehicle and should relocate their vehicle to long-term parking as soon as all belongings are unloaded. A shuttle will bring you back to the South 40. Students should stay with their belongings, have their one-time moving ticket ready, and wait for our team of professional movers to move their items into their room. Our professional movers will only move your items to your room one time. They will not make multiple trips.
  4. You did it! Unpack, get comfortable, eat, meet the students on your floor, and be present for your required residential community floor meeting.

Parking Information

LONG-TERM PARKING LOCATIONS:

Parking will be available in Zone 1 (East End Garage) and Zone 2 (DUC Garage). There will be no long-term parking on the South 40.

GPS instructions for long-term parking:

East End Garage: 6332 Forest Park Pkwy, St. Louis, MO, 63130
From the South 40, turn right to drive north on Big Bend Blvd, turn right once you reach Forest Park Pkwy, and then turn right onto Hoyt Dr., and drive down the ramp to the garage.

Your Residential Community

To view information about your assigned building and community click the button below.

Additional Information

Vaccination and Immunization Records

Upload Your Vaccination Records to Habif Health and Wellness Portal
See information here about how to upload your records and what is required of you prior to coming to campus.

Renter’s Insurance through Gradguard

WashU has partnered with GradGuard to offer renter’s insurance to students. You can obtain renter’s insurance through GradGuard via the Request Forms tab on the Housing Portal.

The Office of Residential Life strongly recommends that all students obtain renter’s insurance prior to their scheduled move-in date and time either through GradGuard or another provider of their choice to be covered in the event of theft, destruction, or loss of money, valuables, or other personal property belonging to, or in the custody of a student.

Room Condition Reports

Residential Life will work diligently ensure your room is in the best possible condition for your arrival. You are also expected to assess the condition of your room at the time of move-in. Each resident must  complete the Room Condition Report (RCR) within 48-72 hours of occupancy. Failure to complete the RCR makes a resident ineligible to contest any damage charges upon Check-Out. You will receive information via email about your Room Condition Report (RCR). It is important that as a resident, you inspect the condition of your room and report the information accurately.

  • If you arrive during our regular move-in dates and times, your RCR will be available to you upon check-in via your WUSTL Email.
  • If you check-in outside of our regular move-in dates and times, you can expect to receive your RCR via your WUSTL email within two business days.

We use this form to determine if there were any room damages at the time you moved-in. That way, we can ensure you are not held financially responsible for those damages at the end of the academic year, if they are still present. Failure to complete the RCR makes a resident ineligible to contest any damage charges upon Check-Out.

You will complete the RCR according to your housing assignment. For multiple occupancy bedrooms, ensure you evaluate the correct side/area of the bedroom.

  • Letter “a” housing assignments mean you have been assigned to the left side of the room.
  • Letter “b” housing assignments mean you have been assigned to the right side of the room.

We will not begin processing room change requests until two weeks after the first day of courses. Complete your Room Condition Report for the space you move into right away. 

 

Bike Registration

For students who bring bikes on campus, WashU provides free bike registration. If you are a Danforth Campus student, faculty or staff member who will park your bike on campus, it’s mandatory to register your bike with WashU and clearly display the registration shield on your bike.

Displaying a registration shield helps protect your bike from theft and facilitates the recovery of lost or stolen bikes. It also allows WashU to contact the owners of bikes that were impounded due to improper parking, (blocking pedestrian access, for example).

If you aren’t sure about bringing a bike, consider renting a bike from a student-owned business, WashU Bear Bikes. Bears Bikes exist today to help the Washington University community move sustainably. No need to bring one with you, it’s already here!