Join a RAP

• First-year students can register for a RAP during the RAP Registration Lottery: 9:00am Monday, May 19 until 11:59pm Wednesday, May 21.
  • First-year students can rank their top five RAP choices in the RAP Placement System and be entered into the RAP lottery.  
  • Changes to preferences can be made until the end of RAP Registration Lottery.
  • You will receive an email notifying you of your RAP placement at the end of May.
  • Placement in a RAP is not guaranteed and the timing of when preferences are submitted will not impact your chances of being placed into a program.
  • Any remaining unfilled RAP spaces at the end of the RAP Registration Lottery will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning at 9:00am on Monday June 1 through 11:59pm Tuesday, June 30.
• Transfer Students can register for Transfer RAPs on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning at 9:00am on Monday, June 1 through 11:59pm Tuesday, June 30.

After registering for a RAP, students can choose to share their contact information with other students in the same RAP, drop the RAP, or join another RAP until the start of their Advising and Course Registration Appointment or June 30, whichever comes first. 

• Over the summer, confirm enrollment  in the required RAP course when you meet with your academic advisor.
• Students cannot make changes to their RAP registration after they’ve met with their academic advisor.
• If there is a conflict between a RAP course and an academic major requirement, students will need to cancel their RAP registration. 

• Sign the Residence Hall Occupancy License
  • On SPIRE under Housing > Room Selection > Occupancy License
• Submit the Preference Application
  • On SPIRE under Housing > New Students > Preference Application
  • For more information about the Preference Application, housing related tasks, and deadlines, visit Living at UMass Amherst.