Financial Consequences of Cancelling a Residence Hall Contract
Men’s recruitment is divided into three parts: summer Recruitment (summer signing), Fraternity Informal Recruitment, and year-round recruitment. The table below describes what a student will be charged when leaving the Residence Hall system at different times and in different ways.
| If your son has… | You pay this much for Housing Security Deposit |
He will be charged this much to cancel his Housing contract |
Will there be a charge for days he stayed in the Residence Hall? |
| Summer signed a fraternity and has not applied for a Residence Hall room. | Nothing |
Nothing |
No |
| Summer signed a fraternity and has applied for a residence hall room. | Nothing |
Nothing |
No, if he cancelled his contract and never moved in to the Residence Hall. |
| Signed up for a Residence Hall contract, participates in Men’s Recruitment, joins a fraternity, moves into the chapter house, and checks out of his Residence Hall room correctly. | Will get at least a partial refund if charges on his account do not exceed $150. |
Nothing, if he follows the procedure to move from the Residence Hall into a fraternity. |
Security deposit will be applied to per day charge for living in the residence hall and eating in the Dining Centers. |
| Signed up for a Residence Hall contract but cancels enrollment at WSU. | $150 — non-refundable |
None if cancels before July 15 |
No |
| Signed up for a Residence Hall contract but never moves in and never cancels the contract. | $150 — non-refundable |
Will be charged a No-Show Fee of $750. The security deposit is forfeited. |
No |
A student may move out of the Residence Halls and into approved Greek chapter houses at the end of Fall Semester with no charge, but they must follow the proper check out procedures.