List the ways you have been or plan to be involved both on and off campus this semester. Include clubs, hobbies, service and social justice projects, performance groups, leadership roles, environmental projects, university sports, and other extracurricular activities. You can also submit (and enhance if needed) your resume from your e-Portfolio account.

Please print the name and contact information of one faculty, staff, administrator, Jesuit, or Area Coordinator (not RA or student) who could tell us more about you if needed. Recommenders should be aware that you are listing their names on this form and have some understanding of why you seek acceptance into a residential college.

Directions: In the spaces below, answer the questions using examples. As you formulate your responses to the next two essay questions, please focus on how any of the 3 residential college experiences will benefit you. Remember that you are applying for acceptance into a residential college, not a building. Toward the end of this application, there is space provided to tell us your reasons for desiring a particular residential college. *

Question 1
Goal: For reviewers to learn about your desire to participate, related life experiences, and contribution you would bring to any of our residential college communities.

In 300 words or less, tell us what personal life experiences have led you to this desire to participate in any of our residential colleges. Using specific examples from your life, discuss what you can contribute to benefit the community.

Question 2
Goal: For reviewers to better understand how a residential college experience fits into your overall Fairfield University experience and beyond.

In 300 words or less, tell us how participating in any of our sophomore residential colleges supports your overall current and future Fairfield University aspirations. Include at least one factor or aspect of the program that you learned about our residential colleges that encouraged you to apply.

Check the box the best applies to your expectations next year living in a residential college.

Note: Both persons must submit separate and completed applications and must indicate they are applying with one another. Students applying together MUST submit the same rank order of residential college preferences.

Students accepted into the Creative Life College (4 person suites) will select their remaining roommates from the list of accepted Creative Life students.

All applicants please rank order (1 = most preferred) the list of residential colleges below. You can rank order all residential colleges or just the ones to which you seek acceptance.

Note: You may select each college only once.

Explain (1-2 paragraphs) your reasons for your selected rank order or desire for a particular residential college. Remember that you are applying for acceptance into a program, not a building.