Early Arrivals and Late Stays

 

Fall 2025 Late Stays and Spring 2026 Early Arrivals

 

• Late stays are for extenuating circumstances that prevent the student from being able to leave campus on the designated move-out day. Late stay requests are approved if the student is part of a group that requires them to be on-campus after the move-out date, if they have unanticipated travel plan changes, financial concerns regarding travel costs, and/or family assistance timing conflicts. We do not approve late stays for convenience, for the purposes of attending graduation (as a non-graduating student) in the Spring, a request to stay late on the day of move out but not overnight, or because a roommate has an approved late stay. Additionally, late stays may not be approved if they overlap with winter or summer housing. Each late stay request will be evaluated on an individual basis.
• Early arrivals are for extenuating circumstances that prevent the student from being able to arrive on the designated move-in day. Early arrival requests are approved if the student is part of a group that requires them to be on-campus prior to move-in day, if they have unanticipated travel plan changes, financial concerns regarding travel costs, and/or family assistance timing conflicts. We do not approve early arrivals for convenience or because a roommate has an approved early arrival. Each early arrival requests will be evaluated on an individual basis.
• For Fall 2025, halls close for residents on Thursday, December 18th at noon. For Spring 2026 the halls open for residents at 9AM on Sunday, January 18, 2026.
• We define a Fall 2025 late stay as remaining in the room after noon on Thursday, December 18th to Sunday, December 21st and a Spring 2025 early arrival as needing room access from Wednesday, January 15th through Saturday, January 17th. 
• We will start collecting early arrival and late stay application submissions on October 27, 2025. The form for late stays will close at 9am on Monday, 12/15/25 and the form for early arrivals will close at 9am on Wednesday, 1/14/26.
• Requests must occur at least one week before the requested early arrival/late stay date. Requests submitted less than one week in advance are subjected to an expedited charge fee if approved. Any submissions after this date and time are not guaranteed to be reviewed.
• Students must request an early arrival or late stay. Early arrival approval must come from our office (living@lclark.edu). A charge of $40/night will be applied to student account for approved early arrivals.
• Unapproved early arrivals/late stays will carry a charge of $150/day per day and a referral to CACE. 

Fall 2025 Late Stay Application

Spring 2026 Early Arrival Application

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Early Arrival and Late Stay Visitor Policy

Overnight guests are not permitted during early arrival and late stay periods.