Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration
SOAR is your orientation to UW-Madison and where you enroll for your first semester of classes. It introduces you to our campus and the many great resources available to you.
While you’re here, you and your parents/guests are welcome to stay in our residence halls and experience living on campus.
SOAR Housing
For information about SOAR Housing for Summer 2025, click “Reserve Overnight SOAR Housing”
Experience our Residence Halls
Our residence halls are unique communities full of resources, support, convenient services, events, and thousands of fellow Badgers. They’re an environment built for your success.
Your SOAR Housing experience introduces you and your parents/guests to our dining halls, rec facilities, amenities, and assets like Desk Services and our House Fellows – excellent resources throughout the year. Meet fellow new Badgers by staying with other students and their families to connect and learn together.
There’s a lot more to college life than sleeping and studying, and University Housing helps you make the most of it!
SOAR Housing Guided Room Viewings
2025 SOAR – View the University Residence Halls!
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Drop-in, guided room viewings of residence hall rooms and a resource table
| Building | Room Type | Similar To | Address |
| Kronshage – Showerman (Lakeshore) |
Double | Slichter, Waters | 1650 Kronshage Dr. |
| Leopold (Lakeshore) |
Triple | Dejope, Ogg, Smith | 1635 Kronshage Dr. |
| Smith (Southeast) |
Triple | Dejope, Leopold, Ogg | 35 N. Park St. |
| Sellery (Southeast) |
Double | Chadbourne, Witte | 821 W. Johnson St. |
Please note: We are not able to offer SOAR viewings of other buildings or rooms, due to summer conference participants staying in most of our residence halls and renovation projects. The room viewings offered represent many of our most common room types and building styles, to give a sense of what students can expect for their living space.