Soar First year students and SOAR Ambassadors

SOAR Housing

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”

Reserve Overnight SOAR Housing

SOAR Students outside having fun together

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.