While Harvard College is predominantly residential, some students do not live in College housing.
Married students are ordinarily nonresident.
Nonresident students are held to the same standards of conduct required of students living in the Houses and dormitories. They are expected to behave in a mature and responsible manner, and that expectation extends to their academic performance no less than to their social behavior. These students are advised in their freshman year by the Freshman Dean's Office and participate in the activities and social programs of the Yard. Students in this category may enter the Freshman Lottery for assignment to an upperclass residential House, provided they meet the Return to On-Campus Housing application deadline of March 1. They are otherwise affiliated with Dudley House in their second year.