2024-2025 Room and Board

For the 2024-2025 school year, the following halls are available for students to select from: El Camino Hall, Howard Hall, Kratt Hall, O’Brien Hall, Michaels Hall, and the John Arrillaga Residence Hall.

The prices listed below represent the total room and board cost for one semester. Room and board includes the room, 18 meals a week at the dining hall (including $120.00 in flex dollars), shared laundry access at no additional charge, utilities, and access to Wi-Fi and Ethernet internet. Rooms include a bed, desk, desk chair, and a wardrobe or dresser for each occupant in the room.

Who lives on campus?

All freshmen and sophomore students are required to live on campus. On-campus housing is guaranteed for all students; however, roommate preferences and room preferences are not guaranteed. Juniors and seniors who are interested in living off-campus will be responsible for securing their housing off-campus on their own. At this time, Menlo College does not have any active partnerships with off-campus housing vendors.

Students can be exempted from living on campus if they meet the following criteria:

• Students are over the age of 21
  
• Students are married and/or have a family
  
• Students are juniors or above and/or have already lived on campus for at least four semesters
  
• Students live with adult guardians within 30 miles of Menlo College
  
• Student is an international transfer student with previous collegiate experience in the United States or who live with an adult guardian within 30 miles of Menlo College
  

Students who cancel their housing contract must do so by July 1 for the Fall semester and December 1 for the Spring semester. After July 1 and December 1, there will be a penalty fee for any housing contract cancellation.

Residence Hall Life

By living on campus, your out-of-the-classroom education is supplemented by many engagement opportunities within and outside of your residence hall. From engaging with your Resident Assistants and Resident Fellows to Athletics games to Student Government Association events to joining a club or organization, there are few dull moments on campus.

You will learn from your roommates, your hallmates, and your friends across campus. You will have an opportunity to build your OWN community of support and learning that includes student-leaders, faculty, and staff members who reside in the residence halls. These dedicated staff will enrich your Menlo College experience and allow you to grow as an individual through enriching educational programming, exciting social activities, and opportunities to network. You will quickly learn that your on-campus room will be more than just a place to sleep!

As in any community, living with others carries responsibility and accountability. We ask you to partner with your roommates, hallmates, and Resident Assistants to create a safe and inclusive environment where everyone can sleep, study, and have fun. To help build this community starting with move-in, Menlo College employs eighteen Resident Assistants (RAs) in it’s five residence halls. Each student living on-campus has an RA on their floor; RAs are tasked with the following responsibilities:

• Provide a safe and welcoming community within the residence halls
  
• Serve as advocates, mentors, and cheerleaders to residents throughout their academic career
  
• Host regular programming in the residence halls to build community
  
• Serve in the nightly on-call rotation, going on rounds to address residence hall concerns when Menlo College offices are closed.
  

RAs and Office of Student Affairs professional staff enforce all rules and regulations written in the Menlo College Student Handbook and the Housing Contract. Students are expected to adhere to residence hall policies established in the interest of maintaining an inclusive, respectful, and fun living atmosphere that creates a positive on-campus experience.

Gender-Inclusive Housing

Through its non-discrimination policy, Menlo College affirms gender-inclusive housing as a safe living space for all of our students, particularly those who may identify as transgender or gender non-binary, who are questioning their gender identity, or who do not wish to prescribe to a particular gender classification.

All five residence halls are mixed gender, but depending on the suite or floor, may be single gender or all gender.

Disability Accommodations Request for Residence Halls

In accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Menlo College is committed to providing students with reasonable accommodation for well-documented disabilities. Individuals who are seeking special accommodations within the residence halls are encouraged to contact the Student Success Squad as soon as possible via appointment, email: advising@menlo.edu, or phone: 650-543-3935.

Pets are not allowed in the residence hall with the exception of a non-lethal fish in a ten-gallon tank. If you are seeking an Emotional Support Animal (ESA), all requests should begin with the Student Success Squad. ESAs are governed by the Fair Housing Act; should you be approved for an ESA, the Office of Student Affairs will provide you with a supplemental contract to complete on behalf of your animal.

Mail Service

Letters and packages can be picked up from the campus post office, attached to the Student Union and Dining Hall. Post office operating hours will be published at the beginning of each semester and break.

To deliver mail to campus, please use the following address:
[Your Name]
Menlo College
1000 El Camino Real
Atherton, CA 94027

Campus Security

Campus security is managed by the Office of Student Affairs; trained guards are on campus 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and are available via phone to assist with any concerns. Security guards make regular rounds of campus and provide additional support to the College, such as collaborating with the Atherton Police Department or monitoring security cameras.

Please call or text Security at 650-400-5837 in any of the following circumstances:

• You feel unsafe.
  
• You would like to report a crime (examples: your car was broken in to, you observe something suspicious).
  
• You are locked out of your room.
  
• You would like to report a Facilities emergency (the power went out to your room, water is overflowing in the bathroom, etc.).
  
• You would like someone to walk across campus with you in the late evening hours.
  

Security works collaboratively with the Office of Student Affairs and the Resident Assistant team. Anytime the Office of Student Affairs is closed, a Resident Assistant (RA) is available for support, such as to mediate a conflict in your hall or help you if you are concerned about the well-being of yourself or a friend.

Electrical Appliances

To ensure that everyone remains as safe as possible and the room circuits are not overloaded, only the following appliances are permitted in the residence halls:

• Irons
  
• Televisions/Computers/Game consoles
  
• Hair dryers/curling irons
  
• Clocks
  
• Coffee makers (Keurig) or non-hotplate water heaters
  
• One refrigerator and one microwave
  

No extension cords should be used at any time because of the fire hazard they pose.

Each semester, RAs conduct health and safety checks of each residence hall room to ensure that no fire safety violations are present in the room. If a violation is found, the RA works with students on a case-by-case basis to help correct the issue.

Parking

For parking information, visit Parking Policy

1000 El Camino Real

Atherton, CA 94027-4301